by Wonder Worman | Feb 17, 2011 | Out and About, Resources
I Love NYC! The energy, the people, the culture, the movement, the history, the noise, the architecture ……amazing! I grew up on Long Island and as a child would visit the city often. Our field trips involved train rides to see plays and visit museums. We didn’t have gadgets to keep us occupied. We had our friends! The excitement of the city kept us talking on the outbound ride, and the sheer exhaustion from all the sights and the clickety clack of the train lulled us to sleep on the ride home! I consider myself lucky to have experienced NYC as a kid and even luckier that I have the opportunity to return every summer.
At least once a week, I visit NYC via the web. I look at web cams, visit the museums, check out plays, and look for something interesting! Today while searching, I found the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a park working towards sustainability. They feed their trees and shrubs organically, and are also working on creating composting areas as the park grows. I am guessing the green trash can is used for collecting compostable waste, such as banana peels or apple cores.
As they are updating existing structures on the park grounds, they are saving most of the material. This material is then reused and transformed into another structure. Maybe it is turned into a park bench where someone can sit for hours admiring the city’s skyline! I hope to plop my behind on one of those benches and admire the urban environment!
So Brooklyn Bridge Park, if you are looking for a die hard New Yorker and one that loves Red Wigglers, give me a shout on the Worm Hotline. I’ll recognize the area code, and will answer in a worm beat!
by Wonder Worman | Feb 16, 2011 | Out and About, Red Wiggler World
A pound of my super composting Red Wigglers is now in MaMa Bear Oden’s hands! Mrs. Oden is the proud, happy owner of MaMa Bear Oden’s Preschool in Bend. Vermiculture is just one of the school’s highlights. The preschool inspires the children to make healthy, earth loving choices with MaMa Bear’s guidance. These learning centers are valuable, and I applaud MaMa Bear!
Some of the school’s features include:
•non-toxic cleaners
•reducing, reusing and recycling
•no waste Arts and Crafts center
•daily walks to the community playground
•organic garden
Role modeling earth loving choices will create healthy kids and a healthy planet!
by Wonder Worman | Feb 14, 2011 | Red Wiggler World
Happy Valentine’s Day! A heart shape is the universal symbol of LOVE. It in no way depicts the image of a human heart. That’s a relief! I wouldn’t want to open a human heart shaped box of chocolates. Although, I am sure there are some people who would find that appealing.
In the worm world, these wonderful earth loving creatures have five blood pumping organs in their tiny, hard working bodies. I wouldn’t exactly call them organs, though. They are more like bands which contract and release and preform similar functions as a human heart. But the worms’ hearts do not fill up with blood the way humans do, they just squeeze the two blood vessels which help to circulate the blood through out the body.
Check out the illustration! You can see the 5 hearts and the two blood vessels, ventral and dorsal. I grabbed this picture off of a cool site, Kingston Worm Farm. They too are spreading the word of the worm.
Also, it would be nice to show your Red wigglers some love. Feed them something sweet. Maybe you have some strawberry tops left over after you feed your loved one some strawberries dipped in chocolate or smothered in whip cream!
by Wonder Worman | Feb 13, 2011 | Less in the Landfill
Carlos snapped this picture at Mt. Bachelor after we chowed on the most delicious but bad for your body nachos! What a simple sign to joggle your noggin!
Very simple but effective …..” Before you throw it, think can you recycle it.”
Love this sign Mt Bachelor!
We all need to think before we trash it!
by Wonder Worman | Feb 10, 2011 | Less in the Landfill, Resources, Sidetracks
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The ultimate toy providing hours of entertainment with all of the dings and lights!
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My girlfriends picked this out for me! They know me well!
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The bag is pretty and much more colorful and costly than my Fred Myer bag.
Souvenirs, souvenirs, souvenirs! I always have fun picking out special gifts for my family when I go on vacation. 2 of the 4 gifts are not pictured above. Not that they aren’t worthy of a photo op, but they have nothing to do with the substance of this post. The 2 missing are t-shirts. Ana was happy to get a Spongebob t-shirt, and Max smiled when he got his red Vegas t-shirt! Max loves red and Ana adores Spongebob. Who doesn’t love Spongebob?! Anyone?
The other two gifts are on opposite ends of the environmental spectrum. The mini slot machine/bank is Carlos’s gift which has now turned into a family gift. This was the best $29 spent. Yes, I said $29! I was in a Vegas Haze (lol) and didn’t look at the cost when I was shopping. When the clerk rang up my total, my jaw dropped. $29 for a bank!?!? That’s crazy, but I was toooo tired to return it or even speak or moan or groan! My jaw just remained open in shock as my credit card was being swiped! When I got home and gave Carlos the gift, he put in a quarter, pulled the arm and I was transported back to Vegas! This One Armed Bandit rang and lit up like it’s big brother! Wooohoo way to go Vegas Gift (trap) Store! I know this toy will lose it’s attraction as all toys do and will end up in the landfill as another abandoned toy! But who knows?! I hope to keep it for a long time ….. uh huh, yeah right.
The reusable shopping bag from Envirosax is so cool! During our day at the Canyon Ranch Spa, we were given a $20 voucher to use at their spa and clothing store. My girlfriends picked this out for me while I was busy basking in the steam room! I am not a shopper what so ever and let them use my credit. They came back with the bag and some lotion. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I put the lotion (sorry biatches). In my haste to catch my flight with an hour of “sleep”, I think I left it behind along with my over played Usher cds..boohoo! (Carlos is happy though).
I am very happy to have packed the shopping bag. I have many, many reusable shopping bags, but this one is the prettiest and the most functional. As you can see from the picture, it folds up to the size of a fist and can be placed in a purse. This is a cool feature because it’ll always be handy when shopping…..Unless you are like me and forget to put it back into your purse when you are finished unpacking your goods! Hey, life happens…..
Reusable shopping bags are awesome. They are more durable than paper and plastic bags. You can always sew any rips or tears, but that hasn’t happened to me. My bags are over 2 years old, and they look as if they are brand new. They are also washable which is another cool feature!
I am in favor of the ban on plastic bags. There are many other options. My girlfriend Kristi is sewing her own reusable shopping bag! Little a has made her own shopping bag! All it takes is some durable fabric, needle and thread. A sewing machine would speed up the process, but if your watching a movie you can always whip one up in less than 2 hours! Give it a try!
So these two gifts are cool, functional and fun! I think I’ll have the most expensive reusable shopping bag in Bend and the most expensive, plastic bank too!
