Happy Earth Day everyone!
Here are some things you might enjoy watching:
Here's a couple of inspiring messages from our good friend, Al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTVxF8ILJaU
And one with old friend Newt....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154
One more, from two extremes (If these guys agree, it must be true)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmpsUMdTH8
And another important message:
In the post below I was speaking about the pay per trash program - having moved from Portland that was the only option I was aware of - and many towns do it, too. Which is to my mind a very good incentive to cut down on the amount of trash a household ends up with. It's all about choices after all.
Michael Foley, the Councilor At-Large for Westbrook, mentioned another option to me - automated curbside pickup, like in Scarborough. I also called Sarah Wocjoski, at the Scarborough Public Works, and she agreed that it is an overall success. She says their recycling share is 34.7%, or something like that ( I might be a bit off), and that they are happy with it. Of course, it comes out of everyone's taxes, whether you recycle a lot or little, there is no incentive to produce less trash - other than the culture we seem to be trying to foster these days, even the Catholic Church caught up with the times to make environmental pollution a sin - which is wonderful, because we have to change our ways of dealing with nature.
Anyway, yesterday afternoon, Hannaford was giving away reusable shopping bags. Use them! It's worth it. And remember, a lot of things are now recyclable, and don't need to end up in the trashcan. If something has food in/on it, rinse it - not as hard as it seems, and recycle.
We need to be doing more of it!
Thanks for listening, and comments are welcome - whether you support this thinking or not. Just state your reasons. :)
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