Smoking Gunn » Green http://blog.gunnjerkens.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:12:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/2011/11/reduce-reuse-and-recylce/ http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/2011/11/reduce-reuse-and-recylce/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:58:14 +0000 RMullins http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/?p=2105

Today is America Recycles Day! Since 1997, people throughout the US have been joining forces on November 15 to celebrate the efforts of recycling! Today is our day to promote, educate and motivate the world to see what we can accomplish!

Here are some interesting facts we found out about recycling:

  1. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours (equal to a half gallon of gasoline!)
  2. If we recycled all of our newspapers, we could save around 250,000,000 trees per year
  3. Each month we discard enough glass bottles and jars to fill a large skyscraper, and they are all recyclable!
  4. The US is the biggest producer of the world’s trash, clocking in at 1,609 pounds per person per year (That’s 5% of the world’s people generating 40% of the world’s waste)
  5. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator

For more interesting facts, click here!

So whether it’s reusing paper, recycling a can or teaching others, make sure you do your part to recycle today, tomorrow and the next!

To find out how you can get involved, check out the official America Recycles Day page!

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Happy Friday!

]]> http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/2010/09/green/feed/ 1 Native Plant Sale in LB this Saturday! http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/2009/10/native-plant-sale-in-lb-this-saturday/ http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/2009/10/native-plant-sale-in-lb-this-saturday/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:55:52 +0000 Katie http://blog.gunnjerkens.com/?p=125 Visit LongBeachGreenGuide.comHey Long Beach neighbors! We found out from LongBeachGreenGuide.com that this weekend the El Dorado Nature Center will be hosting its annual California Native Plant Sale. This is a great opportunity to discover plants that are perfectly suited for our dry climate – we have to conserve that water folks! Plus, there will be plenty of knowledgeable green thumbs present to offer advice and guidance. If you’re in town this weekend, check it out!

Native Plant Sale
Sponsored by Partners of Parks
Saturday,  October 24th
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

El Dorado Nature Center
7550 E. Spring St.
Long Beach, CA 90815
Nature Center website:
www.longbeach.gov

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