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Here is an interesting site on the idea of "Precycling" www.greenfeet.net/newsletter/precycling.shtml

Here is an interesting site on how the City of Portland collects food waste and food-soiled paper for composting. www.portlandonline.com/osd/index.cfm?c=ebgic

Good link [via Cool Cities and Richard Rich]:
http://postcarboncities.net/guidebook

Have you heard of milk paint? Milk paint, sometimes found on antique furniture, was used by early American “pioneers.” Making your own for walls is cheap, easy, produces lovely, soft colors, and is environmentally healthy, with no odor and no toxins. Many commercial paints contain a wide variety of potentially harmful chemicals. However, some commercial companies now offer environmentally-friendly or low VOC paints. Be careful to read the label, though, as some paints that are advertised as “eco” may not be.

Step It Up Rally - Saturday, April 14th
Downtown Blacksburg
9:30-10:30: Display of hybrid, biodiesel and electric vehicles.
10:15-11:00: Speakers discuss carbon emissions reduction.
11:30: Free showing of the documentary about Global Warming, An Inconvient Truth, at the Lyric Theatre.

Earth Friendly Friday - 'We Are All Smith Islanders'
April 13th - 6:00 PM - Roanoke Unitarian Church
We will hold a film screening and a Question and A nswer session. I'll be the presenter at this event, so I would be happy to display the Sustainable Blacksburg information there. http://virginia.sierraclub.org/roanoke/