Your Share - July 2008
Lyle Point - Sacred Land Protected, Home Depot CFL Bulb Recycling Program, Summer Reading, Eco-Tips
Sacred land protected
by The Trust for Public Land
"I promised my aunt I would save this place", says Johnny Jackson of the scenic promontory overlooking the Columbia River. "Knowing what was there, I had to fight for it." Lyle Point, a fishing site and village for the Cascade and Klickitat tribes for thousands of years, also held the silent remains of a long ago tragedy. Read more>
Don't throw CFL bulbs away --
recycle them at The Home Depot!
Earth Share national business partner The Home Depot launched a free, national in-store, consumer compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb recycling program at all 1,973 The Home Depot locations. Read more>
Great titles for summer reading
Visit Earth Share of Oregon's reading list. Purchase books through Earth Share's Powell's Books partner page and Earth Share will receive 7% of the price as a donation.
EcoTips: Air Your Laundry &
Reuse Boiled Water
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Staff Summer Reading Pick
Meghan Humphreys, Director of Workplace Giving, is reading American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau.
Aurora Oliva, Project Coordinator, reads Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai to her two year old son. |
