Green(er) Giving

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Comment by deb jolliff on November 8, 2009 at 1:59pm

Thanks! Looking forward to new ideas on how to help and save Our Mother Earth=O)

Comment by sharon on May 31, 2009 at 8:25pm

Comment by sharon on May 31, 2009 at 8:18pm

Here is the info on recycling crayons for raising funds for the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Georgia:

Calling all Crayons! Take 2
How YOU can Help!

Last year, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center put a call out for old and broken crayons to jump-start a recycling program. Crayons, you ask? How can you recycle crayons? We’ll show you what we’ve been up to! Crayons are petroleum-based, taking years to biodegrade like plastics and oils. Each year, thousands of broken, worn crayons are forgotten or thrown away when new crayons are purchased at the start of the school year. So where do they go? We’ve been collecting cast-off crayons for over a year in an effort to reduce landfill and make a creatively unique crayon just for the GSTC! Along the way, we’ve had help from several organizations and individuals that have set up crayon collection bins at their schools or businesses. What a response we’ve received! Terry Aultman, a teacher at Savannah Christian Preparatory School is one such individual. Terry visited the Georgia Sea Turtle Center for the first time this past Saturday and brought along a car load of crayons. This amount should keep us busy for a while!

So what does our new creation look like? Check out a sneak peek at the photo below.

It will made its turtley-debut in the GSTC gift shop on April 18!
Check out www.jekyllisland.com/mothernaturefestival for more information of visit www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/specialevents/upcoming-events for photos from the 2008 pilot event, Shell-e-brate Earth Day. Be sure to stop by the GSTC Gift Shop to check out other eco-friendly goodies!
~Kelly O’Keefe, Green Crayon Queen

Comment by Mary Johnson on May 30, 2009 at 8:27am

Wako - I apologize. I misread your post and thought you wanted a doc online that we could all add to. Yes, you can add a PDF document for others to download. And that's a great idea! I also liked your idea in October to put Green(er) Giving in titles for idea giving section.



Mary

Comment by Mary Johnson on May 29, 2009 at 6:19pm

Wako, I don't think the document update option is available here. (I'm in IT, altho currently unemployed....)

What did you have in mind? Mabe members can post and I can compile for us, then post a link to the document...

Comment by Wako on May 29, 2009 at 4:39pm

Thanks for kickstarting the conversation again, Mary. How about a Green Gift that's near-zero-CO2? Like a PDF with green giving ideas?

I wonder if we can add docs here that anyone can download? Do any of you know?

Comment by sharon on May 28, 2009 at 8:09pm

My sister trish got me started on these cloth bags, I have about a dozen now, and just love the one I bought today that folds up and snaps and goes in my purse!
-s

Comment by Nana on May 28, 2009 at 5:22pm

Go from Paper to Paperless. There's Lots of things may change and that begins with your mail. These days we may view online catalog, instead of having it mailed to us plus later have to dispose of it, or may use it as a childs project or make paper oragami boxes to store garbage around the household.

Comment by Mary Johnson on May 28, 2009 at 2:38pm

PS Sharon - your grandson is ADORABLE!

Comment by Mary Johnson on May 28, 2009 at 2:37pm

Hi there:

This is my first message to the group and I noticed that there hasn't been much activity, so I'd like to get everyone recharged by suggesting we start donating 'green' items for the monthly giveaway. Whoever donates can mention that it's a green gift and request for them to join our group.

To start off, we could compile a basket of green cleaning items that we all contribute one item to - I have great baskets, so if you want, I'll fill it and everyone can pay my paypal account, or someone else can take the lead, if they want - I'm open to anything. I have lots of jewelry and other items around my house that I can offer as a green gift, since it's 'pre-owned', but I wanted to offer to the group to do a group gift first.

Thoughts?

Mary

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