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Kiley Ranch Featured in Photo Fandango II

February 26th, 2008 | Community, General

etheral-sunrise.jpgThe Artist’s Co-op of Reno is presenting Photo Fandango II during the month of March 2008.  Megan Kiley has been invited as a guest photographer and will be displaying photos of the Kiley Ranch Wetland Area.  This display will feature many accomplished photographers such as Jack Hursh, Marilyn Newton, Jerry Fenwick, Mark Vollmer, and many more! The exhibit will run throughout the entire month of March and the opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 2nd. Everyone is welcome! Stop in to see some great local pieces and meet the talent behind the camera. The Artist Co-op is located at 627 Mill St in Reno.

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Green Byte V12: Green your office environment and get your colleagues to join in!

February 26th, 2008 | General, Green Byte

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Photo from www.theplanetearth.com.au

1.  Turn off your power strip every evening

2.  Turn off lights when not in use.  Rearrange your office to optimize natural daylight where feasible.  Use compact flourescents in task lighting.

3.  Recycle all that you can - paper, plastic, aluminum, glass, electronics, cartridges

4.  Bring a reusable water bottle to work and keep filling it up - reduce plastic bottles

5.  Use environmentally friendly office products now readily available at most office supply stores.

6.  Print double sided on recycled paper - or not at all if you can avoid it.

7.  Request that your cleaning company use only environmentally friendly cleaning products and methods.

8.  Encourage alternative transportation (carpooling, bus, walking, biking) Reward those that do!

You do the math!

  • 55: percentage of water saved by producing recycled paper as compared to virgin paper.  Recycled paper also takes 60-70% less energy to produce than paper from virgin pulp.
  • 120: tons of steel saved if every UK office worker used one less staple a day.   
  • 8 billion: gallons of gas saved if every commuter car in the U.S. carried just one more person.

Source: How to Green Your Work, by Team Treehugger, Worldwide on 12.10.06

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