Community Engagement
Going Green At 70: Stories of waste reduction - from near and far.
Hi again Green Beans!
We still have a long way to go regarding plastic. And just when you think you might not hear from me again about plastic – I shall return with more information!!
But now it’s time for a good story:
Steve Green and his partner Monika Hertlová started an ocean cleaning movement from their home base on the Helford River in Cornwall. Their ship “Annette” is a 113-year-old, 55-ton former icebreaker; specially designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. They decided they wanted to do whatever it took to keep their coastline clean.
Going Green at 70: The Tale of the T-Shirt - Sustainability and the Clothing Industry
Hi there,
The cotton that makes the T-Shirt could come from so many different supply chains. My research shows cotton can be grown in India or Turkey, it could be milled in Pakistan or Mexico, and end up being sewn in El Salvador or South Africa; looks like there is no way to know for sure what journey your T-Shirt might have taken. And the only thing we should care about is - it’s used a lot of energy to go the distance.
And that’s just a piece of the distribution – now that so many of us are ordering online, more energy is being used. Just as an aside, I ordered some seeds online via Amazon because I couldn’t seem to find them in the stores, you can imagine how small the packet of seeds was and it was shipped in a huge padded envelope that could have protected the hope diamond. As of today, I am going to exhaust all avenues before ordering online!!
Going Green At 70: Plastic waste - and the damage it can do
Hello my Green Beans, Welcome Back!
We are still on the theme of plastic and the damage it can do.
This one is a tough one but if we are committed, we can do anything!
Plastic caps are among the top five most commonly found items of litter on beaches worldwide. I think it is followed up by plastic utensils. This is a result of humans going to the beach, enjoying a beautiful day the earth has to offer and thanking it by leaving our garbage behind. I will admit I have seen very little at the Merb!
Going Green At 70: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink.
Hello my Green Beans, Welcome Back!
My objective is to share some tid-bits of information that I gleam from all the emails I get every morning on what is going on in the world; the good, the bad and the ugly.
Experts estimate it may take as long as 1,000 years for the average plastic bag to break down. When turtles and other sea critters get their fins on these bags, they sometimes mistake them for food, with fatal results.
I don’t know about you, but that makes me sad. First of all, I am a Feng Shui practitioner, but that’s for another blog, and turtles are good “juju”, I love them. We need to do what we can to protect them and all creatures.
Going Green at 70 Intro: Climate Action Tips
Allow me to introduce myself - I am a happy, humble retired senior citizen living in Pictou County and learning how to “Go Green at 70”. I say humble because really – who am I to be telling anybody how to go green? Well, my little green beans it’s because I am trying very hard to do just that.
Three years ago, I moved from Ontario to my wonderful hometown of New Glasgow ready to get back to my roots, enjoy the ocean, reconnect with my friends and…… two months later the pandemic hit. Now it doesn’t take two years to unpack boxes so I had to find a Plan B. I had worked an often 10-hour day for the last several years of my life so adjusting to retirement was going to be challenging enough but confined to my new space, I was close to panic.