WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ARCHIVE   BACK TO ARCHIVE INDEX

14 Jun 07 - exec orders; curricula; vacuums; consumers; gardening; events; reuse ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.nwpcarchive.org --------------------- From Eric Friedman, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Leading by Example Programs, Boston, MA: We are very interested in seeing any effective executive orders from other states/counties/municipalities that have directed their own agencies to engage in comprehensive waste management practices. If possible, I would love to get any information that folks might have on this topic. Thanks. E-mail: Eric [DOT] Friedman [AT] state [DOT] ma [DOT] us ---------------------- From Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA: Friends - What are the best curricula you've found to educate about sustainability (of course waste reduction, but energy, too)? Thanks! Because I'm needing an answer quickly (for a June 16 Iowa Mayor's Conference that I was just asked to attend), please respond to me directly, and copy the Forum if you wish. I appreciate it. E-mail: salterberg ( A T ) uni ( D O T ) edu ---------------------- From Blair Pollock, Orange County Solid Waste Management Department, Chapel Hill, NC, responding to the 6/4/07 item about Consumer Reports' Product Reliability Survey, which noted that Eureka was one of the most repair-prone brands of canister vacuum cleaners: I've had the same canister Eureka for 20 years and only replaced the cord and the filters. E-mail: bpollock (A T) co (D O T) orange (D O T) nc (D O T) us ---------------------- Link to the North Carolina Office of Environmental Education's "Informed Consumer" website (forwarded by Rachel Golden): http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/consumer.htm ---------------------- Link to the "Consumerism Challenge" blog: http://www.consumerismchallenge.blogspot.com This blog, a project of a teacher and a counselor in Vancouver, BC, invites people to sign up and participate in monthly challenges to reduce consumption and waste. ---------------------- Link to the National Wildlife Federation's "Gardener's Guide to Global Warming" (first seen in the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center bulletin): http://www.nwf.org/gardenersguide/Gardeners_Guide.pdf This guide was published in April, 2007. ---------------------- Link to the Wisconsin Be SMART (Save Money and Reduce Trash) Coalition's "Public Place Recycling Toolkit" (first seen in the WasteCap Wisconsin bulletin): http://besmart.org/publicplacerecycling (Note from Tom: Although this guide focuses on recycling, we are including it in the Forum because it does address reduction and reuse in many of its sections.) ---------------------- Link to the Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council's "Use it Again PA!" website (forwarded by Carl Hursh): http://www.useitagainpa.org This website allows Pennsylvania residents to search for businesses across the state that rent, repair, or sell used products. - end -