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Make your Lake Superior Day plans now: July 20, 2008 celebrate the world&#8217;s largest, cleanest freshwater lake - annual event sponsored by Lake Superior Binational Forum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada

Celebrate Lake Superior Day on Sunday, July 20, 2008
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<div class="blip_description"><strong>Make your Lake Superior Day plans now: July 20, 2008 celebrate the world&#8217;s largest, cleanest freshwater lake - annual event sponsored by Lake Superior Binational Forum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada</strong><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/croppedPartialLSDPostertop-whatwhen.jpg" alt="" width="404" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/8LakeTrout117.jpg" alt="" width="512" /><br />
<strong>Celebrate Lake Superior Day on Sunday, July 20, 2008</strong></p>
<p>Whats better than a July picnic on a hot, sandy beach next to the worlds largest freshwater lake?</p>
<p>A picnic and a Lake Superior celebration!</p>
<p>Individuals and families, churches and kids, communities and clubs, and businesses and industries hold activities or events that celebrate Lake Superior Day, held annually on the third Sunday in July (July 20 this year).</p>
<p>Can you do something that symbolizes your own connection to the lake on that day?</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/LSDAYLogo.jpg" alt="" width="201" /></p>
<p>Lake Superior Day was started in the early 1990s to highlight the importance of this great water body to the basins environment and economy.</p>
<p>The Lake Superior Binational Forum promotes this basin-wide event to highlight the special connections people have to this unique world treasure.</p>
<p>Many events have been held to educate or entertain people about lake issues, special places, and recreational opportunities.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/8LakeTrout116.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p>You are invited to hold activities or events that celebrate this world-class lake.</p>
<p>This year the theme is Lets Go Fly a Kite! to symbolize clean energy sources such as wind power.</p>
<p>Organize your group or family to fly a kite at your favorite beach or park on July 20!</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/8LakeTrout177.jpg" alt="" width="512" /><br />
<img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/CroppedKitePoster.jpg" alt="" width="385" /></p>
<p>Click on this link for more information about <a href="http://www.superiorforum.info/uploads/Kite_Poster.pdf" target="_blank">flying a kite on Lake Superior Day</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/MNSeaGrantKitePhoto.jpg" alt="kite duluth pix" width="506" /></p>
<p><strong>Families fly kites made from homemade materials off the deck of the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Photo (above) from Minnesota Sea Grant Dec. 2007 newsletter: Making a Great Lake Superior by Sharon Moen.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Photo by Marie Zhuikov </strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Last year almost 45 groups and communities participated in some way, including special events such as dragon boat races, beach clean ups, musical concerts, library displays, church services, and signed proclamations that designate the third Sunday in July as Lake Superior Day.</p>
<p>Contact the Lake Superior Binational Forum to receive free color postcards and buttons to give to your Lake Superior supporters at your event.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binationalforummasthead.jpg" alt="" width="608" /></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.superiorforum.info" target="_blank">Forum&#8217;s website</a> offers ideas about how the day was celebrated last year and what you can do to celebrate Lake Superior. Click on Current Projects. New information is posted regularly.</p>
<p>For more information <a href="mailto:lakesuperiorday@northland.edu" target="_blank">email organizers</a> - or call (715) 682-1489</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/8LakeTrout026.jpg" alt="lake pix" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/MNSeaGrantLSfromSpace.jpg" alt="sat pix" width="200" /></p>
<p><strong>University of Minnesota Sea Grant Foundation photo</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/LakeSupDaycollagesSCMap.jpg" alt="" width="240" /></p>
<p><strong>South Carolina Map - Geology.com</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lake Superior&#8217;s surface covers 31,700 square miles, or about the size of South Carolina.</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>The lake is so big it could hold all the water from the other four Great Lakes, plus three more lakes the size of Lake Erie.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/JohnsonSealinksub.png" alt="sub" width="385" /></p>
<p><strong>The Johnson-Sea-Link deep-sea scientific research submersible<br />
Photo courtesy the Public Library of Science journal via Wikipedia</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>In 1985, scientists using a submersible vessel descended for the first time to the deepest part, which is near the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigans Upper Peninsula.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/SearsTowerWMIUniversitypix.jpg" alt="" width="250" /></p>
<p><strong>Lake Superior s deepest point is 1,332 feet, which would almost cover the Sears Tower in Chicago, one of the worlds tallest buildings</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Sears Tower photo by Western Michigan University student Meghan Hurley of Glenview, Illinois.</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p>The lake stretches approximately 350 miles from west to east, and 160 miles north to south. If you could travel along the entire Lake Superior shoreline, you would travel 1,826 miles, or the distance from Duluth to San Francisco.</p>
<p>The Lake Superior Binational Forum is a multi-sector stakeholder group of U.S. and Canadian volunteers that work together to provide input to governments about lake issues and educate basin residents about ways to protect and restore the lake.</p>
<p>Members come from Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/NORTHlandlogo1.gif" alt="Northland college logo" width="174" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/Northlandcollegecollage1.jpg" alt="Northland collage" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Northland College Ashland, Wisconsin photos courtesy:<br />
Northland College, Liturgical Environments, Wayne Nasi Construction</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>The Forum is located in the United States at <a href="http://www.northland.edu/Northland" target="_blank">Northland College</a> in Ashland, WI, and funded in the U.S. by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Great Lakes National Program Office.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EPA/EPALogo2.gif" alt="EPA Logo" width="140" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/EcoSuperiorlogo.jpg" alt="ecosuplogo" width="264" /></p>
<p>The Canadian Forum office is at EcoSuperior in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and funded by Environment Canada.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/envirocanada3.gif" alt="enviroCanada logo" width="382" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/LSDayPoster.jpg" alt="poster" width="633" /><br />
&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
<strong>Top Ten Ways You Can Protect Lake Superior Every Day</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Binational%20Forum%20-%20Lake%20Superior%20Day/WIDNRLakeSuperiormap.gif" alt="" width="204" /><br />
<strong>Wisconsin DNR Map</strong></p>
<p>1. Install water saving devices on your kitchen and bathroom faucets and showerheads. Purchase these at local hardware and building supply stores&#8211;most cost between one dollar and nine dollars.</p>
<p>2. Replace regular light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs. Burning an energy bulb requires less energy, which means power plants burn less coal and that produces less mercury in the air.</p>
<p>3. Never burn garbage, especially plastics or tires, in burn barrels on your property. These produce more toxins in the air than an industrial incinerator. Not only do you breathe these toxic fumes as the garbage burns, but the pollutants enter the lake when it rains.</p>
<p>4. Instead of burning garbage, recycle or compost what you can and throw away the rest.</p>
<p>5. Take your lawn and household hazardous materials to area Cleansweeps collection days in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, and Iron counties this summer. Call the Northwest Regional Planning Commission at 715-635-2197 for dates and locations of collections in your county.</p>
<p>6. Put your lawn on a chemical-free diet. Poisonous lawn herbicides and pesticides seep into waterways that end up in the lake and soil, which can hurt your family and neighbors. Lawn chemicals can also sicken or kill birds and pets. Bring these kinds of chemicals to a Cleansweep event where they are disposed of safely.</p>
<p>7. Never pour any liquids into a storm drain. Storm drains empty untreated liquids into a nearby river, stream, or Lake Superior.</p>
<p>8. When youre boating or fishing, inspect your boat and trailer and remove any plants and animals before leaving the water body. Drain water from the motor, live well, bilge, and transom before leaving the water body. Never release live bait fish in the water or live earthworms on the land or water.</p>
<p>9. When planning landscaping or gardening activities, use plants that are native to the region. Consult with garden centers or the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute for a list of the best native plants for this area. Learn what non-native species look like and additional prevention tips by contacting your local state or federal natural resource management agency and ask for information and identification material for non-native species.</p>
<p>10. Love it! When you care about something as grand as Lake Superior, youll feel good about making sure it stays a Great Lake.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/LSDayPosterpage2.jpg" alt="" width="415" /><br />
<strong>For more info contact:</strong></p>
<p>Lissa Radke<br />
US Coordinator<br />
<a href="http://www.superiorforum.info" target="_blank">Lake Superior Binational Forum</a><br />
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College<br />
Ashland, WI<br />
54806</p>
<p>715-682-1489<br />
FAX 715-682-1218</p>
<p>&#8220;Water is life, and the quality of water determines the quality of life.&#8221; &#8211;Lake Superior Binational Forum vision statement</p>
<p>Lake Superior Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July!</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/2008EHILakeSuperiorthoughtsJon-P-9.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Interfaith projects to protect Lake Superior are discussed in this video by:</strong></p>
<p>Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg<br />
Head Priest<br />
Lake Superior Zendo<br />
Zen Buddhist Temple</p>
<p>Rev. Jon Magnuson, LSBF board member<br />
Lutheran Campus Ministry<br />
Northern Michigan University<br />
Marquette, Michigan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Supers:</p>
<p>South Carolina map courtesy Geology.com</p>
<p>The Johnson-Sea-Link deep-sea scientific research submersible<br />
Photo courtesy the Public Library of Science journal via Wikipedia</p>
<p>Sears Tower photo by WMU student Meghan Hurley</p>
<p>Minnesota Sea Grant photo by Marie Zhuikov<br />
Families fly kites made from homemade materials off the deck of the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth<br />
&#8212;<br />
For more info contact:</p>
<p>Lissa Radke<br />
US Coordinator<br />
Lake Superior Binational Forum<br />
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College<br />
Ashland, WI<br />
54806</p>
<p>715-682-1489<br />
FAX 715-682-1218</p>
<p>Lake Superior Binational Forum<br />
<a href="http://www.superiorforum.info" target="_blank">http://www.superiorforum.info</a></p>
<p>Lake Superior Binational Forum vision statement:<br />
&#8220;Water is life, and the quality of water determines the quality of life.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lake Superior Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July<br />
&#8212;<br />
Related websites:<br />
&#8212;<br />
Lake Superior Binational Forum<br />
<a href="http://www.superiorforum.info" target="_blank">http://www.superiorforum.info</a></p>
<p>Flying a kite on Lake Superior Day pdf:<br />
<a href="http://www.superiorforum.info/uploads/Kite_Poster.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.superiorforum.info/uploads/Kite_Poster.pdf</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Wisconsin DNR page on Lake Superior:<br />
<a href="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/habitat/lakesuperior.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/habitat/lakesuperior.htm</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
University of Minnesota Sea Grant Foundation<br />
<a href="http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/</a></p>
<p>Minnesota Sea Grant Dec. 2007 newsletter: Making a Great Lake Superior by Sharon Moen<br />
<a href="http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/2007/12/making_a_great_lake_superior.html" target="_blank">http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/2007/12/making_a_great_lake_superior.html</a></p>
<p>Minnesota Sea Grant kite flying photo by Marie Zhuikov<br />
Families fly kites made from homemade materials off the deck of the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth.<br />
&#8212;<br />
Northland College Ashland, Wisconsin photos courtesy:</p>
<p>Northland College:<br />
<a href="http://www.northland.edu/Northland" target="_blank">http://www.northland.edu/Northland</a></p>
<p>Liturgical Environments:<br />
<a href="http://www.liturgicalenvironments.com" target="_blank">http://www.liturgicalenvironments.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.liturgicalenvironments.com/Images/Leaded%20Glass%20Contemporary/LdNORTHLAND-COLLEGE.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.liturgicalenvironments.com/Images/Leaded%20Glass%20Contemporary/LdNORTHLAND-COLLEGE.jpg</a></p>
<p>Wayne Nasi Construction:<br />
<a href="http://www.wnasi.com" target="_blank">http://www.wnasi.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wnasi.com/images/portfolio/school_northland.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.wnasi.com/images/portfolio/school_northland.jpg</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
EcoSuperior Environmental Programs:<br />
<a href="http://www.ecosuperior.com" target="_blank">http://www.ecosuperior.com</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Environment Canada:<br />
<a href="http://www.ec.gc.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.ec.gc.ca/</a></p>
<p>Telephone<br />
1-819-997-2800<br />
Canada only:<br />
1-800-668-6767<br />
&#8212;<br />
Johnson-Sea-Link - Wikipedia<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Sea_Link" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Sea_Link</a></p>
<p>Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hboi.edu" target="_blank">http://www.hboi.edu</a></p>
<p>Submersible &amp; crew info:<br />
<a href="http://www.hboi.edu/marineops/jsl_crew.html" target="_blank">http://www.hboi.edu/marineops/jsl_crew.html</a></p>
<p>The Johnsen Lab page of Johnson-Sea-Link<br />
<a href="http://www.biology.duke.edu/johnsenlab/gallery/insidechamber.html" target="_blank">http://www.biology.duke.edu/johnsenlab/gallery/insidechamber.html</a></p>
<p>Johnson-Sea-Link, deep-sea scientific research submersible built by The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in 1971.<br />
Submersible was designed by Edwin Albert Link, friend of Harbor Branch founder Seward Johnson.<br />
Image first published March 15, 2005 in the Public Library of Science journal.<br />
Source: Gulf of Mexico Cruise SJ0107<br />
The Public Library of Science journal website states that the content of all PLoS journals is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license.<br />
&#8212;<br />
South Carolina Map - Geology.com<br />
<a href="http://geology.com/state-map/maps/south-carolina-state-map.gif" target="_blank">http://geology.com/state-map/maps/south-carolina-state-map.gif</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Sears Tower photo by Western Michigan University student Meghan Hurley of Glenview, Illinois:<br />
<a href="http://homepages.wmich.edu/~m4hurley/searstower2_skyscraper_1.jpg">http://homepages.wmich.edu/~m4hurley/searstower2_skyscraper_1.jpg</a><br />
<a href="http://homepages.wmich.edu/~m4hurley">http://homepages.wmich.edu/~m4hurley</a></div>
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View of Erie, Pennsylvania from Presque Isle
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie
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Pennsylvania Sea Grant Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day in Erie, Pennsylvania on April 26, 2008
All medicine collection photos in this story are by Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News in Education
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EarthChallengeGraphiclong.jpg" alt="" width="573" /></p>
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<p><strong>View of Erie, Pennsylvania from Presque Isle<br />
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Pennsylvania Sea Grant Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day in Erie, Pennsylvania on April 26, 2008<br />
All medicine collection photos in this story are by Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News in Education</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Erie, Pennsylvania residents turn in about 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products, over 73,000 pills at the April 2008 Sea Grant Pharmaceutical collection during EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge</strong></p>
<p>(Erie, Pennsylvania) - Erie, Pennsylvania area residents dropped off about 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products on Saturday, April 26, 2008 during the Pennsylvania Sea Grant pharmaceutical collection.</p>
<p>Showing their love for Lake Erie, residents brought in over 73,000 pills and a large amount of controlled substances like narcotic pain medication, according to Sara Grisè, Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist.</p>
<p>The collection was held at the Cruise Boat Terminal Building behind the Memorial Library named for Dr. Raymond Blasco in Erie, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/bagofdrugsimg_0536ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /><br />
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<p><strong>Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection results:</strong></p>
<p>87 participants</p>
<p>Collected 120 gallons of materials</p>
<p>5 of the 120 gallons were controlled substances</p>
<p>About 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products</p>
<p><strong>Controlled category II:</strong></p>
<p>1,031 pills</p>
<p>130 milliliters of liquids</p>
<p><strong>Controlled category III, IV, V:</strong></p>
<p>1,397 pills</p>
<p>1,180 milliliters of liquids</p>
<p><strong>Controlled Unidentified:</strong></p>
<p>1,410 pills</p>
<p>102 milliliters of liquids</p>
<p>4 pieces of gum</p>
<p>6 towelettes<br />
&#8212;<br />
<strong>Controlled total: 3,839 pills</strong><br />
<strong><br />
Non-Controlled total: 69,232 pills</strong></p>
<p><strong>Personal Care products: 384</strong><br />
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/drugsandmoreimg_0552ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="385" /></p>
<p>The Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day was held as part of the <strong>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge</strong>.</p>
<p>The challenge involved over 100 pharmaceutical and electronic waste collections in hundreds of communities across eight states in the Great Lakes Basin.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/img_0532ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/LakeErirepollutionOhioepapix.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></p>
<p><strong>Ohio EPA Map of polluted Lake Erie in 1970s</strong></p>
<p>Across America, the reputation of Lake Erie - especially in the 1960s and 1970s - was that of an extremely polluted and even dead lake.</p>
<p>By all accounts, residents and officials have done a great job restoring Lake Erie - where fishing, boating and swimming are popular.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/LakeErie2unidox.jpg" alt="" width="480" /></p>
<p><strong>Lake Erie photo (above) courtesy Jim&#8217;s Photos Unixdoctor</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ErieCranchPark.jpg" alt="" width="511" /></p>
<p><strong>View of Lake Erie from Cranch Park in Erie, PA<br />
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/EireLampcover.jpg" alt="" width="150" /><br />
<strong>EPA Graphic</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The EPA Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan has been a big force in the recovery of Lake Erie.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ZEBRAMUSCLES.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>EPA/Bay City Times/Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Photo</strong></p>
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<p>In recent years, officials have been fighting the Zebra Muscle problem in Lake Erie. It&#8217;s been a love/hate relationship as the muscles have done good and bad things to the lake.</p>
<p>One goal of the pharmaceutical collection was to prevent medicine s from being discharged into Lake Erie and to make sure the drugs don&#8217;t end up in other surrounding lakes and streams.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/CascadeCreekerie.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Goal of medicine collection is to protect rivers, lakes and streams like Cascade Creek in Erie, PA<br />
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie</strong></p>
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<p>Many wastewater treatment plants around the world are not designed to remove the cocktail of chemicals after the drugs are flushed or dumped down the drain - and the drugs can leach out of landfills into the groundwater.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/lawenimg_0545ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Pictured above are Erie Police Dept. officers. Law enforcement officers are required by federal law at collections of controlled substances</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/lecomsgimg_0544ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Students and pharmacists from the LECOM School of Pharmacy counted and sorted drugs during the medicine collection</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Some of the unsung heros at pharmaceuticals collections are the police and pharmacists - without whom the collections would not be possible.<br />
At all locations, including Erie, Law enforcement and pharmacists were on hand to accept the pharmaceuticals.</p>
<p>Based on experience, organizers discovered the turnout was bigger when residents don&#8217;t have to preregister.</p>
<p>Of the 87 residents participating in the collection, 61 did not preregister.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/img_0520ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Sara Grisè, Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist (pictured above on the right; and Marti Martz, also a Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist, and many others worked hard to make the collection a success.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/lotsofmedsimg_0531ERIE.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Over 70,000 pills were turned as Erie, PA area residents showed their love for Lake Erie by participating in the Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>And similar to the other collections, most Erie participants were older adults as 89 percent were over the age of 46.</p>
<p>Assisting in the proper disposal of the medicines was ECS &amp; R - Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling in Cochranton, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p><strong>Medicine Collection Sponsors:</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/eriesponsors2.jpg" alt="" width="327" /></p>
<p><strong>The organizers of the Erie collection included Pennsylvania Sea Grant, the City of Erie, Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force, LECOM school of Pharmacy, and Erie Times-News in Education.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/WJETlogo.png" alt="" width="200" /></p>
<p>Organizers partnered with the WJET-TV Channel 24 Erie Green Campaign.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/WSEECollage.jpg" alt="" width="490" /></p>
<p>WSEE TV provided their news story for use in a video about the collection.</p>
<p>The Pennsylvania Sea Grant received a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Lakeeriemap-nmu.gif" alt="" width="250" /></p>
<p><strong>Great Lakes map highlighting Lake Erie by Lawrence W. Ellerbruch, Northern Michigan University</strong></p>
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<p>The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. The EPA says those goals were exceeded by 400 to 500 percent.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EarthHealinglogo.gif" alt="" width="234" /></p>
<p>The Earth Healing Initiative assisted some challenge organizers by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/collage19.jpg" alt="" width="490" /></p>
<p>This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA&#8217;s Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EHIInterfaith-NAlogos1.jpg" alt="" width="490" /></p>
<p>The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.<br />
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<p><strong>For more info contact:<br />
</strong><br />
Sara Grisè<br />
Pennsylvania Sea Grant<br />
814-217-9011</p>
<p>Unwanted Medications<br />
301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 3<br />
Erie, PA</p>
<p>Marti Martz<br />
Coastal Outreach Specialist<br />
Pennsylvania Sea Grant<br />
814-217-9015<br />
814-217-9021 (fax)<br />
&#8212;<br />
Erie collection organizers received assistance from EPA Region 3 (with assistance from Region 5), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.</p>
<p><strong>Organizers thank following organizations who were part of the team that make the collection program a success:</strong><br />
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Related websites:<br />
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<p>Community Health Net<br />
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources<br />
Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling (ECS&amp;R)<br />
Erie County Environmental Coalition<br />
Erie Center on Health and Aging<br />
Erie County Health Department<br />
Erie Housing Authority<br />
Erie Port Authority<br />
Erie Wastewater Treatment Facility<br />
Local Pharmacies<br />
Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC)<br />
Hamot Medical Center<br />
Lake Erie Sierra Club<br />
Local Senior centers<br />
Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association<br />
Presque Isle Audubon<br />
State Board of Pharmacy<br />
USDEA local agent<br />
Visiting Nurses Association<br />
WJET-TV 24 Erie Green Campaign</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Eriepaseagrantoriginal.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p>Pennsylvania Sea Grant:<br />
<a href="http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm">http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm</a></p>
<p>In November 2006, Sara Grisè joined Pennsylvania Sea Grant as a Coastal Outreach Specialist:<br />
<a href="http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/about/grise.htm">http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/about/grise.htm</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois<br />
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/region5">http://www.epa.gov/region5</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ECSRenvirorecyclemasthead.gif" alt="" width="400" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ECSRenvirorecyclephoto2.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></p>
<p>ECS&amp;R - Environmental Coordination Services &amp; Recycling<br />
3237 US Highway 19<br />
Cochranton, PA<br />
16314</p>
<p>814-425-7773<br />
814-425-3201 (fax)</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ECSRenvirorecyclephoto.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></p>
<p><strong>ECS&amp;R 24 hour emergency response call:</strong></p>
<p>877-902-2452</p>
<p>email:<br />
<a href="mailto:info@ecsr.net">info@ecsr.net</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecsr.net/">http://www.ecsr.net/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ecsr.net/environmental.html">http://www.ecsr.net/environmental.html</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Greenerielogo.jpg" alt="" width="180" /></p>
<p>WJET-TV 24 Erie Green Campaign:<br />
<a href="http://yourerie.com/">http://yourerie.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://yourerie.com/content/green">http://yourerie.com/content/green</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/wsEEStills1.jpg" alt="" width="320" /></p>
<p>WSEE TV Erie. PA<br />
<a href="http://www.wsee.tv/">http://www.wsee.tv/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wsee.tv/news.php">http://www.wsee.tv/news.php</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=WSEE01">http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=WSEE01</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Citybanner.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/CelebrateEriecity.jpg" alt="" width="130" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Ciytoferieflag.png" alt="" width="418" /></p>
<p>City of Erie<br />
<a href="http://ci.erie.pa.us/">http://ci.erie.pa.us/</a></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/CityofErieseal.png" alt="" width="103" /><br />
<strong>City of Erie flag/seal are courtesy the English Wikipedia Graphics Lab &amp; Cronholm144</strong></p>
<p>Erie Police Dept.<br />
<a href="http://ci.erie.pa.us/Departments/PoliceDepartment/tabid/72/Default.aspx">http://ci.erie.pa.us/Departments/PoliceDepartment/tabid/72/Default.aspx</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force<br />
<a href="http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea">http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea</a><br />
<a href="http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leasuccess_stories">http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leasuccess_stories</a></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/EarthForce6.jpg" alt="" width="490" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/EarthForceheadertagline.gif" alt="" width="290" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leacontact_us">http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leacontact_us</a><br />
<a href="http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leaschools">http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leaschools</a><br />
<a href="http://www.earthforce.org/">http://www.earthforce.org/</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ErieLecomMedicalschool.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>LECOM School of Pharmacy in Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p><strong>Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie</strong></p>
<p>LECOM school of Pharmacy<br />
<a href="http://www.lecom.edu/school_pharmacy.php">http://www.lecom.edu/school_pharmacy.php</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LECOM">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LECOM</a><br />
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ErieTimes-Newspaper.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Erie Times-News newspaper building in Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p><strong>Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie</strong></p>
<p>Erie Times-News in Education<br />
<a href="http://www.goerie.com/">http://www.goerie.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=ETN">http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=ETN</a><br />
Erie Times-News front page April 23, 2008<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Times-News">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Times-News</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/Eriecollages.jpg" alt="" width="512" /></p>
<p><strong>Erie, PA photos by Pat Noble</strong></p>
<p>Erie, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie</a></p>
<p>Erie photos courtesy Pat Noble aka Pnoble805, a member of WikiProject Erie<br />
Photos include Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry monument, Liberty Park&#8217;s Pepsi Amphitheater, Times-News building, skyline of Erie, Pennsylvania as seen from Presque Isle, Cranch Park, west branch of Cascade Creek under a small bridge at Frontier Park, and the LECOM medical school.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805#My_work_on_WikiProject_Erie">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805#My_work_on_WikiProject_Erie</a></p>
<p>City of Erie flag/seal are courtesy the English Wikipedia Graphics Lab &amp; Cronholm144<br />
&#8212;<br />
Lake Erie Photos courtesy Jim&#8217;s Photos Unixdoctor<br />
<a href="http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/niagara/Lake_Erie_02">http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/niagara/Lake_Erie_02</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/albums.php">http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/albums.php</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Lake Erie map graphic courtesy Lawrence W. Ellerbruch, Northern Michigan University<br />
<a href="http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f03/cs255students/ateraves/P6/tutorial2.html">http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f03/cs255students/ateraves/P6/tutorial2.html</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Shallow Lake Erie photo courtesy Environment Canada:<br />
<a href="http://www.ec.gc.ca/">http://www.ec.gc.ca/</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
Lake Erie polluted photo courtesy Ohio EPA<br />
<a href="http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/reports/leqi/leqi2004/pollutionsources/Pollutionsourcespic.jpg">http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/reports/leqi/leqi2004/pollutionsources/Pollutionsourcespic.jpg</a><br />
<a href="http://www.epa.state.oh.us/">http://www.epa.state.oh.us/</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Erie%20Pennsylvania%20Sea%20Grant/ERIELAMPLOGO.gif" alt="" width="106" /></p>
<p>EPA: Lake Erie Management Plan reports:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/erie.html">http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/erie.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/lakeerie/index.html">http://www.epa.gov/lakeerie/index.html</a><br />
&#8212;<br />
EPA - Zebra Mussels photo info:<br />
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/image/viz_iss4.html">http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/image/viz_iss4.html</a><br />
Zebra mussels washed up on beach, Lake Erie<br />
Bay City Times (courtesy Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab)<br />
&#8212;<br />
White House Office of Drug Control Policy:<br />
<a href="http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/">http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EarthHealinglogo.gif" alt="" width="234" /></p>
<p>Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative<br />
<a href="http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/">http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/</a></p>
<p>Call:<br />
906-401-0109<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/CTILogo.gif" alt="" width="100" /></p>
<p>Cedar Tree Institute<br />
<a href="http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org/">http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org/</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Earth%20911/Earth911fromIllepasite.gif" alt="" width="160" /></p>
<p>Earth 911:<br />
<a href="http://earth911.org/">http://earth911.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://earth911.org/blog/2008">http://earth911.org/blog/2008</a><br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/InterfaithResourcesHeader.jpg" alt="" width="480" /></p>
<p>Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha&#8217;i Community)<br />
Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:<br />
<a href="http://www.interfaithresources.com/">http://www.interfaithresources.com/</a></p>
<p>Justice St. Rain<br />
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)<br />
1-847-733-3559 (wk)</p>
<p>Interfaith Resources<br />
P.O. Box 9<br />
511 Diamond Rd<br />
Heltonville, IN<br />
47436</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Onepeopleoneearthlogo.jpg" alt="" width="400" /></p>
<p><strong>Photos of the April 2008 pharmaceutical collection in Erie, Pennsylvania</strong></p>
<p><strong>Photos by Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News in Education</strong></p>
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Syracuse, NY residents show their respect for Great Lakes including love for Lake Erie by turning over 9 tons of old TVs to be recycled by the Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency

Syracuse skyline photo by Joe Grimes, Wikipedia
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(Syracuse, New York) - A leader in electronic waste recycling projects in the northeast is the Onondaga County [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Syracuse, NY residents show their respect for Great Lakes including love for Lake Erie by turning over 9 tons of old TVs to be recycled by the Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Syracuse skyline photo by Joe Grimes, Wikipedia</strong></p>
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<p>(Syracuse, New York) - A leader in electronic waste recycling projects in the northeast is the Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY.</p>
<p>The agency held a TV collection on Saturday, April 19 in the Alliance Bank Stadium parking lot as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.</p>
<p>The Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency received an EPA grant to help offset costs of the recycling project.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200816.jpg" alt="TV event" width="512" /></p>
<p>It was one of over 100 projects involved in the challenge across eight states in the Great Lakes Basin.</p>
<p>Organizers keep traffic flowing smoothly as 964 vehicles arrived with old TVs.</p>
<p>The event took in 1,551 old television sets weighing 97,080 pounds, according to Andrew Radin, Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.</p>
<p>That means nearly 9 tons of old TVs from central New York were recycled.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracusemonumentscollage2.jpg" alt="Syracuse collage" width="490" /><br />
<strong>Syracuse State Tower building photo by Joe Grimes</strong></p>
<p><strong>Syracuse Franklin Park photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York</strong></p>
<p><strong>Syracuse Jerry Rescue Monument photo by Paul Malo</strong></p>
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200819.jpg" alt="TV" width="512" /></p>
<p>The agency also holds ongoing e-waste collections at the Community Collection Center also know as 3-C - located at 6085 Court Street - in Syracuse, NY.</p>
<p>The electronics collection dates and times are:<br />
Tuesdays from 4pm to 8pm;<br />
Thursdays from 8am to noon;<br />
and Saturdays from 9am to 1 p.m.</p>
<p>There is no charge to drop off household e-waste and other items at the collection center including old computers plus related equipment and fluorescent bulbs, household batteries, cell phones, smoke detectors, tabletop copiers, DVD players, electronic game consoles like Nintendo, and Xbox, fax machines, phones, VCRs and stereos including speakers.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200825.jpg" alt="TV" width="512" /></p>
<p>The agency is developing a plan to accept TVs at the center.</p>
<p>Over 60,000 pounds has been turned in at the Community Collection Center so far this year.</p>
<p>Business waste in not accepted.</p>
<p>The center also accepts books - covers must be removed.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/NYFoodBanklogo.gif" alt="food bank logo" width="206" /></p>
<p>In a unique twist - the agency is helping the hungry - by asking residents dropping off items to be recycled to also bring canned food and other non perishables for Food Bank of Central New York.</p>
<p>The Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency is known as OCRRA for short using its initials.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos20085.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p>Since 2002, OCRRA has collected over 1,000 tons of e-waste from the community for recycling</p>
<p>OCRRA has numerous environment projects that benefit the Syracuse area including its Blue Bin It campaign.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracusecollage1.jpg" alt="Blue Bin Collage" width="490" /></p>
<p>Blue Bin It is based on the well-know blue bins that are popular in recycling projects across the country.</p>
<p>OCRRA has a series of radio spots promoting its blue bin it campaign.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/bluebinit.jpg" alt="Blue Bin Logo" width="200" /></p>
<p>(See Blue Bin It Radio ads in this video)</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EPAResultsGraphic.gif" alt="EPA Results" width="480" /></p>
<p>The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. The EPA says those goals were exceeded by 400 to 500 percent.</p>
<p>The Earth Healing Initiative assisted some challenge organizers by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EHIANDCTIcollagestri1.jpg" alt="EHI Collage" width="512" /></p>
<p>This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA&#8217;s Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EHIInterfaith-NAlogos1.jpg" alt="EHI Collage" width="490" /></p>
<p><strong>The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.</strong></p>
<p>Im Greg Peterson and youre watching Earth Healing TV<br />
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/OCCRAHEADER.jpg" alt="OCRRA Logo" width="496" /></p>
<p>Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) recycling page<br />
http://www.ocrra.org/recycling_c3.asp<br />
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Contact:<br />
Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY<br />
Andrew J. Radin<br />
Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction<br />
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)</p>
<p>315-453-2866<br />
315-295-0726<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/NYFoodBanklogo.gif" alt="Food Bank logo" width="206" /></p>
<p>The Food Bank of Central New York<br />
http://www.foodbankcny.org/<br />
Portrait of Hunger:<br />
http://www.foodbankcny.org/default.aspx?PageID=752<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/SyracuseSkyline2.jpg" alt="skyline long" width="610" /></p>
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<p><strong>Onondaga Creek running through the Franklin Square area </strong></p>
<p><strong>Syracuse on Wikipedia:<br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York</strong><br />
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<p>Syracuse skyline photo by Joe Grimes<br />
Syracuse skyline wide shot photo by Joe Grimes<br />
Syracuse State Tower building photo by Joe Grimes</p>
<p>Onondaga Creek running through the Franklin Square area</p>
<p>Syracuse skyline photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York</p>
<p>Syracuse Franklin Park photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York</p>
<p>Syracuse Jerry Rescue Monument photo by Paul Malo</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/EPA/EPALogo2.gif" alt="EPA Logo" width="140" /></p>
<p>EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois<br />
http://www.epa.gov/region5<br />
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<p>Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative<br />
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org</p>
<p>Call:<br />
906-401-0109<br />
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<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/CTILogo.gif" alt="CTI Logo" width="100" /></p>
<p>Cedar Tree Institute<br />
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/InterfaithResourcesHeader.jpg" alt="IFR Logo" width="380" /></p>
<p>Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha&#8217;i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:<br />
http://www.interfaithresources.com</p>
<p>Justice St. Rain<br />
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)<br />
1-847-733-3559 (wk)</p>
<p>Interfaith Resources<br />
P.O. Box 9<br />
511 Diamond Rd<br />
Heltonville, IN<br />
47436</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><strong>More photos from OCRRA TV Collection:</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos20088.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200838.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos20082.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200820.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos20083.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200831.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200835.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
<p><img src="http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/2008EarthHealing/Syracuse/Syracuseresultsphotos200833.jpg" alt="TVs" width="512" /></p>
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