Seven WC Students Cash In On Climate Change Project
But most impressive of all was how this group came together to pull this off. Middle school is oftentimes a period when social groups are formed. Groups that can be exclusionary at best. To work together these young folks needed to get past that dynamic. To step outside of their social comfort zone.
I asked them what they found to be the biggest challenge in doing this project? ... Why Do We Import Trash?
We at N3 are big fans of recycling.
First off, it’s a really fine thing to do given the compelling propensity toward consuming we bipeninsular denizens share with much of humankind. We recognize it’s not a profitable enterprise and is, in fact, rather expensive and still efforts are made to find a way to make it available so we can reduce what ends up in landfills. These efforts are encouraged from many sides including our state government. But given this proclivity for consumption no matter how much effort is put into recycling and reusing and reducing we still produce a lot of solid waste. A whole lot. So when we receive a release such as this which speaks to the amount of waste that ends up in landfills...our state’s landfills… from other states and Canada the ongoing acceptance of refuse from these sources seems to our naive eyes to be rather...well...excessive might be a good word. After all we are asked to recycle, reuse and reduce right? To do our part to...
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Sweet Tea Trio at Dogwood on March 2
The trio was named Alabama’s Country Female Artist of the Year for 2016 and have been winning the hearts and catching the eye of fans across the country since then. Their sound is unique, unlike what you hear on country radio today.
Kid Rock and Vector Management signed Sweet Tea Trio via a co-management venture. The trio opened for Kid Rock on his 2018 tour, including Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Said Kid Rock in announcing the signing: “These young ladies are some of the most talented, kindhearted and hard-working singers and players I have ever met. They are already Random Bits… A Little Push
It really wasn’t good, at all. In my second year of college, and not much to show for it. First semester, year one GPA: 0.6, 1.5 second semester, and on track for maybe a 1.8 this time. I did have a killer album collection, yet mom and dad weren’t having it. “Listen, Sam, these grades better come up, or you can get yourself a lunch pail and go to work. Your mom and I aren’t going to subsidize what looks like a big party going on over there.” They were right; it was more Camp Calvin than serious academic pursuit. The trouble was, as with many other nineteen year olds, I really had no idea...
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Dates are being finalized for the 4-day Event, but are expected to be early to mid-August, 2020. The USCA Marathon Nationals draws canoers and kayakers from all over the US, Canada and international paddling community.
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"Baby, It's Cold Outside!"
The NCCA-Artsplace Winter Community Photography Contest is a free annual contest for all ages and all levels of skill with the theme "Baby, It's Cold Outside!". The 2018 contest winners were selected by Jacqueline Danielson of Fremont...
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