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start gathering your out-of-the-ordinary recyclables.

SATURDAY :: JUNE 28, 2008 :: 8AM TO 2PM

MERCER COUNTY RECYCLING EVENT

john t. dempster fire school
bakers basin/lawrence station road
lawrence township, new jersey
(RAIN OR SHINE)

What to Bring:

Aerosol Cans Photographic Chemicals Used Motor Oil Lighter Fluid Propane Gas Tanks Pesticides/Herbicides Pool Chemicals Florescent Bulbs Incandescent/Compact Energy Saving Light Bulbs Used Electronics

Used Oil Filters Paint Thinner Oil Based Paint Stains/Varnishes Anti-Freeze Driveway Sealer Gasoline Gas/Oil Mix Insect Repellants Car Batteries

Check out the MCIA Recycling site for more specifics on what you can/cannot bring, paying special attention to the used electronics list.

getting to zero.

Rider is using the services of Clean Air-Cool Planet to engage in an extensive greenhouse gas inventory, hopefully dating back to the year 2000, with the ultimate goal of reaching carbon neutrality.

With the help of the Climate Action Toolkit, Rider will be measuring its carbon footprint and determining its impact on the environment. Detailed spreadsheets and a calculator help organize the mind-boggling amount of information needed to complete an inventory of such magnitude.

Analysis of the data allows for the creation and implementation of a GHG Emissions Reduction Target and Timetable. Here is an excerpt from the site:

Setting a target and timeline for emissions reductions accomplishes several important functions:

• It formalizes an institutional commitment to ongoing, comprehensive climate action.

• It provides a tangible goal and mechanism for community-wide engagement, building momentum for climate action.

• It introduces a level of accountability to the process, ensuring emissions reductions efforts are undertaken efficiently and that institutions meeting goals can rightly boast of an important accomplishment.

Fortunately, the answers to “How much?” and “How fast?” do not have to be guesswork. Leadership taken both internationally and closer to home, here in the Northeast, has resulted in varying available frameworks for adoption (or adaptation) in creating a campus greenhouse gas emissions reduction target and timeline.

hey folks, it’s real.

i have been thumbing through my copy of Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change–or Live Through It by David de Rothschild.

Let me just say, this little gem has yet to disappoint me. For a gal like me, who needs fun illustrations and short, witty passages that I can digest and retain, this book is just the ticket. I’ve decided to include regular snippets from this every so often because I think it is so important.

Unless you live under a rock, chances are you’ve heard the words “global warming” and “greenhouse gases” tossed around more frequently in the past few years. And I’m willing to bet that the past few days of downright scorching, gross heat may have caused you to think that perhaps there is some truth to all of this green-mumbo-jumbo. Take a couple of minutes and read below for the best skinny on global warming I have found. If you’re skeptical or merely not knowledgeable about the facts, this will help clear up things for you……

Climate Control: An Introduction to Global Warming

Discussing the weather used to be so casual. Nice day, huh? Or, You believe all this rain? It’s harder these days–even our small talk is controversial. Scorcher isn’t it? Must be that global warming. For many, the greatest environmental threat that humans have ever faced is a political issue.

But it’s not. Global warming is a matter of scientific fact: 2006 was the sixth-warmest year on record since 1850; the top five spots are held by 1998, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 2004…

If we fail to recognize the immediate nature of this threat, the consequences could be catastrophic. Rising seas, searing temperatures, killer storms, drought, plague, pestilence. Finding solutions begins with identifying the problem. Briefly, here’s how global warming works. Energy from the Sun, in the form of light and heat, warms the Earth. Heat rises, and some of it heads back into space. Most of it, though, is trapped by molecules in the atmosphere–molecules of “greenhouse gases,” named because their effect is just like that of a greenhouse. Water vapor is a primary greenhouse gas, in addition to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide. All are natural–indeed, without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would be cold and uninhabitable.

greendesign comes to princeton

the next time you’re walking back from small world coffee, take a minute or two and stop into greendesign, a new eco-goods store on witherspoon street in princeton.

i stopped in on friday, and was happy to see a fresh-looking shop full of eco-friendly products. my favorite picks would have to be the wall of greeting cards as you walk in the door. the cards are made from recycled paper, of course, and feature earthy, free-spirited designs. they’re reasonably priced and would make a great “thinking of you” gift. the store also has other household items, notably some snazzy kitchenware like bowls and utensils that i believe are made of either olive wood or bamboo. other products include candles, linens, and some baby items.

stop in, take a look. greendesign is always interested in suggestions for new green products as well, so don’t be shy!

greendesign
42 witherspoon street
princeton, nj 08540
phone: 609.651.4643

their website is still under construction, but here’s the link:
www.shopgreendesign.com