Please complete online survey evaluating EcoParents! Need your input for our grant report!

Please take a moment to complete this brief online survey evaluating the Linden Hills EcoParents program over the past year. The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete. Regardless of your level of participation in EcoParents, your input is important!! Plus, these data are necessary to complete a grant report for our funders. Thank you very very much.

The survey is available online here.

Please try to complete the entire survey, but only once per person please. (If more than one person in your household participated, you may each complete a survey.)

Please contact me if you have any problems!

Thanks...and stay tuned for a September meeting date and topic! (We are taking August off...)

Resources & Links for 'getting rid of it'

Here are the (much belated) links presented at the last EcoParents meeting on "Getting Rid of It"

City of Minneapolis: What To Do List
Hennepin County: A to Z How to Get Rid of It Guide for Households
RethinkRecycling: What to Throw & Buy

Info on problem materials & recycling drop-off facilities:

• Bloomington/South Hennepin Drop-off Facility
• Brooklyn Park Drop-off Facility

Disposal Alternatives:

• Hennepin County: Choose to ReUse Directory
• Twin Cities Freemarket
• City of Minneapolis Curbside Recycling Guidelines (if you live elsewhere, check with your municipality or haulers for guidelines)

Remember...the city & county sites for recycling & disposal guidelines are limited to what they accept. There are other miscellaneous recycling collection programs around the metro for materials not collected by the city or county!! Check out the blog post here for programs beyond curbside collection!

Do you know of a resource or program not listed?? Make a comment so we can all learn about it!

Two Will Steger Events next week

An invitation for two really great local learning opportunities with WILL STEGER & BILL McKIBBEN!

Our Clean Energy Future
Free Public Forum with Bill McKibben and Will Steger
Tuesday August 18th, 7:30 pm
Leo Fick Auditorium, Edina High School

Join Will Steger and special guest Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of Deep Economy & The End of Nature to hear about the global movement to develop a meaningful Global Climate Agreement at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December 2009.

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Will Steger Foundation's 4th Annual Summer Institute on Climate Change 2009
Wednesday August 19th, 8:30-4:30 pm
University of Minnesota, Continuing Education Conference Center, St. Paul Campus

APPLY ONLINE NOW! Go to www.willstegerfoundation.org to register NOW!

The 2009 Summer Institute invites YOU to join them in-person, or by webinar, for a full day of interactive exploration of international climate solutions and related curriculum.

The 2009 Institute will focus on the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen and unveil a brand new curriculum on international climate solutions for grades 9-12.

Visit Will Steger Foundation online to learn more about the 2009 Summer Institute and how to register.