Tuesday, October 5, 2010

ADOPT A BLOCK COMING UP - OCTOBER 17 - SUNDAY

The next Adopt a Block Clean-Up is on Sunday, October 17 from 9 -11. We will be picking up litter, counting cigarette butts (in hopes of finding less because we gave out 5 cigarette butt planters right after the last clean up in July), cleaning the street gutters on Hekili Street (stretch from Bowling Alley Driveway to Food Land Driveway), launching the use of our Eco-Composter (green ball near our garden) and doing more storm drain stenciling. An RSVP will be e-mailed out soon so families can sign up for the various adopt-a block jobs/areas.

We hope you can join us!
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Do you know about Non-Source Point pollution?

Whether you have a stream running through your backyard, business, local school or park, protecting it is a good idea. Many property owners upstream may not realize that what they do on their land impacts other residents and water quality downstream. Every day pollutants such as trash, yard waste (e.g., grass clippings, leaves, prunings, or fruits), paint, construction debris (e.g., stockpiles of soil, sand, or gravel), used motor oil, fertilizers and pesticides, and dog waste reach our urban streams. Trash on stream banks are unsightly and unsanitary for humans and wildlife. Even organic materials such as yard waste are unacceptable to dump along streams banks. When these materials get into the stream cycle, they decompose and eliminate critical, life-giving oxygen from the water. As a result, streams become unsightly and emit foul odors.