8 - Friday, June 1, 1990 - North Shore News N. Shore residents given unique opportunity NORTH SHORE residents, cluster ‘round and take heed! You are being given the opportunity to celebrate Environ- ment Week, June 3 to 9, by participating in the launch of an exciting, innovative community environment project. It’s called Going Green on the North Shore, and it’s the joint project of the three municipalities, several community agencies and Environment Canada. Its goal is to get every North Shore business and household working together towards a more planet-friendly lifestyle. Full details will be revealed in a special environment feature in this Sunday’s North Shore News, but here’s the gist of what you have to look forward to: a three-month calendar, spanning June, July and August, will be inserted into Sun- day’s North Shore News. Pull it out and post it on your wall. Listed with each month are four specific environmental tasks that you can incorporate into your household or office routine. When you commit yourself to undertak- ing one of the suggestions, you tick off the appropriate graphic at the top of the calendar. At the end of the three months, you will hopefully have ticked off all the 12 tasks. However many you have achieved, you are asked to send in your “‘scorecard,”’ and any comments you have about the project, to Environment Canada. People who register in this way are eligible for environmentally sound gift giveaways and other in- centives. Surprise awards will also be bestowed throughout the three months upon people who are seen to be following the calendar’s plan. The Going Green campaign is a 2 40 Sn ae eae -=—=e8-2 == 1 as a OSH KOSH OVERALLS OFF *21°° Boys’ & girls’ sizes; infants, 2-3X, 4-6X eee eee ee ee real community affair. For example, people in June are asked to ‘‘lug a mug”’ with them to cut down on using disposable cups. To support this, al] the Lonsdale Quay coffee and tea outlets will be selling ‘‘Going Green’? mugs at cost, and giving customers a free cup of coffee when they buy the $3.95 mug. Throughout the project, businesses and other organizations are invited to add their own ideas and get involved by contacting Environment Canada, which is planning to make this a 12-month project, organized in three-month increments. Going Green on the North Shore is a pilot project that will be followed up and surveyed by UBC researchers. lis goal is to reduce garbage and amalgamate the efforts of existing community resources in a cohesive manner that will effect true change in the habits of thousands of indi- viduals. oll iS Entire Stock SALE Reg. to *38.00 a I a a a ee ea a ele ' There's no better way to com- memorate Environment Week than by committing yourself wholeheartedly to this: great com- munity project. Working together, following the calendar’s sugges- tions, we wil! all make a huge dif- ference! ENVIRONMENT WEEK There will be lots of interesting ways to celebrate Environment Week besides kicking off the Go- ing Green campaign. Here’s a smattering of suggestions. SPEC is promoting a Leave EcolInfo ‘| Peggy Trendell-Whittaker . TNs Your Car at Hoine Day on En- vironment Day, June 5. Walk, bike, take the bus, or at least car- pool if the other options aren’t feasible, but break your addiction to the automotive habit. The average amount of noxious gases pumped into the air per commuter each day is said to be 1.3 kg. Multiply that by 800,000 motorists and you get 411,000 tonnes of emissions sent into the air by Lower Mainland drivers each year. Reader Marie Routleau asks, ‘“*When are non-drivers going to organize against those poisons in our common air the way non- smokers organized against second-hand smoke?... L always feel particularly pained when I see infants in their strollers, right at tailpipe level. Mercury levels in the blood of many young children are high."* xk *& International Junk Mail Day has been set for June 4 by Survival Express, an anti-junk mail group based in Courtenay. The group suggests measures such as returning the mail to the company who sent it (perhaps ex- plaining that you won’t support them if they continue to use direct mail advertising), returning the mail to the post office or writing Donald Lander, CEO of Canada Post. For more information on how to fight this particular battle, contact Survival Express at 338-9242. set Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre has a number of interesting, free events scheduled for the week. Learn the space-saving and ef- fective art of worm composting on Saturday, June 2 at 2 p.m. Learn how to eliminate household haz- ardous wastes, from a Greenpeace representative at 2 p.m. on June 3. Hike Lynn Creek from the ecology centre to Burrard Inlet with naturalist Kevin Bell on Wednesday, June 6 and help clean up Maplewood mudflats, and learn its natural history, on Saturday, June 9. There are many more events for all ages scheduled. Call the centre, 987-5922, for more information. + kk The West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre is also offering a host of Environment Week events that are open to all, Monday morning, learn how to build a compost box. Monday evening, hear tips on garbage reduction from a representative of the Worldwide Home En- vironmentalists’ Network or attend a discussion on the importance of trees. On Wednesday night, dine on organic roast beef while listening to an address from the provincial environment minister, John Reynolds, and be entertained by members of the Theatre Sports troupe. Other activities throughout the week include ethical investing, a tour of Mohawk’s re-refining plant, endangered species in B.C., and more. Information: 926-4375. za Imagination Market is hosting a number of events, too, Highlights include a ‘‘reduce, reuse and recy- cle’? forum on Tuesday night, June 5, at 7 p.m., that will bring together members from the local envizonment, government and business communities. Kids of all ages will enjoy the second annual Just Imagine festi- val, being held in Oppenheimer Park Saturday, June 9, 11 a.m. to 4p.m. “Join in environmental games, hat making, maze weaving, face painting, dancing and enjoying all the other fun that will be offered. Info: 253-1033. ENVIRONMENT WEEK LYNN CANYON ECOLOGY CENTRE GREEN SCREEN. Saturday, June 2 to Sunday, June 10. Your choice from 32 C.N.F.B. films WORM COMPOSTING. Saturday, June 2, 2pm. With John Mcintosh. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES. Sunday, June 3, 29m. Detox your home with Rose Wilson. BATS IN YOUR BACKYARD. Monday, June 4, 3:30em to 5pm. An after-school program for kids, ages 8-12. LYNN CREEK HIKE. Wednesday, June 6, 10am to 4pm. Follow Lynn Creek to where if meets the sea. MAPLEWOOD FLATS CLEAN UP AND NATURE TOURS. Saturday, June 9. Clean up-and tree planting 10am. Tours start at 1, 2 and 3pm. WHALES ON OUR B.C, COAST. Saturday, June 9, 2pm. Slide show and talk by Sandra Scott. GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE. Sunday, June 10, 2om. “Attracting Backyard Wildlife, A Guide For Nature Lovers”. Author, Bill Merilees, is giving a slide show and falk. GET INVOLVED, JUNE 2-10 To PRE-REGISTER for these events and for more information phone the Ecology Centre: 987-5922. ey) The Centre is in Lynn Canyon Park and is operated by 2 the District of Norh Vancouver. ait