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WRSE spring 2009 "water event": free reusable water bottles distributed at Billings Field during Corrib 5K Race
Photo courtesy Peg Sawyer
One Tree = Ten Air Conditioners
The following is from "The Wisdom of Trees 2009 Plant-A-Tree Calendar," by americanforests.org
Trees provide energy-saving shade when strategically planted and can cut your need for air-conditioning in half. Trees positioned to shade roofs, west-facing walls, windows, and pavement greatly reduce heat buildup. Trees’ transpiration (evaporative effect) works as a natural air conditioner to cool the surrounding air. Amazingly, the cooling effect of a young tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating twenty hours a day.
WRSE celebrates Earth Day, April 2009
by illustrating what 350 plastic bags (the amount typically used by a person annually) looks like and distributing free reusable bags donated by Macy's Liquors and CVS. More
WRSE member Karen Sauer wearing her
plastic bag outfit that demonstrates what
a year's worth of plastic bags looks like.
(Photo courtesy Peg Sawyer)
Smart Energy Party, March 2, 2009
Newspaper coverage:
Low-Carbon Diet Good for West Roxbury and the World, Transcript, March 5, 2009
The Low-Carbon Diet? Bulletin, March 5, 2009
Many thanks to everyone who made this event such a success! We are pleased to announce that our first three Low-Carbon Diet Groups (each comprising six to eight households) have been formed and are under way, reducing carbon footprints and saving energy and money. More
WRSE co-founder Rickie Harvey (left) with
LCD group participants John and Meg Connolly.
(Photo courtesy Councillor Connolly's office)
Free reusable bags distribution, November 11, 2008
Roche Bros. donated nearly 500 bags for WRSE to give away in an effort to reduce the use of plastic bags when we shop. WRSE member Karen Sauer demonstrated what a year's worth of plastic bags by the typical user looks like in her self-made plastic bag outfit. Not a pretty sight. More
