Hey all – here’s a link to the website I’m building for your Civics class – on this page you can find full text to President Obama’s State of the Union last night, and a link to a video version of it. Choose a section/sentence/phrase you liked the best or liked the least. We’ll talk on Monday!
http://civics2010.wordpress.com/new-haven/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/27/us/politics/20100127-obama.html?hp
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Environmental News Network — Know Your Environment
Water as a fuel
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Water Welding & Cutting Machine—-New & Revolutionary Product
The Water Car
HHO Home Heating Unit
Healthy Defined
As defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary
“Main Entry: healthy
Pronunciation: ˈhel-thē also ˈhelt-
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): health·i·er; health·i·est
Date: 1552
1 : enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit : well
2 : evincing health . sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction . wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance . robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly . hale applies particularly to robustness in old age . well implies merely freedom from disease or illness .”
3 : conducive to health
4 a : prosperous, flourishing b : not small or feeble : considerable
— health·i·ly -thə-lē adverb
— health·i·ness -thē-nəs noun
synonyms healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease
Final Exam
Good afternoon everyone. For those of you who don’t know, for your final exam you will be creating a fact sheet and flyer about Rain Barrels. Please check out the blog post and video about rain barrels to start preparing for the exam.
Paper plates instead of plastic ones.
I had the idea that paper plates would be more eco friendly than plastic plates. I’m aware that deforestation is occuring as a result of the demand for paper products but, we are not large enough to change that. So, I believe switching to paper plates would be a good step.
For example, a quick look on the web for cheap plates resulted this:
Paper plate link – VVVV
http://www.spiceplace.com/white_paper_plates.php
Plastic plate link – VVVV
http://www.coffeeforless.com/product.asp?id=359&CatID=731
really cool eco friendly homes
cool houses that are eco friendly