I don’t think it’s any secret that I have a passion for environmental stewardship. No act is too small to improve one’s carbon footprint on the planet. Therefore, I am pleased to announce a local Recycling Awareness Event that will be held in my Treasure Valley, Idaho community on November 21, 2009.
Motivated by the AmericaRecyclesDay.org coalition, this grassroots Recycling Awareness event will be held at Silverhawk Realty in Fruitland, Idaho from 10 am to 2 pm. The event will focus on recycling resources in the Payette County area. There will …

Celebrating its 12th year, America Recycles Day (ARD), will be on November 15th. It’s a day set aside to better inform people about the importance of recycling and buying recycled products.
I am a staunch supporter of recycling and do a decent job at it personally, but I know that I can do much more. So, I’ve taken the ARD Pledge on the America Recycles Day website to try and ramp up my recycling habits.
It’s a No Brainer, that recycling keeps the landfills from filling up so quickly. But, in addition …

One just needs to give it a try and find out that recycling is much easier than most people think it is. REALLY, it is VERY EASY !
And actually, in my opinion, easy or not, we as stewards of this beautiful planet should be eager to do everything possible to perserve and protect our environment. As mentioned in the National Recycling Coalition’s website; before the 1920’s, 70% of U.S. cities ran programs to recycle certain materials. And during World War II, industry recycled and reused about 25% of the waste …