I wanted to give a "shout out" to Rebecca Buchanan for all she does at Stuard Elementary School. She is not only an awesome science teacher, she is also the "backbone" of their recycling program.
Rebecca, Thanks you so much for all you do. We appreciate you!
Thanks,
Andrea
I have to give my husband Erik credit for this blog. The Give One Get One program through One Laptop Per Child is awesome. It wasn't a easy feat. The founders were trying for a $100 laptop for all kids in underdeveloped counties. They didn't quite make it but they came very close $188. These little laptops will connect these children to a world they may have not even know existed. Their lives will be changed forever. That is powerful. www.laptopgiving.org
I bet there are used grocery bags in every house in this country. What do most people do with them? Reuse them? Throw them away? Stuff them in a drawer until the drawer is ready to burst? I have to say, I have that drawer in my house. I reuse them often but it seems I accumulate them faster than I reuse them.
We would like to recognize a couple of local businesses that have helped us spread the word about recycling. Without you we wouldn't have had the exposure or success that we are experiencing!
A Big Thanks to Weatherford National Bank for displaying our website address on their digital sign and to The Community News for running our flier in this weeks newspaper.
This site is dedicated to the first person, in my life, to teach me what it meant to reuse and recycling. My Grandpa Herman. He taught me that anything, I mean anything, could be fixed (with duct tape), saved or recycled. I remember all of the odds and ends he had saved in the garage. I remember thinking "why doesn't he just throw all this junk away" but everything he had he knew he could use again. He was born in the early 1900's. A generation, I think, we can learn a lot from. If he were still alive, I know he would be smiling.
Thanks for the lesson Grandpa.
Did you know, in a lifetime, the average American will throw away 600 times his or her adult weight in garbage. This means that each adult will leave a legacy of 90,000 lbs. of trash for his or her children. I don't think that is the kind of legacy I want to leave for my child!
Over the past couple of years, I have been on a personal "awakening" of sorts. I have to say, it is probably because I am a mom. Any mother or father will tell you, when you become a parent you really start to look at the future a bit differently.
Ever wonder where your trash goes after it is picked up? Don't tell me that I am the only weirdo that thinks about that sort of stuff. One day I picked up the phone and called Duncan Disposal. I asked very innocent like "does anybody go through our trash (all the trash we put at the curb each week) for recyclables?"
