tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335638660922768852024-03-13T20:34:41.739-07:00girls go greenannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-51707076330484211232011-10-17T17:25:00.000-07:002011-10-17T17:44:26.003-07:00What I've been up to recentlySo first of all, I started high school! All of us who wrote on this blog did. We all went to different schools which makes a variety of things difficult, least of all, blogging. Not that we were particularly good at posting regularly before or anything.<br />
Anyway, high school is great. I absolutely loved my middle school, and high school is different in many ways but also pleasantly similar. One thing I like about my high school is that there is a well established environmental program, so there is a huge amount of recycling and composting going on compared to the throwing things away to be sent to a landfill.<br />
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy making friends has been. That was what I was most nervous about, but really people are extremely open to meeting new people. It is because of those people that the first month or so went by way too fast, as I am sure the rest of high school will go.<br />
p.s. something that I've been meaning to do for a really long time is edit my tutorial on how to make a lined bag out of upholstery samples, because the way I put the handles in isn't really very good, so I will do that sometime soon!<br />
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</tbody></table>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-54496283225730071282011-05-30T21:28:00.000-07:002011-05-30T21:29:05.202-07:00Two years ago...We started this blog. That was the end of sixth grade. Two years later, we're at the end of eighth grade, the end of middle school, the end of being at the same school.<br />
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I have no idea what is in store for our little blog, but I hope we keep posting. Or recruit current students at our school who aren't graduating. That could potentially be fun.<br />
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Anyway, we just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been with us since the beginning, all the encouraging comments and emails, and really to anyone who has visited our blog, any time in the past two years. Thank you.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-56061432532368795922011-05-15T11:50:00.000-07:002011-05-15T11:50:31.958-07:00Relay for LifeHi guys!<br />
Anna and T.Y. here!<br />
Yesterday, we participated in Relay for Life. Relay for life is many things: fun, sad, and tiring. It's a fundraiser for cancer research by the American Cancer Society. One in every 100 Americans participates in Relay. <br />
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The one we went to was at Memorial Stadium by Seattle Center. It began at 2pm with an opening ceremony followed by a survivor lap where everybody who beat or is still fighting cancer walks around the track. Meanwhile, people arrive with tents and play games in the field. Each person is part of a team usually in memory of or to support someone with cancer. The event ends at 8:00 am the next morning. At all times someone must be walking around the track with your team baton. <br />
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It's a fun event with sad moments such as the Luminaria ceremony. You decorate a paper bag with someone's name and a message which they fill with sand and a candles. Last night they spelled HOPE on the bleachers, but in previous years they make a ring around the track. It's a sad hour but hopeful at the same time. Go to the American Cancer Society' website (<a href="http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/">http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/</a>) to find out when the next Relay for Life is in your area!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-47486894682351337282011-05-13T18:41:00.000-07:002011-05-13T18:47:54.974-07:00SEATTLE GREEN FESTIVAL<div id="contenttop"> <div class="module style-poloroid first last"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.greenfestivals.org/images/gfassets/cityheaders/sea2011-noclick.png" /></div> </div> </div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Next Saturday and Sunday (21, 22 of May) is the Seattle Green Festival at the Qwest Event Center. It's a weekend of family fun, environmental and socially responsible businesses and organizations, and inspiring speakers. Check it out at <a href="http://www.greenfestivals.org/sea/updates/">http://www.greenfestivals.org/sea/updates/</a><br /><br />Sadly I and my fellow eighth grade authors will not be able to go to the festival on Saturday because we will be doing our eighth grade play but if you do go, post a comment on the post to tell us how it was!<br /></span>TYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159532483002949430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-81362268574520190752011-05-08T10:02:00.000-07:002011-05-08T10:13:13.953-07:00HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shuttermike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/08-10-10-farmer-market-flowers.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 153px;" src="http://shuttermike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/08-10-10-farmer-market-flowers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />We all know that a hard-working mother loves a nice bouquet of flowers on Mother's Day, but how about finding a more thoughtful and eco friendly way of doing it? Instead of stopping by the nearest QFC, Safeway, etc. you could go to your nearest farmers market and pick up a bouquet. They're much larger, cheaper, more beautiful, and weren't shipped across the country in refrigerated trucks. You would also be supporting you local farmers. Even closer to home would be to pick flower's from you garden or if you are like me, take a stroll around your neighborhood with a pair of snippers and help your neighbors use their surplus flowers! :)<br /><br />What ever you do, don't forget to thank you mom for all of the hard work she does!TYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159532483002949430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-35668258199160109332011-05-08T09:50:00.001-07:002011-05-08T10:00:41.988-07:00Eco Company<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://commuknity.typepad.com/blog/images/2007/10/21/bubbalish_dress.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 367px;" src="http://commuknity.typepad.com/blog/images/2007/10/21/bubbalish_dress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/mm-matador-m-m-art/898419-1-eng-US/mm-matador-M-M-art.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 628px; height: 371px;" src="http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/mm-matador-m-m-art/898419-1-eng-US/mm-matador-M-M-art.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/CGE/BK_Kruk_1_files/image003.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 491px;" src="http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/CGE/BK_Kruk_1_files/image003.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So I was flipping channels this morning while my mom slept in for Mother's Day when I found this really awesome television show. It's called Eco Company. It's hosted by a group of eco-concious (not hippie) teens who report on the latest finds in the green community as well as other teens making a difference. For example, today they reported on a "renegade lunch-lady" who makes everything from scratch in addition to another stroy on a women who make really awsome cloths out of candy wrappers (shown above.) From what I saw, the stories are mostly in California, but you could learn a couple of interesting things. Go to there website, http://www.eco-company.tv/ to find out more. In the Seattle area, it broadcasts on channel 13 Fox at 9:30 am. Check it out!TYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159532483002949430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-42593846594222004052011-05-03T22:02:00.000-07:002011-05-03T22:02:54.761-07:00International viewersThis is a bit random, but exciting: in the last month we've had viewers from Canada, Moldova, Indonesia, India, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia and the United States!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-77216298099543164212011-05-01T15:20:00.000-07:002011-05-01T15:35:52.179-07:00May DayHappy May Day everyone! And what a glorious one! Nice sunny weather just in time for those May flowers! It makes me happy!<br /><br />Also: Our middle school days are numbered, which means that we will be going off to different schools around Seattle. We won't be seeing much of each other (sad, I know). My idea: Each one of us shall post something about the green-ness of our school, and maybe form clubs at the schools (as in the Girls Go Green club)? or shall we stick together, and spread the word about this amazingly amazing blog? Something to think about.Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901389783468150246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-70297679289951924632011-04-24T19:59:00.000-07:002011-04-25T08:02:33.245-07:00Creative Minds Go Green--Studio 360On Sunday April 24, Studio 360 did a radio program and green designing. It was really interesting and the description on there website is below. To listen to the show just follow the link below.<br />
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To celebrate Earth Day, Kurt Andersen looks at creative approaches to our environmental challenges. President Obama is still pushing on environmental issues even in the face of Congressional gridlock. We hear from scientists, engineers, and artists developing cutting-edge solutions that just might change their corners of the world entirely.TYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159532483002949430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-50339935931321427252011-04-16T22:30:00.000-07:002011-04-18T17:01:49.503-07:00Wear “Green” Clothes After St. Patrick’s Day-guest post<em>Hi guys, this is a guest post from the lovely Krista Peterson. Enjoy!!!</em><br />
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Every March we find ourselves rummaging through our closet, turning our dresser upside down, and pulling the cushions up from off the couch so that we can find that one green shirt we’ve got stored away for <a href="http://girls-go-green.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day.html">St. Patrick’s day</a>. Well, did you know, wearing “green” clothes can be a fashionable, fun, and environmentally conscious way of expressing yourself even after St. Patties Day? And I’m not just talking about the color. Clothes that are “green” are made from eco-friendly, organic materials that are often recycled and reused. Aside from pulling off a funky, cool new look, you’ll be doing your health and the environment a big favor. <br />
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Some huge reasons to make the switch over to green clothing are the health benefits. Did you know that eco-friendly, organic clothes contain virtually no toxins that can damage your skin and cause allergies? Other store bought clothes, especially those made in China, can contain formaldehyde and asbestos. Side effects of extended contact with these toxins include asthma, headaches, depression, insomnia, and in extreme cases: <a href="http://mesotheliomasymptoms.com/">mesothelioma</a>, a cancer of the lungs. <br />
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Sporting “green” clothes and accessories also does the environment a huge favor. Often times, worn out clothes will end up sitting in landfills, taking up precious space where a school, park, or library could have potentially been built. Certain materials, such as nylon and leather, can take up to 40 years to decompose! Taking the time to repurpose your old clothes into creative, unique fashions can make a bigger impact than you may think. And not only is it an environmentally conscious practice, it can be a fun activity for the whole family. <br />
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And when people start asking you where you got such a cute outfit, you can proudly explain to them how you made it from scratch! Organic clothing is becoming the latest trend when it comes to expressing yourself while protecting your environment. Avoiding asbestos and formaldehyde is pretty important too; especially when you consider how short the <a href="http://www.mesotheliomasymptoms.com/mesothelioma-life-expectancy">mesothelioma life expectancy</a> is. Switching over to a “green” lifestyle can help you make healthier choices every day. Even when it comes to the big ones: like deciding what to wear!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-14917104846537650132011-04-12T11:30:00.000-07:002011-04-12T11:37:41.223-07:00Students Rebuild: Japan<a href="http://canelsonauthor.com/official/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jp9.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 450px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://canelsonauthor.com/official/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jp9.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://canelsonauthor.com/official/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jp9.jpg"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://canelsonauthor.com/official/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jp9.jpg</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> (source) </span><br /><div>So I am sure all of you have been thinking about the people in Japan, so here's an easy and fun way to help the relief efforts.</div><br /><div>Students Rebuild is an organization that helps with relief efforts of natural disasters. For Japan, they are asking people to make paper cranes of any size or paper. Their goal is 100,00 cranes to represent 100 wishes. Each crane will donate $2 and then be made into a fantastic art installation. The deadline is April 15 so HURRY!!!!!</div><br /><div>For more informatioin go to their website: <a href="http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/">http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/</a></div>TYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159532483002949430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-907031608431979992011-04-09T16:44:00.000-07:002011-04-11T19:52:40.372-07:00How to make a skirt out of a sweatshirt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbKJDvSwrjPEskjIvM2WNmnvDEI2md-DfwceAK9SNCEIjBJc4W_vyTzBlMUzMRaQ_mE0Punq1azHWWX_xcWMVjG9-dmEZkQVVkp2GD9APchANuL9YHFOAGqVx131Ij9OUNab9CyiQ7YA/s1600/IMG_0655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbKJDvSwrjPEskjIvM2WNmnvDEI2md-DfwceAK9SNCEIjBJc4W_vyTzBlMUzMRaQ_mE0Punq1azHWWX_xcWMVjG9-dmEZkQVVkp2GD9APchANuL9YHFOAGqVx131Ij9OUNab9CyiQ7YA/s320/IMG_0655.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is an extremely easy and quick project. I'd had this sweatshirt that I wore all the time, practically every day, but then then it got this really big hole (I don't even know how it happened!). I've seen skirts make out of sweatshirt material in stores, and really liked them, but why buy something that you can make easily? Especially when it is better for the environment!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, here's how I made it: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(learn how after the jump)</div><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><strong>Materials: </strong></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 sweatshirt (with or without a zipper, pretty much any shirt with long sleeves would work)</div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enough elastic to go around your waist</div></li>
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</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><strong>Instructions:</strong></u></div><ol><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lay the sweatshirt flat, and cut across underneath the armpits.</div></li>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-7W0ORwBahRPAwQoZxyqJbIpxxhnWIsfqhXj5I3myjq_-1udriu4GdonWyTQvop_kc1_u86f0peAOCvqYlEa9hCNF03sR8FhKCp_T4GxWj_y2o8fjhorCWGknYHu9-Pv6nE6uvmbznQ/s1600/IMG_0634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-7W0ORwBahRPAwQoZxyqJbIpxxhnWIsfqhXj5I3myjq_-1udriu4GdonWyTQvop_kc1_u86f0peAOCvqYlEa9hCNF03sR8FhKCp_T4GxWj_y2o8fjhorCWGknYHu9-Pv6nE6uvmbznQ/s320/IMG_0634.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At this point you can take it in a little bit on the sides if you want to reduce bulk, just make sure you can still put it on easily. Now for the waistband.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Cut a sleeve off of the part of the sweatshirt you aren't using. Depending on the size of your waist and how thick you want the waistband to be, you may need more.</div><br />
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8. Using a safety pin, thread elastic through waistband,<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">p.s. tutorial coming soon!!! (But not for the project in the pictures)</div>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-59214399626811077382011-03-20T12:58:00.000-07:002011-03-20T13:07:18.379-07:00A History of Composting at our SchoolOur school has had an off and on relationship with composting. Sometimes we've had to stop because of fruitflies, sometimes because students were confused about which bin was the compost bin, sometimes because of lack of food scraps. I don't actually know if there was composting the year before my class started middle school (maybe I'll interview a teacher or a former student...). <br />
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Anyway, when we started middle school there wasn't composting. Actually there might have been and I just don't remember, but I'm pretty sure there wasn't. Then, about midway through the year a parent helped start a worm bin. We started off pretty well, but then it sort of dwindeled, I think because most girls didn't want to touch the worms. At the end of that year, a small group of girls started Girls Go Green. However, we focused on paper, not really on compost.<br />
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The next year, the green team was started by the same parent who had started the worm bin. We partnered with Washington Green Schools, and had monthly meetings. We did a variety of things, but as this post is about composting, I will focus on that. At first we had a big compost bin in the kitchen, but unfortunately girls were confused about which bin was the compost bin and which was the garbage. Plastic was mixed in with the food scraps, too much to sort out. We also had fruit flies. <br />
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Learning from our mistakes, we put out a smaller compost bin, with a lid that not only would keep out the fruit flies, but also cause students to think more before they/we put things into the compost bin, thus keeping out plastic. We had this untill the end of the school year, but there was one flaw: due to the small size of our school, we eat in the classrooms, so students would just put their lunch waste into the trash cans in the classrooms. We tried covering the trash cans with cardboard one lunch to make students think before putting foodwaste into the trash cans, but it didn't really help.<br />
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The next year, this year, the school got small compost bins for each classroom. The only problem was that they were messy and smelled bad, so nobody was really emptying them, creating a lovely living envifonment for fruitflies. So it was decided that we would put them away for the rest of the fall and wait untill the fruitfly season was over.<br />
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And then, one fateful day, our wonderful math teacher decided to start them up again. She went out and got biodegradable garbage can liners for the compost bins to reduce disgustingness and held the first green team meeting in months. We decided to empty them as many times a week as possible and created a scedual of who would be in charge of emptying them each day. <br />
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And so that is where we stand now, and our current system is working very well right now.<br />
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Anyway, I thought it would be fun to put that into words and I hope you enjoyed it.<br />
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By the way, I made some bags and a wallet out of a leather jacket I got at a clothing exchange. Does anyone want to see pictures?annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-34078016731616191002011-03-17T20:30:00.000-07:002011-03-17T20:30:16.411-07:00St. Patrick's DayHappy St. Patrick's Day!<br />
I hope everybody wore green! After all, not only would you be celebrating the holiday but also showing off your environmentally friendly-ness. I would like to apologize, though, for not having posted in months. This is what I, and the other green girls, have been doing:<br />
1. History Day-- the competition of which is tomorrow!!!<br />
2. Science fair<br />
3. Being on the crew of two plays(Harvey and Midsummer Night's Dream--which opens next week!!!!)<br />
4. Pi day (March 14, 3/14 get it?)<br />
5. School, for over six hours each day(we do, of course, love it)<br />
6. Sports<br />
Yes, I know, lame excuses. But what is a middle school(soon to be graduated-ahhh!) girl to do?<br />
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(<a href="http://totalwealthcoaching.com/wp/">source</a>)annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-92073924137029922792010-11-24T04:28:00.000-08:002010-11-24T04:38:45.850-08:00Kenting, TaiwanI have been asked to keep posting about Taiwan, so here is goes.<br />I'm in Kenting right now. It is in southern Taiwan, and right on the ocean (either the South Chine Sea, or the Phillipine Sea, not sure). Amazingly beautiful, just like anywhere else on the island. There is A LOT of sea glass on the beach. Sea glass is (or are) pieces of glass that have been dumped into the ocean, smoothed by the waves, and washed onto the shore. The glass is, sometimes, very soft, and very beautiful.<br />Yesterday (which was tuesday, my time, early tuesday morn, Seattle time) my family and i went to the 2010 Floral Expo in Taipei. it was beautiful, and lots o fun. The very last thing we did was watch a 3D movie called the Inconvinient Truth of Taiwan. It was not exactly connected to Al Gores Inconvinient Truth. The movie was about a boy who lost everything to a mudslide, including his grandmother (but not his dog or kite........). The mudslide was caused by a typhoon. I still don't know what the moral of the story was, but it was still interesting. At the Expo, there was also a building made entirely out of recycled garbage, but, unfortunately, I was not able to go into it.<br />I don't know how to load pictures onto the posts, and will try when I get back home.Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901389783468150246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-87905452231179515802010-11-22T00:23:00.000-08:002010-11-22T00:30:53.528-08:00Taipei, TaiwanWow we haven't posted in a while. Hello from Taipei! I am there (or here.........) at the moment, and i couldn't help but notice the they Taiwanese and Chinese that are here are very into recycleing. They are also big on reusing waste (you know, waste, human waste. There were many adds about how they reuse waste at the zoo). They have open sewers (kinda), so walking down the street there are little pockets of horrible smells.<br />Anyways, thought you guys might want to learn about that, and we really needed a new post.Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901389783468150246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-66203114260360700052010-10-28T19:27:00.000-07:002010-10-28T19:27:17.163-07:00My creative spaceThis is the first my creative space I've participated in, and I'm kind of nervous, but I just had to show you guys these bags I just made using the <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2009/02/free-buttercup-bag-sewing-pattern.html">buttercup bag pattern</a> from <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/">Made by Rae</a>, which I am considering buying so I can sell bags made with it. I printed it out a while ago, but never got around to making it because I didn't have any magnatic snaps, although I just realized I could have used velcro, but then I saw this amazing teal velvet upholstery fabric in my large drawer of fabric and just started cutting. Even though this was very much not the kind of fabric the pattern called for, I think it turned out wonderfully. I was so in love with this pattern, I made another one imediately ouf grey jeans.<br />
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Please excuse the bad photos, the light was very bad. <br />
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More creative spaces<span style="color: orange;"> </span><a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2010/10/my-creative-space_28.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">here</span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">!</span>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-47421601040114122062010-10-28T18:26:00.000-07:002010-10-28T18:26:38.017-07:00We had a soccer game today. We won, which is very good because if we had lost it would have been the first game we had lost, and as this was our last game, I am very happy. We scored two goals, they didn't score any. We had cupcakes afterward.<br />
Any way, I keep looking at this blog, and I keep looking at the backpacking pictures, getting tired of them, but not knowing what to post. The green team hasn't really started this year(I know, my fault), so I don't really feel like I have anything to post about that has to do with school and the environment. Other than a generic post about why you should be environmentally conscious this Halloween. As in, give out healthy treats and use recycled materials for your decorations and costume. Of course, do all that, but do you really need me to say it?<br />
Another issue I have been having that has kept me from blogging is that this is a group blog and all of the posts should relate to all of us and or the rest of the world. This is girls go green, not girl goes green. The thing is, I'm kind of out of topics that fit into that category. <br />
Basically, the point is that I am going to start writing about things that may not necessarily have anything to do with greenness <em>and</em> our school, but hopefully not both of them. Also, girls who can post here, please do so. But no pressure.<br />
So, question: is your costume going to be made out of recycled materials? Or at least homemade?annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-30985394047737136252010-08-26T22:08:00.000-07:002010-08-26T22:08:14.206-07:00Backpacking pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here are the backpacking pictures!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJQKIyfD8lxj8Swzc0oKD__kePqnSYWaTlQxpStPek64j7wEH6ZplV5yrYXQRQmwltgxurB4T7XSmjnOpJu9-55VSX243lRQ4_Spsd_1C-RNPhVai_38wpxt7JRnB6AWUldMvjh6gRdE/s320/IMG_2162.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz47AMarQRFi-N7Iwi3ji358UncFGchrdx3fhnwNUFhab_psbKqAUKv77weCuns00E8cX-YuwyXux9LqRGa-5IGJLgltMegvYOrxEzCHYBf_fRTP5Ih_nCj9fNZvnin3Jx34-t2OPQj9Q/s1600/IMG_2176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TOXe-NE9cQ4eT4OtbvpmDZlr8tJiHCFedvxo48kyfyyTLq3TGzFbHdzjC5Ll43ylU4O1C8hBhcngu7M14jI769HvnzFwggTjIW13La6tBuK2KM06Us2og01LwdHR9aOAhGhwGfHCnnA/s1600/IMG_0458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Usually when you do something with plastic bags(crochet, iron, braid,etc.) you use the bag part of the bag, and the handles go to waste. Here is a project for the handles(although if you want to you can just use the bag part to cut out the circles).</div><br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
<ul><li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4 plastic bag handles</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">safety pin/ needle and thread, button, hair clip, glue</li>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(for a pin)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Cut the middle seam off of one on the handles and flatten out the halves to make two squarish/rectangular pieces of plastic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy2RTZtP45_yadRYCWG0jHt-aWm8nYmstATpu9xx34cXH76Scl5Xmn95_Z_8SX4kuZMMP4CWH9m1v4ubwWc-khk79LP8iMcS7mKtzoJpIBelGYKQYMpoqPMbxcVHhu9SR553_c3DlJOE/s1600/IMG_0451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy2RTZtP45_yadRYCWG0jHt-aWm8nYmstATpu9xx34cXH76Scl5Xmn95_Z_8SX4kuZMMP4CWH9m1v4ubwWc-khk79LP8iMcS7mKtzoJpIBelGYKQYMpoqPMbxcVHhu9SR553_c3DlJOE/s320/IMG_0451.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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3. Repeat steps 1&2, until you have used up the four handles. Vary the size of the circles.<br />
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4. Stack your circles on top of each other, with the smallest circles on top.<br />
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5. Pinch the middle of the stack, and fold the stack to look like this:<br />
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6. Stick your safety pin through all of the layers of plastic.<br />
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Fluff it up a bit, and you have a recycled flower pin!<br />
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<u>How to make a plastic bag flower barrette:</u><br />
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1. Do steps 1-4 <br />
2. Sew a button on to the stack, but as you sew it on, grab bits of plastic with your needle so it gets poofy. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how the back should look</td></tr>
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In the summer of 2009, there had been only one backpacking trip, and this summer there have been two. The second one was the advanced trip, and the one I am talking(or writing) about now.<br />
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So anyway, after 2 days of planning and gathering gear(that had been Monday and Tuesday), and a loooooond van ride during which we listened(and sang along) to: Lean on me, you've got a friend in me, imagine, fairytale, don't stand so close to me, hoedown throwdown, as we go on we remember, lets get down to business(played and sung <em>very</em> loudly), and many more, we were at the trail head.<br />
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We pulled our very heavy backpacks on to our backs, and then walked for five miles. The hike was beautiful and fairly easy, with many river crossings. <br />
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I did the same backpack trip last year with my family, and even though I'd seen the meadow before, its beauty was still astounding. The meadow is bowl shaped, and a mile across. All around the meadow there were peaks, some still with snow on them. My description doesn't at all do the meadow justice, so hopefully I'll be able to find some pictures of it.<br />
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We decided on a campsite that in our opinion is the most beautiful one in the entire meadow. We had easy access to running water(not potable, but we had several water pumps), an amazing view, and enough room for our five tents.<br />
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It was nearly 5:00 pm when we got there, so after all the tents were put up, and the water bottles refilled, the group of three who was supposed to make dinner did so.<br />
You see, we split up into groups of three, were given an extremely tight budget, and walked to Safeway to get food for the 2 meals each group was in charge of(I was in the breakfasts-for-both-days group).<br />
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Dinner was Spanish rice with chicken, and couscous.<br />
After dinner we stayed up talking until it was dark, and went to bed.<br />
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<em>By the way, pictures and accounts of the next two days of backpacking are coming soon!!!!</em>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-82890976789208728672010-07-27T21:00:00.000-07:002010-07-27T21:06:08.997-07:00More invasive weedsYou may or may not remember our <a href="http://girls-go-green.blogspot.com/search/label/invasive%20weeds">previous posts</a> about invasive weeds, but I was kind of in the mood for another post about noxious weeds, so here they are(I apologize for the horrible pictures--they were taken at sunset):<br />
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Nipplewort<em> (Lapsana Communis)</em><br />
Nipplewort is native to Europe and southern Asia, and the young leaves are edible. It has a longish stalk, and little yellow flowers that look kind of like mini dandelion flowers.<br />
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</ul><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Himalayan and Evergreen blackberries are invasive, and the picture below is one of the two (I'm not sure which), and both have sharp thorns. They also both have very sweet berries. Creeping blackberries are native, and, as the name states, creep. Their thorns are <em>much</em> less sharp than Himalayans and Evergreens. They also have berries that while still are delicious, have a much more delicate flavor than the other two.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y1yJXRI5hl0gYBn_qE5UIMjI0Hsd4Onm9FJ16QRLhBKjFamiiq7XSPloW9gexVNULvhmnOV5JPVOpEt4hi_-8YLjYdDaovb2msUaElOUslZcAGjLEmpnS-b6Pe5RkDjAZevay_-kIEg/s1600/IMG_0415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y1yJXRI5hl0gYBn_qE5UIMjI0Hsd4Onm9FJ16QRLhBKjFamiiq7XSPloW9gexVNULvhmnOV5JPVOpEt4hi_-8YLjYdDaovb2msUaElOUslZcAGjLEmpnS-b6Pe5RkDjAZevay_-kIEg/s320/IMG_0415.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Holly(<em>Ilex aquifolium</em>)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">First an foremost, to anybody named Holly, I'm not talking about you. You have a very pretty name, and I really hope I don't offend you.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Though this plant is invasive, it is not an official noxious weed, as there is a board that has to say it is bad enough to be a noxious weed. My dad is actually trying to get it made official, because that way there is a lot more the county can do about getting rid of it.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Holly can only be killed effectively with an injection of herbicide, which makes it even worse.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb9xqfvnJOAHp2St9ejVRksTakFZAx0ubnHPkeo9AjESO9aFNKSCvzzwyrevrHTgiqo2z9lb4WNqZMx6SonGXALHz-KSLepdPWTaQnq4kQ68botrEuWIwN2139ytt7bDF0nVBY_yvLUI/s1600/IMG_0419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb9xqfvnJOAHp2St9ejVRksTakFZAx0ubnHPkeo9AjESO9aFNKSCvzzwyrevrHTgiqo2z9lb4WNqZMx6SonGXALHz-KSLepdPWTaQnq4kQ68botrEuWIwN2139ytt7bDF0nVBY_yvLUI/s320/IMG_0419.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMewfecYAM7HH3VE-NlRthPUI88wEVd5SFfxhzdSa42TF3S8P6_AiHwSyYmOyWJWcqRig9s_fHLtlNLSgqHJQ7VqEIoIswcOiDbwV-e4VrgaII_HwWt-pWrOY2kD9JgcSJhUmX4WMbHQ/s1600/IMG_0420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMewfecYAM7HH3VE-NlRthPUI88wEVd5SFfxhzdSa42TF3S8P6_AiHwSyYmOyWJWcqRig9s_fHLtlNLSgqHJQ7VqEIoIswcOiDbwV-e4VrgaII_HwWt-pWrOY2kD9JgcSJhUmX4WMbHQ/s320/IMG_0420.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJd3UoTxHjbX8JREAzQnDLgPyO26K5feQC9zeve5RCrcLF_YJQhqWO_WeHDeeeECnSzBJ9-WgVnbQjvDFBsQAs-R6jr6-AWJt8lUsFvTjeNxqKrZ_NfMJxve6nCVAbtretA4vVi5nGO8/s1600/IMG_0421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJd3UoTxHjbX8JREAzQnDLgPyO26K5feQC9zeve5RCrcLF_YJQhqWO_WeHDeeeECnSzBJ9-WgVnbQjvDFBsQAs-R6jr6-AWJt8lUsFvTjeNxqKrZ_NfMJxve6nCVAbtretA4vVi5nGO8/s320/IMG_0421.JPG" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=55518d2f-5792-412f-b644-2bceced07c1d" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></div>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133563866092276885.post-82242799603119626702010-07-22T19:22:00.000-07:002010-07-22T19:30:50.860-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Did you know that not only are pesticides bad for the environment, but may also cause ADHD? Yet another reason to buy organic food if you can!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To find out more, click</span><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1989564,00.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> here</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445854457803919297noreply@blogger.com0