RESOLVING TO do your part for the environment in 1993 could be as simple as sorting last year’s Christmas cards. In the tradition of New Year’s Day and New Year's resolutions, the Greater Van- couver Regional District has a number of environmentally friendly resolutions to suggest. Start 1993 off by sorting hast year's Christmas paper, gift boxes, and cards for re use next year. Hf this year's gifts came with packing chips, consider donating them to a florist or " pottery shop. Prepare for birthday present wrapping. in the New Year by gathering old calendar photos, maps, wallpaper, and generic Christmas paper for reuse. Resolve. to augment your supply of used paper with tea towels, baskets, scarves, news- papers comics, clothing, or homemade bags made of fabric scraps. The grocery store is another good place to ‘‘go green.” Start the year with a good supply of cloth shopping bags and store them in the car or near the door for easy access. Buy food in bulk, and look for products that have minimal All remaining stock from our . great collection! » Reg, from $80 Reg, $199, Regular $59.95 All other Gloves packaging. Other suggestions include: @ switch to non-toxic house: hold cleaners; @ ue, trade, of give away unused paint to a community group or theatre troupe; @ replace burnt-out bulbs with compuct cents; @ build a compost bin, or rodent-proof an existing one with wire mesh; ® build a bird feeder to attract insect-eating birds: @ vow to avoid pesticides in the garden this spring; @ give wool and fabric scraps to schools, daycare centres, or youth clubs for crafts: @ make or buy cloth serviet- tes; : @ buy only paper with recycled content; ® donate magazines and books to seniors’ centres, doctors’ and dentists’ offices, schools, and daycare centres; ® reuse jars for storing bulk food, nails, buitons, or other knick-knacks; @ when buying new ilems or receiving gifts (such as towels, dishes, and clothes), consider organizations that might. find the old item useful, light fuores- products BEGINNING TODAY, over 20,000 volunteer Kinsmen Mothers’ Marchers across B.C. will brave the winter weather to raise money for the programs and services made available to people with physical disabilities through the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foundation of B.C. (KRF). According to Nancy Mac- dougall, director of marketing and development, this year’s cam- paign, which concludes.on Jan. 31, is rapidly coming together. Maoe in Cai and duit tokast ah? 3) 1194 Marine Dr. al Pemberton 887-0424 FREE Catalogue 1-800-387-0110 butech Bronelyuine All sizes Joe Bib Pants Waterproof! breathable pull-on shell pants. Not exactly as shown Waterproofibreathable : Mountain parka’. Made in Vancouver NNN contact system cross country boot Alico ‘Backcountry’. All leather tele. mark/touring classic! $+ ADVENTURE TRAVEL XC SKIING: 3313 (© Open Sat. 9-5:30, Sun. Friday, January 15, 1993 - North Shore News -— 43 GVRD suggests starting new! Kinsmen launch Mother’s March — year off with recycling effort “Our volunteers are all set to march. Radio and television PSAs (public service announcements) featuring Canuck players Doug Lidster and Gerald Diduck are getting prime air time across the province and our new theme, Mothers have a way of muking things better is already visible on busbeards and in transit shelters throughout B.C.,"" said Mac- dougall. Last year over 20,000 volunteers raised $1.3 million. The goal of this year's Kinsmen'’s Mothers’ March is to raise $2 million. This year, the KRF will make a special commitment of $125,000 towards the establishment of Canuck Place, a hospice for children with terminal illness scheduled to open. in Vancouver early next year. Net proceeds raised in the Kinsmen Mothers’ March go di- rectly to provide programs: and services for B.C. residents living with physical disabilities.