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Compost Your Christmas Tree Make a dent in holiday waste this year.
Make a dent in holiday waste this year by "recycling" your fresh Christmas tree after you are done celebrating.
Instead of taking up valuable space in landfills, where decay is painfully slow because of a lack of oxygen, Christmas trees can be readily ground into wood chips or made into useful compost. Considering that nearly 29 million households opted for a real Christmas tree in 2006, that's a lot of wood chips!
To make it easy, the industry group National Christmas Tree Association has teamed up with Scottsdale, Arizona-based conservation group Earth911 to point consumers in the right direction with their trees. On their Website, you can enter your zip code to find the nearest of 3,800-plus spots nationwide that accept old trees.
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Put this in your fireplace and smoke it!
When you start a fire in your hearth or in a campground, only burn dry wood (preferably logs that have had about six months to dry out). Wet wood doesn't burn as completely, meaning it releases more pollutants into the air. The biggest concern is so-called particulate pollution - solid particles smaller than a red blood cell that are implicated in 30,000 deaths in the U.S. and 2.1 million deaths worldwide each year. Particulate pollution can cause, and irritate, asthma and allergies, as well as lung problems. According to a 1989 study published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, wood smoke is chemically active in the body 40 times longer than tobacco. By sticking to dry wood, you'll help reduce the toxins entering our air. Also remember that if you are going to be using wood for a significant amount of heating, make sure your stove is high efficiency and well maintained (pellet models are best), or use cleaner-burning oil or natural gas.
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/going-green/tips/burn-dry-wood-fires-460808#ixzz2GltoBKzp |
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FROM River Phoenix Center for Peacebuiling-
Upcoming Workshops and Events:
Please click here to see all the upcoming events and workshops!
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Come for the veggies - stay for the fellowship
The Alachua County Downtown Farmers' Garden needs volunteer gardeners Every Thursday 10 am
No experience necessary. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated and can be as little or as much as you wish.By volunteering you will gain valuable insight into organic and raised bed gardening techniques with Florida Organic Growers. To volunteer or host a gardening event please contact Sean McLendon, Sustainability Program Manager. 352 548 3765 smclendon@alachuacounty.us or Travis Mitchell, Florida Organic Growers. 352 377 6345 travis@foginfo.org
The USGBC Heart of Florida Chapter would like to invite you to join them for Green Caffeine Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 8:00 - 9:00 am at Volta Coffee, Tea and Chocolate.
Volta is offering a 10% discount for this event! This will be a great way to discuss sustainability and make connections!
Volta is located at 48 SW 2nd St. in Gainesville.
We hope to see you there!
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