I have had a couple heart attacks where I thought Goodness.... I better be careful I might break this thing. But I didn't. It been very fun to drink my drinks from a glass straw. FUN! Really silly but it fun.
Showing posts with label earth day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earth day. Show all posts
Friday, April 27, 2012
My straw ....
I have had a couple heart attacks where I thought Goodness.... I better be careful I might break this thing. But I didn't. It been very fun to drink my drinks from a glass straw. FUN! Really silly but it fun.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
What are you doing for Earth Day?
Earth Day! It.s coming up! This year it is on a Friday...
Part of me thinks that Earth Day is a great idea and the other part of me doesn't. This year there is no all day celebration, just a regular ritual in the park.
I had issues last year with the whole process... People walking around with bottles of water... not reusable containers... not the people visiting the people putting on "workshops". I thought that the whole thing was too commercialized for the whole fact is earth day is to protect the earth not sell more stuff... yea we had some artist there and a couple seed booths. It just seemed that they forgot what the earth day movement was all about...
This year there is the gulf oil spill yes it started before earth day but lasted 3 months, Japan — Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis, animals dying in numbers, and the budget cuts that include the EPA..... what can Earth day become? So knowing me I am doing the ritual this Earth Day. Asking people to pledge a act of going green. Will it last more than a year? I wonder.... But maybe the act of asking people to take a rock as a talisman to their promise to the earth.
Guess I think too much and expect too much because I do understand that habits are hard to change..... But maybe the fact is what I plan to say is true.... even a small change times as many people in the world equals a huge change........
Part of me thinks that Earth Day is a great idea and the other part of me doesn't. This year there is no all day celebration, just a regular ritual in the park. I had issues last year with the whole process... People walking around with bottles of water... not reusable containers... not the people visiting the people putting on "workshops". I thought that the whole thing was too commercialized for the whole fact is earth day is to protect the earth not sell more stuff... yea we had some artist there and a couple seed booths. It just seemed that they forgot what the earth day movement was all about...
This year there is the gulf oil spill yes it started before earth day but lasted 3 months, Japan — Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis, animals dying in numbers, and the budget cuts that include the EPA..... what can Earth day become? So knowing me I am doing the ritual this Earth Day. Asking people to pledge a act of going green. Will it last more than a year? I wonder.... But maybe the act of asking people to take a rock as a talisman to their promise to the earth.
Guess I think too much and expect too much because I do understand that habits are hard to change..... But maybe the fact is what I plan to say is true.... even a small change times as many people in the world equals a huge change........
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Dogs can recycle too!
When I saw this on Care2 I thought what a great way to help little ones learn about going green. Well I know my daughter loves puppies. My grandbaby loves puppies... Whose name is now the stumble machine... LOL yea he is a walking, not the best but he is walking....
Enjoy a sweet video!
Enjoy a sweet video!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
It Rained Today
Crap the solar pizza oven couldn't work because we didn't have the solar power... But we had rain. But hey the hot dogs, buns, relish and mustard went to a family that could use them...... they would go to waste here.
Saw people I haven't seen in a while. A couple of them I only see at Earth Day!! LOL. But one friend is in a co-op organic network. Treehouse Organics I got some Honey and Maple Syrup, yumm. Plus he made soup for the feast afterward but we ate it for lunch seeing how it rain off and on all day. Being under a pavillion we did get kinda cold. So vegetable soup was a nice touch!
The terrariums where a big hit. The boys loved playing in the dirt......
My green cleaning work shop went nicely, plus I learn that salt with help with controlling fleas on the carpet........ salt and baking soda.... My new carpet freshener. Open time after the talk with everyone sharing their cleaning short cuts, very cool.
The rain-sticks kinda where a kinda of the wine, wine what we don't want to make one. But when we told them that they can color a picture to make it, they decided they might like it. I think they where thinking what make more rain??? But when we started to show them the kids got excited....
So I have a ton of stuff sitting in boxes and bags all over the house from today. After loading up the car with craft supplies and food then having to unload at the site. Now unloading at home. We really don't feel like dealing with it now... LOL But some of the stuff for crafts I have to deal with tomorrow after work because my trash and recycling goes out to the curb on Sunday nights.
But I am dry and warm now..........
Saw people I haven't seen in a while. A couple of them I only see at Earth Day!! LOL. But one friend is in a co-op organic network. Treehouse Organics I got some Honey and Maple Syrup, yumm. Plus he made soup for the feast afterward but we ate it for lunch seeing how it rain off and on all day. Being under a pavillion we did get kinda cold. So vegetable soup was a nice touch!
The terrariums where a big hit. The boys loved playing in the dirt......
My green cleaning work shop went nicely, plus I learn that salt with help with controlling fleas on the carpet........ salt and baking soda.... My new carpet freshener. Open time after the talk with everyone sharing their cleaning short cuts, very cool.
The rain-sticks kinda where a kinda of the wine, wine what we don't want to make one. But when we told them that they can color a picture to make it, they decided they might like it. I think they where thinking what make more rain??? But when we started to show them the kids got excited....
So I have a ton of stuff sitting in boxes and bags all over the house from today. After loading up the car with craft supplies and food then having to unload at the site. Now unloading at home. We really don't feel like dealing with it now... LOL But some of the stuff for crafts I have to deal with tomorrow after work because my trash and recycling goes out to the curb on Sunday nights.
But I am dry and warm now..........
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Getting Ready for the Earth day celebration
Miss Animal Rights and her cohort have started to get the stuff together for the kid craft projects at the earth day celebration this week-end.. We have toilet paper rolls that are cut into 2... . paper Towel rolls that are having one end with paper glued on. For the rain sticks. She needs to get together some more stuff. Eating Pringles for the hot dog cooker.
I have worked the last 5 days and have tomorrow to go and then ..... a day off. I am going to make a solar oven from a pizza box for a demo. Fine tune by outline on composting and eco-friendly cleaning...... I have a visual aide for the cleaning workshop, a small box of baking soda, a small lemon, a salt shaker and dish-soap. I also have a shaker top reused jar that once had Parmesan cheese that now has baking soda and some herbs in it for a carpet fresher. All inside a opened empty box of borax. 20 Mule Team® Borax sent me 25 copies of the free guild for uses of borax to hand out. I asked for more but they couldn't send me out more than that. Ok I understand they have rules that have to follow. So I will have hand outs too... I put some of my recipes and my outline on a flash disk for anyone that wants to grab the files. We have had people show up to meetings with lap tops so you never know......... It's on my key chain so it isn't like it takes up a ton of room.
Oh did I forget to tell you that the weather man predicts RAIN! Yuk.. However we are going to be in a pavilion so if it rains; we won't get drenched. But we will have some kids bored.... we know of 6 from the people that are helping with the planing of the day....... Pre-school to school aged. I guess the crayons are going to a big hit. But maybe the rain will hold out one more day or move the right way -away from us... LOL
I have worked the last 5 days and have tomorrow to go and then ..... a day off. I am going to make a solar oven from a pizza box for a demo. Fine tune by outline on composting and eco-friendly cleaning...... I have a visual aide for the cleaning workshop, a small box of baking soda, a small lemon, a salt shaker and dish-soap. I also have a shaker top reused jar that once had Parmesan cheese that now has baking soda and some herbs in it for a carpet fresher. All inside a opened empty box of borax. 20 Mule Team® Borax sent me 25 copies of the free guild for uses of borax to hand out. I asked for more but they couldn't send me out more than that. Ok I understand they have rules that have to follow. So I will have hand outs too... I put some of my recipes and my outline on a flash disk for anyone that wants to grab the files. We have had people show up to meetings with lap tops so you never know......... It's on my key chain so it isn't like it takes up a ton of room.Oh did I forget to tell you that the weather man predicts RAIN! Yuk.. However we are going to be in a pavilion so if it rains; we won't get drenched. But we will have some kids bored.... we know of 6 from the people that are helping with the planing of the day....... Pre-school to school aged. I guess the crayons are going to a big hit. But maybe the rain will hold out one more day or move the right way -away from us... LOL
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Pizza box solar oven
Miss Animal Rights is helping make plans for the Earth Day Celebration we are part of on April 24th this year. She is planning to make a few pizza box solar ovens. We found the plans at Solar Now Inc.
I was one of the few people picked on Houseparty DIGIORNO Champions House Party Event. We shipped the party items in a take out pizza box! But then I will get some from work. I was asked to donate some cash to the Children Miracle Network for the "privilege". No problem there!
SO I think I might make a solar box oven like this so I can cook my lunch for we are going to be there all day... Plus it would be a interesting thing to share with. I have always wanted to make a solar box oven but having to find a box that has a lid that isn't to small because another box needs to fit inside the box with the lid. But I do have the Plexiglas for the top!! I guess I will have to go with what I find first.......
I was one of the few people picked on Houseparty DIGIORNO Champions House Party Event. We shipped the party items in a take out pizza box! But then I will get some from work. I was asked to donate some cash to the Children Miracle Network for the "privilege". No problem there!
SO I think I might make a solar box oven like this so I can cook my lunch for we are going to be there all day... Plus it would be a interesting thing to share with. I have always wanted to make a solar box oven but having to find a box that has a lid that isn't to small because another box needs to fit inside the box with the lid. But I do have the Plexiglas for the top!! I guess I will have to go with what I find first.......
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