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earth scouts celebrate winter solstice

December 22nd, 2009
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Happy Winter Solstice. Today our Earth Scouts group gathered for its regular Monday meeting but also to celebrate a turning point in our seasonal cycles–where the shortest day of the year takes a turn toward longer days. We all enjoyed seeing one another again. It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to attend–as [...]

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the art of junk: 7 creative approaches to trash reuse

February 15th, 2009
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We will be attending a homeschooling conference in a couple of weeks, and Aidan was crushed to learn that we could not get into the “Junk Art Sculpture” session as it was completely full. So, we decided to orchestrate our own junk art session. A quick search for junk art turned up the following: CultCase: [...]

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recycle: a public service announcement

May 23rd, 2008
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Yes, recently we all trekked out to the local garbage and recycling plant to learn a little about what happens to all the stuff we throw into the 90 gallon bins and tote out to curb each week. See The Recycling Tour Post for the whole scoop. In the meantime, enjoy this little video I [...]

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