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Month: July, 2010

A Community Willing to Change: The Results are In

What happens when you tell people that they have to bring their own bag to the check out counter on Earth Day?  This isn’t a tricky question; people simply bring their own bag.  It is, however, a question that I put to the test… for three years in a row.
Dryden and the surrounding area retailers [...]

by Michelle  /  July 29, 2010  /  Posted in: Earth Day
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The Clean Bin Project is Coming to Dryden!

Media Release - July 2, 2010
Dryden Rotary to welcome zero waste spokespersons Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin to the City and host screening of their movie “The Clean Bin Project.”
For a year, they bought nothing and threw away zilch.  Now BC Filmmakers are cycling Canada & “Talking Trash” and inspiring Zero Waste with their Documentary Film.
What [...]

by Michelle  /  July 7, 2010  /  Posted in: More Information, Presentations/Community Activism, Related Topic
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Oil in the Ocean; A Direct Consequence

David Suzuki with Faisal Moola published an article on June 30, 2010  What the beluga can teach us about ourselves
Here is an important snippet of information from that article:
“Right now we’re [also] pouring millions of litres of oil into the ocean, in the Gulf of Mexico. This illustrates how everything is interconnected – even our [...]

by Michelle  /  July 5, 2010  /  Posted in: More Information, Related Topic
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