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Thought for the day, Wednesday, September 1, 2010:

Question: What is the one thing every single human being on the planet can do that's considered green? Whatever the answer is, multiply that by billions of human beings and you create some noticeable Green results.

Save trees by paying your bills on-line. Sign up for paperless statements. For those who still receive monthly statements most of the time an envelope is included just reuse the envelope. You need to cross out the bar code at the bottom of the envelope to ensure it's received by your creditor . I haven't had to buy envelopes in a very long time. I know I've saved many trees.
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There was plenty of sunshine for the second annual Green U Saturday, August 28th.

It’s good to tell people to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for our environment. It’s much better to show them how, as the Huntsville Botanical Gardens did at the second annual “Green U: A Festival for the Environment” Saturday.

Recycling is the third best option; it was the admission price for Green U. Admission was either $5 or five recyclable items. Recycling saves energy and reduces pollution over manufacturing items from raw materials; any items recycled stay out of the incinerator or landfill.

Reuse is better than recycling. Green U offered several craft sessions teaching children and adults to reuse items that would normally be recycled or, worse, trashed.

Reduce is better than recycling or reuse. Green U provided no tickets for admission. Attendees got their hands marked with a green stamp in exchange for their five recyclable items (or $5); the stamp allowed passage in and out all day.

The Alabama Solar Association booth practiced all there. We provided our own electrical needs with solar panels, we gave away reusable shopping totes, and we made fresh, fizzy sodas onsite without cans or bottles. We served the drinks in biodegradable compostable cups; we encouraged reuse of the cups before recycling them by offering free refills all day.

Thank you, Botanical Gardens, for showing Huntsvillians how our little acts can add up to make a big difference for our environment. How green are U?

Acme Solar Works
Summerdale
Affordable Solar
Dothan
Global Market Consultants, Inc
Clearwater
Green Works
Royal
Gulf Coast Solar, Inc
Mobile
HSVgreen.com
Huntsville
Reisz Engineers
Huntsville
REM Solar Technologies
Lanett
SolarTech Alabama
Birmingham
Southern Solar
Huntsville
Sun Plans
Citronelle
US Renewable & Efficient Energy
Pinson

The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program for seventh- and eighth-grade students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to present their vision of a city of the future.

Creating future engineers for Alabama

Alabama needs engineers and scientists to assure our continued leadership in technology. The last generation took us to the moon and back. Where will our future generations take us?

ASA awarded the Huntsville City School Academy of Science and Foreign Language $300 for the concept city "Solaris." ASA Judges Al Orilion and Morton Archibald selected Team Solaris as the best of 20 finalists from across Alabama in use of renewable energy in their concept of a future city.

"I represent a bunch of hogs," said Morton in presenting the award. "Our generation has been using energy like there is no tomorrow, let alone like this generation is going to need any. We are living in desperate times, and it will be up to you (the students participating in the Future Cities competition) to bail of us out of the mess we have created. From what I have seen here today, there is hope for a bright future."

The team consisted of students Kris Yamada, Sherry Nolet, and Eugina Young developed the plans and the model for the City of Solaris. ASFL teacher Angela Trayor provided the team guidance under the guidance of Huntsville engineer Erica Jones.


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