22 - Friday. November 39. 1990 - Norin Snore News Make this Christmas an environment- friendly one ANYONE HANGING about my desk at the North Shore News on Tuesday would be hard pressed to accuse me of being a humbug. As it was my turn to proofread the Christmas carols for our up- coming curo! singing supplement, I decided to enter into the spirit of the exercise by Nicking on our Christmas lights and belting out all the traditional favorites as I read alone. The fact that [| could engage none of my co-workers in song left me to face the unhappy con- clusion that not everyone is as in- fused with Christmas merriment as |, That being the case, | am pleas- ed to present to you this week suggestions that will help cheer up anyone’s holiday season. For starters, here’s a suggestion to make gift selection easier — just let your fingers do the walk- ing through Stewart's Green Line environmental products catalogue. The full-color catalogue, printed, of course, on recycled paper, displays more than 300 mail-order eco-friendly products that are shipped from a Powell Street warehouse within just a few days of an order’s placement. All products were researched by a team of environmentalists whose goal was to ensure that only those most truly **green” were included. According to Stewart's Green Line's statement of mission, **The catalogue presents goods that ure required in everyday life, and not gizmos that) encourage unwise consumerism."” Among the items included in the catalogue are ecblo- tine-removing shower heads, a full range of home and office reeveled paper products, natural pet pro- ducts, energy-saving = fluorescent bulbs, solar-powered battery chargers, cotton shower curtains, organic food products, books and T-shirts. Woyouwd like to be sent a tree calttogue, call the Green Line sales office at 872-5498. Put some fun in your holiday, or under the tree, with the new environmental board game Aeep it Green. Invented by North Vancouver's Bonnie Gosse, the game shows children over VO and adults how they can clean up their en vironmental act in an enjoyable and stimulating way. Priced at around $25, Aeep it Green is being launched in retail locations tomorrow. On the North Shore, watch for it at Capers in Dundarave and oat The Cames People in Lonsdale Quay. @eeoe Hands up: how many of you have been planning to visit Science World for ages but haven't yet gotten around to it? 550,000 peopie work hard to protect Canada’s endangered species. Peggy Trendell-Whittaker ECOINFO That was me until last week when T went to see Blue Planet, showing at the Omnimax theatre. This 42-minute film features footage taken by = astranauts specially trained in the art of [max photography. From 200) miles above the Earth, we get an amazing perspec- tive on our planet's landforms and waterbodies, weather patterns and natural disturbances. The cameras also show us the mysteries of the ocean floor and the intricacies of the San Andreas Fault. Also apparent are the en- vironmental calamities we've all been hearing about — from space we see the erosion of the world’s topsoil from the Mississippi and other major river systems. We journey, too. into the fife. sustaining rainforest, visiting the tropical flora and fauna — and a would-be farmer in the process of burning it down. The Imax imaging truly serves to bring the barth'’s fragile cam- plesities alive in the minds of the Viewers, awakening an under: standing that) cannot casily be conveyed with words. “The astronauts say the Earth is stunningly beautiful, but very small and utterly alone in the great void of space.’ says pro- ducer Graeme Ferguson. “Thes have learned that we live on a del- icate planet whose comples work- ings ure poorly understoad."" Tickets ($81 adults, $7) youth and seniors, including Science World admission) are avaiktble at Science World or at Picketmitster oudlets. Showtimes are daily on the hour from Tboam. te + pam, and Saturday evenings at S$, 7, and & p.m, Save on the costs of parking and poHution by taking advantage of the nearby Skytrain station. Letters and questions can be sent to) Ecolnta oat the North Shore News, 1139 Lansdale Ave, North Vancouver V7M OEE, Vancouver istand § Marmot Marmota vancouverensis | You can help too. ATR For mote utormation contact Canadian Wildlite Federation 4673 Carling Avenue Ottawo. Ontano K2A 371 (6135 725-2191 EXTENDED SHOPPING HOURS Dec. 3rd to Dec. 7th — Dec. !Oth to 14th 9:30 am. to 9:00 pm. Saturdays, Dec. 15th & 22nd — 9:30 am. to 9:00 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 9th & l6th — Noon to 5:00 p.m. Dec. 23rd — 10:00 am. to 530 p.m. Monday, Dec. oath — 930 ¢ a.m. to 5:30 pm. Wednesday, Dec. 26th - Boxing Day — 9:30 a.m. to 530 p.m. THE GIFT BANK FEATURES GIFT IDEAS FROM EVERY STORE AT PARK ROYAL Parkoval “SHOPPING CENTRE PARK ROYAL'S GIFT BANK IS AT YOUR SERVICE. FREE 10 AM. DAILY ON NORTH MALL CALL 925-XMAS