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 Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:48 pm
today i missed the bus to college, and had to drive all the way there instead (i was late for an exam, couldn't wait for the next bus) cry
but, i wrote my application form to study a wildlife conservation degree for the next 3 years of my life, and i sent it electronically - no paper!
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:44 pm
I took in over 2000 bottles and cans to a recycling place.....and made money....
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:22 pm
I am so excited! I was mentioned as a member of our hospital's new "Green Team" at today's staff meeting, and we just began our new composting project! Wo-hoo!!! Now I don't have to cart my compostables to Whole Foods anymore- I can bring them with me to work!
And one of our doctors also announced a new building development plan which is in the works- it'll take 2-3 years, but this six-step process is eventually going to leave us paperless, with more advanced equipment- including radiology equipment which requires less radiation and no processing chemicals- and solar panels on our roof! I can't wait!!! heart dramallama heart
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:29 am
WebenBanu I am so excited! I was mentioned as a member of our hospital's new "Green Team" at today's staff meeting, and we just began our new composting project! Wo-hoo!!! Now I don't have to cart my compostables to Whole Foods anymore- I can bring them with me to work! And one of our doctors also announced a new building development plan which is in the works- it'll take 2-3 years, but this six-step process is eventually going to leave us paperless, with more advanced equipment- including radiology equipment which requires less radiation and no processing chemicals- and solar panels on our roof! I can't wait!!! heart dramallama heart
surprised eek surprised eek REALLY?!?!?! Wow!! That's so cool! Better equipment to top it off!! Awesome!
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:16 am
I saved a ladbug, ant, spider,(some time ago) ...I also helped an abandoned puppy with my sister a long time ago. Its flesh was being eaten by ants. We convinced our uncle to give it shots, we gave it a flea collar, fed it, and took it a bath.( OUr mom was the lucky one to do so). It had a mom, or an adoptive mother, because he was a labrador and she was I believe a Collie.
Now he's all grown up and secretely eating our grandparents chickens...but he's alive sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:00 pm
Well, because I'm just so gosh darn excited, I'm going to post ahead what I'll do on Tuesday.
Tuesday, I will take my proposal to the school principle, and represent the environmental club I founded and now lead as president, in an attempt to persuade him to lean more towards a wildlife garden rather than the previous idea of building some awful parking lot whenever there's already well more than enough parking at the moment.
Bah! A parking lot, we already have a parking lot designed to hold at least 200 cars if not more, and yet on average it only houses 10 or 20. It's absolutely pathetic some of the choices the city makes.
Also, the club has been tasked with recycling all of the school's paper waste.
All of it.
We just began our planning of this on the 18th.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:39 pm
@ Wombat: Wow that's great!!! I'm so glad for you guys!! Seriously, you have no idea. Good for you!! It always makes my day when I hear real people who not only care about the Earth, but also take action to accomplish what they want to see.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:06 pm
Ah, it's always nice to hear praise, as tiring as things are it really makes my day to know that people are on my side.
But yeah, as a sort of update, there is going to be construction but it never was a parking lot. Instead, the school is gonna install energy efficient windows, and they're just gonna put some equipment there seeing as how it's such a large area.
Luckily, as I said before, it's a large area, so the organization and the construction team can probably work in the same spot without butting heads. Especially since they'll be finished by spring.
Also, we got a schoolwide recycling program underway, we're volunteer for a local earth day festival at a 600 acre wildlife park, and a whole mess of other things.
I feel like some sort of green crusader!
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:03 pm
Haha, that's so awesome! I'm really glad your school's taking so many steps to becoming greener. mrgreen
And hey - you know what? I was in Whole Foods for lunch yesterday, and they had these brochures that explained their food standards, philosophy, etc....And I discovered that they started in Texas! It reminded me of how you would always say that you guys in Texas are all about looking big and tough and not really caring about the environment...But look! Whole Foods started there! And it's all over the country now and very popular here in the NW and spreading awareness and promoting environmental protection everywhere! *dances*
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:50 pm
Hmm...Forgot to mention. While studying abroad in Spain last semester, I got an organic cotton T-shirt from a brand name store. *le gasp* I also got a WWF T-shirt from a different brand name store there, and part of their profits from that they donated to them. ^_^ Plus my host family knew that I was interested in environmental-type things so sometimes when they got brochures and stuff for free from the dad's work (he works for a newpaper), they'd give it to me. I have a booklet on saving energy and several decomposable, very durable plastic bags now (the ink printed on them is even made from water!).
I was looking over my NEVAC course options for next year at our school's electives fair...AP Enviro. Science is on there! TOTALLY gonna take that. And biotech.
whee
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:44 pm
Huh, so Whole Foods started in Texas? Wow, learn something new everyday.
Strangely, Amarillo doesn't have a Whole Foods, of course the fact that the middle of the Texas Panhandle was never considered to be all that interesting might have something to do with it.
Oh yeah, and an update on my great green crusade, I just blew $50 on cardboard boxes.
Outrageous, I know, especially since there's only 30 of them, but it's for a good cause.
I'm finally rekindling the school's recycling program after previous groups have failed I am going to attempt to rise the phoenix from the ashes now that there is a greater sense of environmental care and consciousness from all around the school.
The boxes are to serve as bins. Crude, some might argue, but certainly very effective.
It could be worse, either I spend a $1.49 each on cardboard boxes, which really were very good quality boxes and were made from recycled material, or I could spend $4 on some plastic bin of equal size, made using far more energy and raw materials than cardboard. I'll choose the cardboard anyday, though next time I'm finding a cheaper alternative.
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:28 am
Screaming Wombat Huh, so Whole Foods started in Texas? Wow, learn something new everyday. Strangely, Amarillo doesn't have a Whole Foods, of course the fact that the middle of the Texas Panhandle was never considered to be all that interesting might have something to do with it. Oh yeah, and an update on my great green crusade, I just blew $50 on cardboard boxes. Outrageous, I know, especially since there's only 30 of them, but it's for a good cause. I'm finally rekindling the school's recycling program after previous groups have failed I am going to attempt to rise the phoenix from the ashes now that there is a greater sense of environmental care and consciousness from all around the school. The boxes are to serve as bins. Crude, some might argue, but certainly very effective. It could be worse, either I spend a $1.49 each on cardboard boxes, which really were very good quality boxes and were made from recycled material, or I could spend $4 on some plastic bin of equal size, made using far more energy and raw materials than cardboard. I'll choose the cardboard anyday, though next time I'm finding a cheaper alternative.
But I'm happy for you. You're really pushing hard for more environmental work in your school, and it sounds very difficult, but you're continuing to go as strongly as ever. Kudos to you!! *hugs*
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:48 pm
I haven't driven my car all Spring Break. Mostly because I'm grounded, and I did back it down the driveway, but only to dig out my bike, fill its tires with air, and give it a hose-down. I plan on riding it as much as possible and taking it with me to college so that I can get around. I probably won't have my car with me the first year or two. Maybe. I don't know.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:12 am
I was part of a 450-strong Earth Day restoration group in my area today, and my group of 50 cleared 15,750 square feet of invasive English Ivy in three hours!
The other two hours of the restoration event was registration (we had to wait a long time for everyone else to show up X_X ) and an EDUCATION session! surprised
Some representatives of an awareness-raising group (they actually have an entire non-profit organization for just awareness!) came in and talked to us about invasive plants, and we even played this really cool game that's great for everyone, but especially elementary school kids! They placed two cones on the corners of a small, rectangular area and split us up into halves. Each half would stand between a pair of cones. We had to pick a native plant for ourselves, and the two presenters were invasive plants. Then they'd call out something like, "Any native plant that has berries!" and all the people who had plants with berries had to run out and try to reach the other set of cones without being tagged by the "invasives." If they got tagged then they had to stay rooted in their spot but still could tag passing "native plants." The other Douglas Fir and I were the last ones left. mrgreen
After the invasive removal part, there was even a festival with free food (oh, I also got a button and several thermals 100% made from recycled materials and is recyclable itself all for free! They were passing out free baseball caps that actually looked pretty cool as well, but I didn't get one. sad )!! They also hosted small presentations and activities both indoors and out, but I unfortunately I couldn't stay for them. It was still pretty cool though. I'd totally do it again, anytime.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:24 am
Plus they had free cookies and donuts and grapes and mandarins and granola and coffee and water for the volunteers too. heart
The work however was pretty tough at first. It was SNOWING when we started (yes, snow in April...snow in April in the Pacific NW. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?), then hailing, then raining, then hailing again, and then sunny and warm for the rest of the day. xd
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