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will discuss current environmental problems affecting you and your families. These topics will include further discussion on the latest environmental news feature such as the proposed Bio-diesel Plant in Chesapeake. As our newsletter grows, we would appreciate any questions you might have regarding our topics or about the environment in general. Our website link is http://blogs.spsk12.net/5893/. Any businesses or corporations that market environmentally sound products or services, we would like to interview and showcase your business. Thank you for your support, Corrine L. Yahn, MS in Geosciences Earth and Environmental Teacher Nansemond River High School |
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Welcome to the 21st Cen- tury, granted you’ve been told this many times already. However, in this new century we have seen tremendous change in our way of thinking about this tiny blue planet of ours, the only one known to support us. Look around you, there are no exits; no escape from the degradation we are causing. Each time you turn on the news or read a newspaper, there is a new chemical spill, a new recall for lead paint on our children’s toys, mercury poisoning in our tuna fish, increased carbon dioxide emissions, a new cause of cancer created by our newest pollutant, increased endangered species (I believe the recent article said 200 more added to the |
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endangered list), CFC’s and other halogens eating away at the ozone layer (our protector from skin cancer). We cannot ignore it any longer, so welcome to the new way of thinking Green Hampton Roads! In this newsletter, Environmental Students from Nansemond River High School in Suffolk, VA will be informing you of simple ways that you can make your life “Simply Green”. We will be bringing you product info such as pricing and where you can find it. Our topics from each newsletter will vary from new organic fertilizers and native plant species, how to light your house more efficiently with less cost to you, comparing the new line of hybrid cars, new organic household cleaners, and alternative power sources. Another feature you will find in each newsletter is a “Focus on our Environment, Hampton Roads”. Here we |
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Special points of interest:· Why worry about what type of fertilizer to use? · Introducing organic pesticides! · Ideal native shrubs and trees for Hampton roads · Focus on our Environment: Proposed Bio-Diesel Plant
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October 4, 2007 |
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NRHS Environmental Club |
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Going Simply Green |
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