Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 13, 2011 at 06:53:02
from the support-your-local-enviros dept.
What do Coir fibre blocks, worm composter kits, bat houses, and rain barrels have in common? They're all for sale from Clean North. Call us at 705-945-1573 or visit our booth at the various community events throughout the year.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 13, 2011 at 06:42:56
from the christmas-in-june dept.
Ursula Schleen writes: "Trees and Mulch event Saturday, June 4th from 9 am to 12 noon at Algoma University (1520 Queen St. E). Clean North is providing free Christmas tree mulch to the public. Great for acid-loving garden areas and for pathways. Bring your own container and we'll help you shovel. Donations appreciated. At the same time, a wide variety of locally adapted, native trees will be available for sale, along with free tree planting expertise. We will also have Coir fibre, worm composters, bat houses & rain barrels for sale. Find us at the rear parking lot."
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 11, 2011 at 14:08:21
from the plants-for-sale dept.
Ursula Schleen writes: "Clean North will again participate in the annual Hort. Society Plant Sale. This year the sale will be back at the United Baptist Church parking lot on 41 Malabar. Date - Saturday May 28th from 9 - 12, rain or shine. Clean North volunteers will display and take orders for locally grown tree seedlings, rain barrels, bat houses, coir blocks, worm composters and will provide information to the public about Clean North's ongoing projects."
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 11, 2011 at 13:57:29
from the joint-operation dept.
Ursula Schleen writes: "Clean North will team up with the Voyageur Trail Club to man an information booth at the Essar Center this Sunday, May 15th from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm during the 'Passport to Unity' event. Clean North volunteers will have educational information for the public on composting, rainbarrels, coir, bat houses, and chemical free laundry detergent. Come by and check out our display."
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on April 14, 2011 at 15:50:55
from the clean-laundry-clean-earth dept.
Ursula Schleen writes: "Clean North has embarked on a project to promote the use of toxic-chemical free laundry detergent. While the recipe is simple, many people need a little encouragement and a starter kit. The starter kit is $5.00 for the plastic bucket and enough soap, borax & washing soda for the first batch. Refill packets of the ingredients (without the bucket) will be available for $4.00." The kits are available for purchase at the Clean North office.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on April 13, 2011 at 22:20:53
from the everyone-loves-a-good-movie dept.
Ursula Schleen writes: "Clean North's annual Earth Day film is "A CHEMICAL REACTION" and will be shown Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 6:30 at the SSM Public Library (Main branch - 50 East St.) This award winning documentary was blocked by the garden chemical industry from a screening at Canada Blooms 2011. The showing will be followed by presentations, updates & panel discussion re pesticide free lawns & gardens. Free Admission/Door Prizes"
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on February 02, 2011 at 09:52:41
from the it's-a-bit-seedy dept.
The Seedy Saturday seed exchange is coming up on Feb 19. This year, it will be held in the Sault College B-wing cafeteria. There will be a seed exchange, workshops, vendors, activities for children, and more. Please see the announcement for more info including times.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on July 27, 2010 at 11:04:44
from the help-wanted dept.
Clean North could use your help yet again.
We have been asked to help the family of Della Taylor, a longtime Clean North member, to clean out her house in preparation for its sale. Many of us remember volunteering with Della in past years, she's a delightful lady.
Della and her husband have moved to much smaller and less-demanding accommodation, and taken their treasures with them. They've left behind the accumulation of decades of living in one place, and their daughter, who lives in Toronto, has asked us to help.
So we're having a garage sale. Julia has offered Clean North the proceeds of the sale, as she does not want to spend her entire holidays sorting her parent's things, all on her own. There are bed linens, kitchen items, some functional furniture pieces (chests, shelving, tables, a twin bed), sewing items, costume jewelry, two lawnmowers, contents of a garden shed, and even a few treasures sprinkled throughout. Literally, "everything must go!"
It all needs sorting, some of it needs pricing, other items to be sold in "lots" or by-the-bag. We need Clean North's garage sale experts. You know who you are!
Please get back to me at kathie or leave a phone message at 949-3862, if you can help on any one of these three days. I'm extremely grateful for your time and expertise!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on July 21, 2010 at 07:17:56
from the be-there-or-be-square dept.
Katie Pearson sends us this:
For a Year, They Bought Nothing and Threw Away Zilch Now Vancouver Filmmakers are Cycling Canada & 'Talking Trash' with Their Documentary The Clean Bin Project
What started as a personal challenge - a household competition to see who could produce the least amount of garbage - has now become a feature documentary that will be coming to Sault Ste. Marie for a single showing on Saturday, July 31st. Filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer are currently on the road, bicycling across Canada, showing their film The Clean Bin Project and having engaging discussions on waste reduction in communities across the country. The Clean Bin Project is a feature documentary film about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question "is it possible to live completely waste free?" Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a battle to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year. Their light-hearted competition to refuse, reduce and recycle their way to the smallest garbage bin is set against a darker examination of the large-scale environmental impacts of our “throw-away society”.
"We had watched a lot of environmental films that were really informative, but we always felt so overwhelmed and deflated at the end of them," explains Grant, who directed and edited the film, "we wanted to make a movie that showed how choosing to do just one thing, like reducing your trash, can be not only manageable, but really empowering and fun." The pair has already been garnering accolades for their project and were recently awarded the 2010 MOBI award for journalism and media from the Recycling Council of British Columbia. "We just started as a personal challenge, but it turns out that people are really intrigued by how we managed to produce so little garbage," says Jenny. "The response has been great; people say they have been really inspired to make changes in their own lives."
The Clean Bin Project cycle tour will be at Loplops Lounge & Gallery at 651 Queen Street East in Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday, July 31st at 7pm. Admission is by donation to the Clean Bin Project. This screening is sponsored by Clean North and all ages are welcome.
For more info about the screening, call Clean North at 945-1573. Learn more about the Clean Bin Project and watch the trailer at www.cleanbinmovie.com.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 22, 2010 at 16:00:53
from the I'm-going-out-and-eat dept.
Clean North and the SSM Public Library are co-hosting an Earth Day presentation on composting: Thursday, April 22nd at 6:30 PM. Program includes: screening of the "Wormania" video, panel discussion, displays, and door-prize draw. Learn how easy it is to compost in your back yard or indoors with worms. Free Admission.
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