Pre-Cycle demonstration

Northwest Earth Institute show how to Pre-Cycle through demonstration and a visit to the supermarket. Click here to see the YOUTUBE video

Dr. Seuss has it right years ago! Take a look at this video, if not for the message then just for fun.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6650219631867189375

Let's Get Green! Please take a moment to read...

Let's Get Green! Please take a moment to read...
Originally uploaded by ecstaticist

A way to win by being green! Check out this blog group and post your greenest photo for a way to win. Also, get involved. We all WIN by being green!

Green Book and Blog

Lori Bongiorno is the author of the book "Green, Greener, Greenest." She also has her own blog on Yahoo! Green. Both links to her stuff are below and worth checking out. She gives practical tips for making eco friendly decisions. Why make it hard? We can all be green in our own way!

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer

http://greengreenergreenest.com/index.html

The Story of Stuff

http://www.storyofstuff.com
This is a great video that brakes down the life cycle of stuff and how we can the cycle of stuff better.  Check it out, it's worth the time to watch it.

The PSU EcoWiki

Looking for ways to help out your Portland community?  Check out the PSU EcoWiki site with tips, events and post by people like you.

More useful information!

This site is a great resource for information on precycling. It also has a top ten list of ways to precycle. Check it out! It's a fun easy way to implement these concepts with the help of "Planet Pals."

http://www.planetpals.com/precycle.html

Resources

Where do you go to have stuff recycled? Especially for an industrial company or business! How do you reduce your carbon footprint?!

This site is useful in answering some/all of the questions you might have regarding reducing industrial waste and carbon.

Check it out!

Trash to Grass

Cracked Pots uses art to encourage our community to creatively look at trash. Reuse is at the heart of all we do. Think before you throw. 

Crackedpots.org

Sustainable Alternatives for Modern Living

This is just one of many way to staying green.  Kitchen products made from renewable resources. http://bambuhome.com

Local School Issues

The dilemma that is in the press currently is what to do with the styrofoam lunch trays at school. An article in the Southwest Connection this week addresses just that. Check it out: http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124085391778025300

100 Ways To Save the Enviornment

http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#topic=Environment&url=http%2525253A//www.seql.org/100ways.cfm

This is a great site to check out, from the "Sustainable Enviornment for Quality of Life." It gives tips to follow for your home, your office, your yard, and others. Download it and post it somewhere where you can see it, to remind yourself of how you can make a difference.

Chris Jordan's Running the Numbers An American Self-Portrait

http://www.chrisjordan.com/If This does not put our waste into prospective I don't know what would.
You have to check this out!! Its both beautiful and disturbing at the same time.

people making a difference!

This Rubber stamp has been made by a flicker user ( Anodyne). It is creative and great example of how each individual can make a difference and save the environment by making the first step of recycling.

"This is a rubber stamp I had made to mark packages I sent out using recycled packing materials. I want to make wise, environmentally friendly decisions, and I want people to know why I'm doing it" Anodyne

PSU precycling survey

please take time to complete this survey (click here to go the survey)

Family fun

http://www.recycleyourtrash.org/

This Website from Marshall County (Plymouth, Indiana), is a very interactive and fun website to explore, with tips and tricks regarding recycling. It also includes information on precycling! The website features a page under "education" to get the kids involved, with a cute little cartoon called "Eddie the Eco Dog." This website is one place worth checking out for more useful information, and a good way to get the whole family involved.

Precycling Tips!

This video is great! It has excellent tips for precycling and discusses actual recyclable items. Also as an added bonus it was created by Oregonians.

Smart Shopping

Smart shopping not only reduces waste but also saves you money. The following are a few tips for smart shopping.

• Reusable shopping bags can be used several times and many grocers provide a bag discount.
• Avoid the case of water bottles and purchase reusable water bottles.
• Avoid Styrofoam packaging for items like eggs, instead purchase cardboard containers.
• Avoid individually wrapped items like 100 calorie packs, instead purchase reusable containers to store smaller portions.
• Avoid disposable items like razors and pens instead purchase reusable pens and razors.
• Take your own coffee mug to the coffee shop, this not only reduces the cost but also reduces waste. No paper coffee cups, including Starbucks, can be recycled.

For more tips visit http://www.clearwater-fl.com/gov/depts/solid_waste/docs_pub/wrtips.asp

PRE-cycling..What is it?

All this stuff about pre-cycling. How do I pre-cycle? With all the endless possibilities and different ways to re-duce and re-use, how do you sift through all that information when the Internet is full of so much? One site that is really helpful in the world of precycling, is Precycle-It! http://www.precycle-it.co.uk/
This site tells you what it is all about and lists some great ways to pre-cycle, check out their blog for even more information! http://www.precycle-it.co.uk/blog/
Their way of pre-cycling is by making a lot of things themselves! It is a lot cheaper and more environmentally friendly than buying most of the items we consume, it also saves on the lbs. of packaging we waste every year! Check out the site and try it for yourself. Learn to "think" BEFORE you buy!