Did you know that the US Postal Service recycled than 200,000 tons of paper, cardboard, plastics and other waste in 2009, representing a decrease in its greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 1.67 million barrels of oil. And most of it is just from having recycle boxes available in the post office. How easy is that?
Monthly Archive for February, 2010
You can stop delivery of the free newspaper The Washington Examiner? It is criminal that you actually have to tell them to stop sending it rather than encouraging you to sign up, but in any event, you can stop the littering of your driveway by visiting this link. I have just done it myself today, and do not know whether they sell your email address (which is required of you to stop delivery but it doesn’t appear to have to be a real email) or your mailing address, so proceed with caution!
Did you know that adopting a pet from the shelter is a great way to teach your kids about reuse? It may seem odd, but adopting a cat or dog or bunny or hamster from a rescue shows that you don’t always have to have “new” in order to have awesome. It also teaches the important lesson about “reduce,” as in reducing the number of puppies and kittens that end up in shelters, and for some, ultimately dying there.
So before you shell out hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars for pet from a fancy breeder, so what your local shelter has. Chances are there’s a nice little creature there who would love to chase a tennis ball in your back yard, or curl up in a sun square in the front window of your condo.
Here’s a note from our friends at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter:
**See photos of animals at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/
Visit Fairfax County’s “Gold Medal Contenders”
Put your television set on “paws” and come meet some critters that are sure to win your heart at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. The shelter’s motto for its winter games adoption celebration is “Adopt from us: You Can’t Luge.”
Meet a few of the shelter’s notable competitors, all seeking warmth and love in a new home:
- “Plush-enko”; a long-haired cat looking for a good home. “I’m going for the “purr-fect score” — a new family,” “Plush” explains.
- Feline Boomer’s signature “method grab” toy mouse technique as he showboats for your attention is much in the style of U.S. Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis. “I’m willing to forego a gold medal to get a good home,” says the loveable feline showing the true flavor of his sport.
- A “luge course”, newly carved in the animal shelter’s outdoor dog exercise area by dogs frolicking in the snow from the area’s latest blizzard. Zipping around the yard, the shelter dogs are true medal contenders in both speed and agility.
- Professional curlers—otherwise known as lap cats and dogs—who are seeking good homes to prove that their laid back sport is no joke.
“Families are sure to strike gold by adopting a shelter animal,” says Shelter Director Dr. Karen P. Diviney. “We’re going for a season’s best with our adoptions this winter.”
The Fairfax County Animal Shelter will feature their animals this weekend and throughout the remainder of the Games. To view animals available for adoption, visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/animalservices/ and click on adoption.
The shelter is located at 4500 West Ox Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030. Regular adoption hours are Tuesday – Friday, 12 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact the shelter at (703) 830-1100.
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