Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on November 12, 2008 at 17:48:41
from the travelling-show dept.
We wanted to let you in on a wonderful, tasty, piece of news: The Otesha Project's 2009 cycling and performing tours have just been launched!
Check them out here. Learning tours, bilingual tours, one month, two months - the possibilities are endless! If you or someone you know is interested in applying to go on a tour, now is the time.
The Otesha Project is a youth-run organization that uses theatre to mobilize young people to make local and global change through their everyday consumer choices. The cycling and performing tour offers participants the chance to live in a mobile sustainable community while giving performances to high school students and community groups about how to make sustainability a part of everyday life.
Word of mouth is our most effective tool for recruiting cycling tour members.
Tell your neighbors, tell your dentist, tell your school friends and coworkers. Tell the World.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on August 19, 2008 at 10:22:17
from the mulch-and-trees-and-trees-and-mulch dept.
This Saturday, the 23rd of August, Clean North's tree-expert volunteers will be available to help you get started planting trees! Come and buy potted trees of locally-adapted species and seed sources, get some Christmas Tree mulch (by donation, bring your own container), and have all your tree-planting questions answered.
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is right now."
From 9 am to noon at Lemieux Composting.
Tree species available this year include Norway Spruce, Red Oak, Bur Oak, White Cedar, and Red Pine.
We'll also have bat houses, rainbarrels, and coir fibre blocks for purchase. Coir fibre is the environmentally friendly alternative to peat moss, sustainably produced and not mined.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 07, 2008 at 10:22:07
from the potted-friends dept.
The Sault Ste. Marie Horticultural Society is holding its annual plant sale on May 24 from 8am to 12pm at the United Baptist Church, 41 Malabar Dr. Come to find books, tools, new and unusual plants, garden favorites, compost, mulch, composters, bat houses, and rain barrels. For full details, please see the poster (pdf).
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 12, 2008 at 00:42:11
from the gone-gone-gone dept.
For the past 8 years, Clean North has hosted semi-annual Computer Recycling events where, for a small fee, local residents could drop off their unwanted e-waste (computers, peripherals and other small electronic items).
Clean North wishes to inform the community that we are not planning to carry out this event in 2008.
Community Living Algoma (with the assistance of Clean North and the City) will be opening a new Community Recycling Depot at 285 Wilson Street. The scheduled opening date is April 17. This will be a year-round operation open Tuesday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 and on Saturdays from 8:00 to 1:00. A small recycling fee will be charged for each computer system to help cover transportation costs.
In addition to unwanted computer systems, you will also be able to drop off other small electronic items (calculators, Mp3 players, VCR, CD players, etc), inkjet and toner cartridges, cell phones, and clean/dry Styrofoam (expanded polystyrene).
Clean North invites the entire community to support this environmental initiative. Please watch the media for further information about the grand opening!
Clean North would also like to remind Sault residents that as our thoughts shift to spring cleaning, that we seriously consider all of the alternatives to disposal before sending anything to landfill. One of the simplest alternatives is to give items away through a "freebie" ad in a local paper or at a website such as SaultFreeCycle. You can also place items at the edge of your property with a sign saying "FREE".
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 17, 2008 at 17:09:16
from the what-you-can-do dept.
EARTH DAY - APRIL 22ND, 2008
6:30 pm at the SSM Public Library (downstairs) - 50 East Street. Clean North, in partnership with the SSM Public Library, is hosting the screening of the Canadian movie "Garbage - The Revolution Starts at Home." This is an informative, sometimes disturbing, and even occasionally humorous look at where our trash comes from and where it ends up. Admission is free. A panel discussion after the film will be led by city councilor Steve Butland and city works dept. waste diversion supervisor, Randy Roy.
Clean North will be donating a copy of the Garbage movie to the Sault Ste Marie public library for its DVD collection.
EARTH WEEK - April 20 -26/08
Clean North will post your Earth Week event in our window at 736 Queen Street East. Just call 945-1573 and leave us a message as to what your event/project is and the name of your group/organization. Prize for the most creative and the most significant projects will be copies of the movie "Garbage."
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on October 18, 2007 at 11:10:00
from the what-you-can-do dept.
Jocelyn Watt just wrote in: "Was just reading through the Clean North site, and wondering if I can link, even urge people to visit, JJ's website. You likely know he's cycling 11,000 km from Istanbul to Beijing to raise awareness about global warming. He'd like residents to take small actions to save C02 emissions that will hopefully add up to 11,000 tonnes -- 1 tonne for every km he rides. There's a calculator on the site that shows people some of the small steps they can take, and it automatically adds up their savings, and adds that total to the overall tally. The site is www.youbetican.com."
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 11, 2007 at 15:22:30
from the get-real-or-get-lost dept.
This notice is your invitation to participate in an exciting dialogue on sustainability on September 20th in Sault Ste. Marie. Mike Nickerson of Ottawa, author of "Life, Money, and Illusion" and a leading thinker in the area of what makes a community and economy sustainable, will be here for a dialogue and book-signing.
Further information can be found at this website. Bring your friends and neighbours!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 11, 2007 at 11:02:45
from the front-end dept.
We're a go for fall, against the odds. Our Bring Out Your Dead e-waste reuse and recycling event will be held on the 29th of September, 10 am to 4 pm, at the PUC building on Second Line.
A different location than the usual, at the very front of the building, with no room for parking when you're dropping off. We'll have a drive through drop off instead. We'll have a $2 per car fee, to help cover our expenses. The city is taking care of the costs for the recycling company to accept our stuff, but we have costs for publicity, packaging, and care and feeding of volunteers.
Parking will be available along the west wall of the building to access the sale area, through a different set of doors. Note that we usually have quite a selection of tested, excellent electronics for sale at garage sale prices.
Wishlists are also being accepted from local charities, for free computer equipment. Click here, for the wishlist form.
Businesses and institutions, be aware that we will only be accepting a maximum of one pickup truck load, and then only by appointment on the Friday before the event. Please send in this form by fax in advance.
Volunteers are always needed - please email volunteer@cleannorth.org for more information. This is a great way to get high school community service hours!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 04, 2007 at 14:11:58
from the location-location-location dept.
We've just received notice that our favourite location to hold the popular computer and e-waste recycling event we fondly know as Bring Out Your Dead, has been rented. It's no longer available to us. Help!
Any ideas? We need a big space, 2-3000 sq feet would be nice, with at least one loading dock and good public access. Free would be very nice, but a nominal charge for electricity could be paid and a charitable receipt provided for the value of the rent.
email Kathie right away if you have any suggestions. A prize for the one that results in a new home for BOYD...
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on July 31, 2007 at 08:45:28
from the mulch-and-trees-and-trees-and-mulch-and... dept.
Time to plant trees with Clean North! Do what you can to improve the air and cool the planet!
Saturday August 18 from 9:00 am to Noon at Lemieux's on Black Road. The trees are larger stock this year, so they will sell for $5 per tree. The tree species are mainly Norway Spruce, Red Pine, Bur Oak, Red Oak, and European Larch. The pine and oak are from a local seed source, all grow well in this climate. Do remember to water well during planting and throughout this first growing season to get the trees well established.
Christmas tree chip mulch will be available, by donation. It works well for conifer trees, as it is acidic. Layers of newspaper on top of the soil, then about six inches of tree chip mulch, will prevent weeds and grasses from overtopping your little tree and taking all the nutrients, water, and sunlight. Bring your own container(s) for mulch (first come, first served until it's gone).
