Kids Contest

The community of Margate is giving your kids the chance to participate in the Poster Contest with the theme “Recycling in Public Places.” They want the message to show how you can recycle in other places besides your home.

Winner of the contest gets $100 gift card. The winner’s design will be featured in the City of Margate’s “Recycling in Public Places” for promos, bus shelters, and bench ads.

We know your kids are talented, so let them show off their skills to become famous in the city of Margate!  Feel free to share your kids designs on Facebook, we will support them too!

Deadline for submissions in May 10,2010.

Think Global. Act Local.

Earth Day is next week on April 22nd. The City of Margate is going green and invites you to make a difference. Stop using plastic bags and purchase a cloth tote bag from the grocery store. Recycle! Plant a backyard garden, enjoy the outdoors, and ride a bike! Do you want to save the planet? Every year we give back on Earth Day, but we should do more. Help the City of Margate become better!

Green Tip Today from The Daily Green:

Cut your shower time in half! It will help save your water bill and you’ll save 150 gallons each month.

So Long Phone Book…

Ready to eliminate the phone books from your place? I’m sick of  my old books piling up. Try YellowPagesGoesGreen.org and you will live a greener life!  It’s a movement against unsolicited phone delivery and it will allow you to remove your home and office number from receiving telephone directories.

All you need to do is provide your:

• Name
• Last Name
• Address
• City
• State
• Zip
• Email Address
• Opt out of: White Page and Yellow Pages

Remove your name from the printed Telephone Directory mailing list to save the trees and let’s live Green!

Ever Wondered…

Have you ever wondered why St. Patty’s Day always seems to be commemorated with a parade? How exactly did a celebration for a Saint turn into a parade with floats and all things green? According to the History Channel:

The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.

Over the next 35 years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called “Irish Aid” societies like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.
In 1848, several New York Irish Aid societies decided to unite their parades to form one New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Today, that parade is the world ’s oldest civilian parade and the largest in the United States, with over 150,000 participants.

Each year, nearly three million people line the 1.5-mile parade route to watch the procession, which takes more than five hours. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Savannah also celebrate the day with parades involving between 10,000 and 20,000 participants.
So now you know. How do you like to celebrate St. Patty’s Day?

Party With Green In Mind

Entertain your friends while being eco-friendly at the same time. The next time you throw a bash, keep these green tips in mind:

Ditch paper invitations. You can use websites such as evite.com to create and email invitations. The site also features online RSVPs.

Use seasonally or locally grown foods. You lessen environmental damage when you don’t consume foods that require transportation from factories thousands of miles away. Plus, buying organic and locally grown foods supports sustainable farmers.

Look to nature for decoration inspirations. Fallen branches, sticks and leaves can make a great table setting. Fresh cut flowers from your garden look great in a vase. Or, put a selection of lemons or other citrus fruit in a clear glass bowl and reuse it for juice the next day.

For more green party tips, look here.

Green Products You Will Love

Are you all for going green and recycling? I know I try to be. But it can honesty be a hard thing if you don’t know the first steps to take. There are a lot of eco-friendly advice and tools out there- like cooking ingredients, blankets, teddy bears and more.

Click here for a list of Eco-friendly/Go Green products.

Batteries Need Recycling Love, Too

Did you know you should recycle your batteries? Like, all of them? Car batteries, notebook batteries, cell phone batteries, those AA batteries in the TV remote, should all be recycled and not placed curbside for a trip to the landfill. The main drop-off point for battery recycling in the Margate area is at BatteriesPlus, a nationwide chain that serves all your battery needs. So, drop off your spent batteries and pick up alkaline, rechargeable, and even lithium ion. You’ll be saving the environment and getting your DVD remote to work all in one stop. I’d say that’s a great deal.

Computer Toys

Oddee.com has compiled a list of USB accessories and – wait, what’s that? You don’t know what a USB accessory is? The short answer is that a USB accessory is something that has a USB plug, and it draws whatever power it needs from your computer. The longer answer (it’s not really a long answer) is that these devices, while sometimes helpful, are more frequently toys. We all know that geeks like their toys – and I include myself in that statement. So a USB accessory might be a mini-fridge for your soda can, or a Christmas tree for your desk, complete with illuminated lights once it’s plugged in. There are tons to be found out there, but if you just want the best, iceberg-tip, go check out Oddee.com’s list.