Daniel Salzler No. 1177 EnviroInsight.org Six Items November 25 , 2022
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2. Reminder: Keep The F.O.G. From The Kitchen Drain. Pouring Fats, Oils and Grease down the kitchen drain and cause sewer pipes to clog and waste water systems to take extra steps to remove these materials resulting in higher water bills.
Once the fat, oil and/or grease has cooled enough to handle without you getting burned, use a paper towel to soak up the fat, oil or grease, and toss the paper towel into your trash.
If you have a lot of fat from your turkey, pour it into a non-recyclable plastic container (No. 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7) and place into your trash container.
3. Indoor Air Quality. The U.S. EPA estimates the most homes have at least five times more contaminants than the outside air.
As we approach colder weather and our windows and doors are closed more often, we need to be a bit more cognizant of what we’re sucking into our lungs. You might want to invest in an air purifier such as the Hathaspace 2.0 H13 HEPA filter, $299 ( removes 99.9% of particles down to 0.1 microns, cleaning 1,500 sq ft per hour) or the Veva ProHEPA Air Purifier, $142.24 (removes of particles 03 microns and larger, cleaning 600 sq ft in 1 hour).
What type of particles cane circulating around in the indoor air you breathe? Here i a list of typical indoor air pollutants:
• Biological contaminants (mold, dust mites, pet dander, pollen, etc.)
• Carbon dioxide (CO2 )
• Carbon monoxide (CO)
• Dust • Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or secondhand smoke
• Fine particulate matter (PM)
• Lead (Pb) • Nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2 )
• Pesticides • Radon (Rn)
• Other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (formaldehyde, solvents, cleaning agents)
4. New Climate Data Portal On Line. In September, the White House debuted the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) portal. This portal brings together critical climate data in one place where it is easy to find and visualize on maps, in charts, and in reports. Anyone can access the data, from city planners and resilience officers to tribal leaders and residents.
Built through a collaboration between the White House and Esri, this portal can help cities, counties, states, tribes, and territories make better decisions about where and how to take action. A dashboard monitors the climate-related hazards that affect communities each day. Site visitors can see where there are extreme heat advisories, active wildfires, coastal flooding warnings, and other threats.
The CMRA Assessment Tool lets users explore scenarios based on current and projected climate conditions in locations across the United States. CMRA can be used to learn how to prioritize resilience-building actions and find programs that offer compatible funding. CMRA provides links to federal funding resources, federal climate policies, and proven solutions from other communities. The portal also displays a curated collection of open datasets related to extreme heat, drought, wildfires, flooding, and coastal inundation. Users can combine this data with local geospatial data or incorporate it into their assessment tools to configure new maps and apps that address local needs. To start exploring CMRA, go to resilience.climate.gov. Source: ArcUser
5. Give The Gift Of Literacy To Children Up To 5 Years Old For FREE. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library puts books into the hands and hearts of children around the world. Imagination Library books are specially selected age-appropriate, high-quality titles. These books are delivered to registered children each month from birth to age five. Each one is personalized with the child’s name and mailed directly to the child’s home. This effort creates a gifting experience making books exciting and shows the child someone is thinking of them. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee selects several bilingual English/Spanish titles each year.
The first book a child receives is “The Little Engine That Could™” (customized version). The month a child turns five years old, they will receive “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!” (customized version). Age appropriate books include:
Group 1 (Children born in 2022)
Sassy: Bedtime for Baby
The Pudgy Pat-a-cake Book
The Pudgy Peek-a-boo Book
Look at the Animals
Who Says Quack?
The Pudgy Book of Mother Goose
Baby! Talk!
Can You Guess? Animal Sounds with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Baby Sounds
Llama Llama Hide & Seek
Sleep Tight, Polar Bear (Little Loves)
Group 2 (Children born in 2021)
Good Morning, Farm Friends
Where is Your Nose?
Corduroy’s Shapes
Sassy: Baby’s First Words
Sleep Tight with the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Tad and Dad
The Home Builders
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
Vehicles (Picture Show)
Eric Carle’s Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes
Good Night, Gorilla
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Group 3 (Children born in 2020)
I Am a Rainbow
I Hear a Pickle
Just Like My Brother
Green Tractor
Dandelion Magic
Squeak!
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me
Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse
There’s a Hole in the Log at the Bottom of the Lake
Little Excavator
Mine, Mine, Mine, Yours!
Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter
Shh! Bears Sleeping
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast
Group 4 (Children born in 2019)
My Dog Laughs
A Story for Small Bear
Play with Clay
Baby Builders
Raindrops to Rainbows
Hair Love
The Three Little Pigs
Ocean Lullaby
Richard Scarry’s Busy Busy People
Goodnight Numbers
Families Belong
The Snowy Day
Group 5 (Children born in 2018
Milo’s Hat Trick
Find Fergus
When the Storm Comes
Gwendolyn’s Pet Garden
Alex’s Good Fortune
The Night Before the Dentist
This Beach is Loud
Birds of a Feather
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Coat of Many Colors
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
Brick by Brick
Group 6 (Children born in 2017)
Spend It!
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Old Rock (is not boring)
Drop
The Tree in Me
Blue Sky White Stars
First Day Critter Jitters
Wonder Walkers
Hugo and the Impossible Thing
Carpenter’s Helper
At the Mountain’s Base
5. Oak Creek And Your Favorite Four Footed Companion. Winter is settling in across the watershed, but our team is as busy as ever working to preserve the health and integrity of Oak Creek. From tips for hiking with your dog to an update about a rare species, here’s what’s happening around the watershed.
Whether it’s hiking season or creek season, we can’t help but smile when we see dogs and dog owners enjoying all that the Oak Creek watershed has to offer.
Throughout the year, our team assists the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality with water quality monitoring, in particular with monitoring Oak Creek’s waters for the presence of E. coli bacteria. Previous studies have identified recreational users, septic systems, wildlife and domesticated animals – including our beloved canine companions – as potential sources of fecal E.coli contamination.
Oak Creek Watershed Council is also responsible for the installation and maintenance of nearly 40 Pet Waste Stations at popular creek access points and Sedona-area trailheads. If you see our Watershed Technicians, Cassidy and Nate, making their weekly rounds to empty waste bins and replace “mutt mitts,” be sure to say hello! This dynamic duo has contributed to the removal of more than 25,000 pounds of pet waste from the watershed since the program began.
In addition to making sure your pup stays healthy and hydrated while hiking, we ask that everyone do their part to keep dog poop off the trail and away from Oak Creek. Bagging your poop and leaving it trailside is only half of the equation. Don’t care to put your furry friend’s bagged poop in your daypack? We recommend carrying a lightweight, empty jar with a lid to keep everything contained.
6. Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2022 occurs on Thursday, November 24. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the “New World.” After a treacherous and uncomfortable crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth.
Throughout that first brutal winter, most of the colonists remained on board the ship, where they suffered from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of contagious disease. Only half of the Mayflower’s original passengers and crew lived to see their first New England spring. In March, the remaining settlers moved ashore, where they received an astonishing visit from a member of the Abenaki tribe who greeted them in English. Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag, a local tribe, which endured for more than 50 years and remains one of the sole examples of harmony between European colonists and Native Americans.Source: history.com
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