Zero Waste Pittsburgh is currently recruiting contract employees to work as Environmental Service Assistants (ESA’s) at the Arts Festival from June 4th to June 13th. If you love the outdoors and working with the public and are committed to making a difference in the community – this is your opportunity to help make the 2010 Arts Festival a “Zero Waste” Event.
The ESA’s will be required to help educate the Arts Festival patrons about recycling and composting and assist them in choosing the correct recycling and/or composting receptacle for their materials.
ESA’s will be assigned six hour shifts (rain or shine) and receive $10 per hour. If you would like more information about this great summer job please contact Kyle Winkler at 412-431-4449 ext.243 or info@zerowastepgh.org.
A Hard to Recycle collection will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Steel City Harley Davidson, Route 19 and Racetrack Road. Useable building supplies, compact fluorescent bulbs, alkaline batteries, cell phones and ink/toner cartridges will be taken for free. Televisions, tires and electronic waste (keyboards, laptops, etc.) will be taken for a fee. Details: 412-431-4449, ext. 236, or http://www.prc.org/.
GO Green Club member Barb has sent me a list of recycling links to help us all learn what to do with those hard to recycle items we all have in our homes!
This morning on WYEP (91.3 fm) I heard a promo for a new series of talks to be held at the radio station on the South Side of Pittsburgh. The series is called "Your Weekly Green" and it begins tonight at 6:30 p.m., running for the next 7 consecutive Wednesdays. Tonight's topic is "Water Stewardship in a City of Rivers" presented by Allegheny CleanWays, Friends of the Riverfront, and RiverCubes. Each one hour talk will be followed by a tour the LEED certified WYEP Community Broadcast Center. To register or to learn more about the series, visit the WYEP web site.
The GO Green Club is in the news! An article in todays' edition of The Almanac about the 40th anniversary of Earth Day includes interviews with Library Director Pier Lee and GO Green members Angie Phares and Barb Schnabel. It also highlights the many activities scheduled at the library for Thursday, April 22 as part of our Earth Day celebration. Pictured at left are Angie and Barb with part of the recycling display created by Barb and her husband, Scott. See the complete recycling display by visiting the Peters Township Public Library's main lobby!
The library, along with their newly formed GO Green Club, has a variety of programs and displays for the whole family planned to mark the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, 2010.
The library’s GO Green Club will offer a free film screening of the documentary No Impact Man on April 22 at 7:00 p.m. The "No Impact Project" web site explains, “For one year, Colin Beavan and his family unplugged from the electrical grid, produced no trash, traveled exclusively by foot or bike, and bought nothing except food (all of it locally grown). By the end, they discovered something surprising: living simply wasn’t just good for the environment; it made them healthier, happier, and richer in ways they’d never expected.” This film is rated PG and suitable for family viewing.
A large display in the main lobby of the library created by members of the GO Green Club will explain everything you need to know about recycling in Peters Township. Books about sustainable living, organic gardening, and other earth-friendly topics are being featured on the second floor of the library. The GO Green Club members have also registered for township’s annual Clean-Up Day on Saturday, April 24 from 9:00 a.m. until noon and will be working outside the library and in the parking lot that morning.
The Young Adult and Children’s Departments at the library have also planned activities for Earth Day. After school from 3:30-5:00 p.m. on April 22, teens in grades 6-12 will be doing a craft from recyclable materials and watching the film Planet Earth. From 6:00-6:45 p.m. kids and parents of all ages will celebrate Earth Day with a special storytime, activities and crafts. Children can sign a leaf for a promise tree to keep our world growing green. Families are then encouraged to remain for the film, No Impact Man, which will begin at 7:00 p.m. Register at the library’s circulation desk.
To join the library’s GO Green Club, please email Carrie Weaver or register at the library’s circulation desk.
Go Green Club member Lisa forwarded these two notices to me to share. The first is a Household Chemicals Collection taking place on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the North Park Swimming Pool parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Click here for the flyer which provides details about items to be collected and what will NOT be accepted. The fee is $2/gallon - cash only.
For those Hard-to-Recycle items like tires, useable building materials, and CFLs, there are several collection events taking place in and around Pittsburgh over the next several months. Click here for the flyer that lists items that will be accepted and the fee schedule. Questions about these collections can be directed to the Pennsylvania Resources Council, Inc. at 412.488.7490 ext. 236.
The mission of the PTPL GO GREEN Club is to provide the community with educational resources through programs, library materials, and volunteer activities to help create a more environmentally-friendly and responsible lifestyle.
