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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Brush and Bulky Directions
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Where are we supposed to put all this friggen' trash!?
The piles of brush and bulky in our neighborhood got me thinking about where all our trash goes after it is picked up. I have never understood why they pick up the tree branches and other organic materials at the same time as other big junk like broken washing machines, flat tires, and furniture. It all goes into the Los Reales landfill.
The Los Reales landfill takes in 2,300 tons of solid waste daily and the city spends roughly $8 million every year to process waste at the site.
A big portion of our trash that ends up in landfills is food waste. The US EPA estimates that more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in our everyday trash, constituting 24% of the amount landfilled and 22% of the amount incinerated. When food waste ends up in landfills, it decomposes and releases methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than CO2.
How can we keep that food waste out of our landfill? In addition to cutting down our food waste, I'd like to see the city offer a separate bin for food scraps so it can be composted for community and neighborhood gardens. I have a "lazy compost pile" myself. And my neighbors' food scraps don't go to the landfill either - because they give them to me!
Is there anything else we can do to cut down on the trash going into the landfill? One of the first solutions people think of is recycling. After all... recycling materials takes less energy than mining materials and producing new products. But all those products we consume contribute to climate change - even before it gets to the landfill. According to Sustainable Tucson's Zero Waste Lead, Kevin Green:
The US EPA published a landmark report in 2009 that found 42% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. are associated with the energy used to produce, process, transport, and dispose of the goods we use and food we eat. This includes the extraction or harvesting of materials and food. The report indicates that 29% of GHGs result from goods produced within the US, while food production contributes 13% of the GHGs.
So consuming less trash in the first place is really the way to go. That's why many people are moving towards a "zero waste" lifestyle where you follow the 6 R's of Sustainability: Rethink/Refuse, Reduce, Reuse/Repair, Repurpose, Recycle, and Rot (compost).
“Zero Waste: The Conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of all products, packaging, and materials without burning them and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”
And there are other problems with recycling. For one, you need a buyer for those materials. ReCommunity Recycling Center no longer recycles glass because it doesn't have a buyer. I was shocked to find that they were throwing glass bottles into the landfill because it cost the city 3 million dollars a year to store it. Hearing his constituents' dismay, our Council Member Steve Kozachik championed a project to crush glass to make into cement and sandbags. Now we have glass drop-off sites all over town.
But there were other problems with our recycling program - namely contamination. That means putting gross things in our recycling like dirty takeout containers or even soiled diapers. It was so bad that we nearly lost our recycling program because China would no longer accept our dirty trash! But we haven't totally learned our lesson. We still put things that aren't recyclable in our recycling bin - like Styrofoam and plastic bags. (Plastic bags jam up the recycling machine.) Currently, the city only recycles #1 and #2 plastics.
Since so many of his constituents were frustrated about how much plastic ends up in the landfill, our pragmatic city council member came up with another innovative solution - making plastic blocks out of much of the plastic that can't be recycled, including plastic bags! He is currently conducting a pilot program to demonstrate to the Mayor and Council that the public will support the idea. He's asking his constituents to drop off the plastic that couldn't be recycled at the Ward 6 office. (See the list below.)
I have mixed feelings about this - because of the reasons I mentioned above. If you're already living a zero waste lifestyle, no doubt you will be making few or no trips to the Ward 6 office to drop off your plastic scraps. Keep up the good work. But in the current consumer culture, many of us have found it impossible to be be entirely zero waste. We are doing our best to reduce waste by toting refillable water bottles, recycled glass jars, reusable grocery, bulk and produce bags. But there are still products that we can't get in bulk or plastic free, like mushrooms wrapped in plastic and a lot of organic produce. What the heck?!!! Until our community can make the paradigm shift we need, Steve K's plastic block project is a good start.
I do have one suggestion though. Instead of using EVEN MORE PLASTIC by putting it in the plastic bags Steve provides in his starter kits, please put it in one of the many plastic bags that we can't help getting.
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| This is a cereal bag that I'm putting in a bigger bag we got with a delivery. Don't judge. |
Here's a message from Steve:
Ward 6 Wants Your Non-Recyclable Plastic Trash
From now until the end of the year Council Member Kozachik and the Ward 6 Office are hosting a pilot program in which we are collecting non-recyclable plastics and turning them into construction-grade building blocks. All those plastic materials you cannot place in the blue bin are right now ending up in the landfill. We want them. And we’ve got free plastic bags for you to collect them in before dropping them off at the ward office.
We’ll be handing out free clear plastic bags along with informational material describing the pilot project we’re hosting. Bring us bubble wrap, plastic drink cups, lids and straws, candy bags, single use plastic bags, 6-pack holders, plastic food trays – bring it all. Working with our partners in this program – ByFusion, Tank’s Green Stuff and the City of Tucson Environmental Services – we'll turn that waste into reusable products you’ll soon see in building projects around the city.
The Ward 6 Office is located at 3202 E. 1st Street. Stop by and grab your Starter Kit and join us in being a part of this waste reduction/reuse program. Nobody else in the state of Arizona is doing this, so your involvement is a part of Tucson residents leading the state by example – once again! Thanks to Reyna Preciado from KGUN for stopping by the ward office and covering the story. Here’s a link to her piece.
Councilman Steve Kozachik is collecting rerecyclable plastic - KGUN 9
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/councilman-steve-kozachik-reusing-plastic-for-local-projects
Recently ByFusion was highlighted in national media through CNN (See link below.) You can see their operation in action and hear the background on how this whole idea got started. You’ll see that our pilot is a part of cutting-edge stuff that only a handful of jurisdictions are currently doing. We don’t mind leading by example – and we love it that so many of you are on board.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/business/byfusion-waste-plastic-blocks/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/07/26/recycle-plastic-waste-building-block-byfusion-orig.cnn-business
In the video, you see them building various structures with the blocks. I’ve shared this image before – it's the seat bench we built out in San Gabriel neighborhood. The seat is made from Anita Goodrich’s crushed glass (also spawned in the ward 6 garage) and the blocks are the one’s we’re now collecting plastic for. If you want to see the San Gabriel bench it’s in their pocket park located at Irving and Santa Barbara. When you go by, don’t worry about it looking kind of lonely in that location. We are working with Tucson Clean & Beautiful on a landscape design for the area. Planting is scheduled for this fall.
Here’s the graphic showing what we can use.
"On Sunday, I did a little dumpster diving in our Plastics Only bin – I was removing Styrofoam someone had thrown in. NO STYROFOAM. It is not plastic and constitutes contamination in this process. It belongs in the trash."
MORE INFORMATION
Tucson councilman collecting plastic trash for construction projects
https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-councilman-collecting-plastic-trash-for-construction-projects/article_67e9c5ea-0c6c-11ed-9807-4f7d1a2869df.html
What you can recycle:
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/es/recycle
Download Recycling Coach
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/es/recycle-coach
Glass drop off sites:
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/es/announcement/glass-reuse-plan
Plastic block program could stick - Arizona Daily Star, 01/08/2023
https://arizonadailystar-az.newsmemory.com/?publink=5917ba4db_134aa00
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Sustainable Maui?
Since we got back, I have been struggling about whether or not to write this blog. To be honest, I feel guilty. I'm not sure I come across that good in this story. When I heard that most of my family was heading to Maui to attend the wedding, I didn't want to miss out on seeing them. I overlooked my fear of traveling with only a cloth mask to protect me from the dreaded new variant of COVID. (I was somewhat reassured since we had to register proof of vaccination on the Hawaii Safe Travel Pre-clearance app.) But the day after we purchased our tickets to Maui, I saw a post from a Facebook friend musing about why so many of her friends were posting pics of themselves in Hawaii when the Mayor of Maui had issued a statement asking visitors to stay away.
When we got to Maui, we discovered another motive besides COVID. The Mayor was trying to protect the island. A record number of visitors were escaping the confinement of COVID on this island paradise. A quarter of a million every month! The streets were crowded with rental cars. Dan said that it reminded him of LA! During our 10-day stay we became increasingly concerned with the environmental impact on the island.
We had indulged in the privilege that allows those of us who can afford it to have an "experience of a lifetime" at the expense of the sea creatures and reefs. One young man, bobbing in the water next to us, shared what he learned on a his turtle island tour - that you shouldn't disturb or touch the endangered turtles, and then proceeded to grab at a turtle that swam by.
I know. I know. We were keenly aware that our presence negatively impacted the island (from the pollution and CO2 on the long plane ride, our Lyft to and from the airport, and the diesel-powered snorkeling and wedding boats.) Dan and I did what we could to lessen our impact. We chose not to rent a car. We got a senior discount on a pass for the bus and used it. We even rode the bus to the thrift store to get Hawaiian shirts and dresses for ourselves and some family members. On the bus, we went by several sea-bird restoration areas.
On our first day there, we discovered a cool restoration trail where we learned about how the island in the distance, Kaho'olawe, was a sacred place to the Hawaiians, once used for navigation training. The island people developed an innovative and sustainable lifestyle of fishing and farming. But outsiders brought too many sheep and goats that destroyed the soil with over-grazing. Then the U.S. conducted their bomb tests on the island. Signs showed how the Hawaiian people are restoring the preserve by planting native grasses.
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| Kaho'olawe Educational Walking Trail |
We were shocked by the amount of trash along the nature trail. We picked up what we could. But it got us thinking. Where was all the trash going? How much of it ended up going out to sea? We saw recycling bins all over the island and signs asking people to consider reducing their plastic consumption. A sign along the highway read, "Landfill full." We were concerned about adding to the trash on the island. So we carried reusable grocery bags and water bottles, and brewed our own tea (instead of buying the bottled variety.) My sister, bless her heart, was doing her best to recycle - unaware that it wasn't all recyclable in Maui. (They only recycle two kinds of plastic bottles.) Dan helped her out by looking up the website on his phone.
There were also signs warning people of the impact of sunscreen on the reefs. So we wore tee-shirts over our swim suits and I used "reef safe sunscreen." (Dan burned.) During the family snorkeling outing, we saw the impact of all those visitors on the reefs in the Marine Life Conservation Area. These were not the colorful reefs we saw at the aquarium. These reefs were gray and dying. Dan started calling our vacation, "The Environmental Disaster Tour of Maui."
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| There were several other boats at the Marine Life Conservation Area |
Despite efforts to educate the public with signs and displays, the impact of the tourism industry was clear. The side of the island where we were staying is actually a desert. But they have planted tropical trees and flowers to create a paradise for the resorts, using up the island's groundwater (that the farmers on the other side of the island rely on.) Everyday, shiploads of consumer products are unloaded in the harbor. And planes bring more tourists. Rental cars line the shorelines and scenic routes. Perhaps the best thing we can do to heal the island is follow the Mayor's advice, and stay away. Give their restoration efforts a chance. But the island relies on tourism for jobs and its economy.
There is a glimmer of hope. In addition to restoration projects, they are installing some sustainable infrastructure. There are plans for a fleet of electric rental cars and charging stations. Some of the hotels and houses have solar panels and wind turbines line one of the mountains. A solar farm shines in the distance.
A new approach, Regenerative tourism, aspires to leave a place better because of your visit.
In Hawaiian, mālama means to give back. The Mālama Campaign provides visitors with hands-on experiences to steward the Aloha State. In exchange for perks like hotel discounts or free meals, visitors can sign up to plant trees, remove invasive plants, reconstruct ancient fishponds, and deliver food to elders. Additional projects include Hawaiian Paddlesports Maui kayak tours that fund reforestation projects or snorkeling excursions to clean the reef. Visitors can participate in community algae removal, coral restoration, and beach clean-ups. Some volunteer activities existed long before regenerative travel became a hashtag on Instagram, but many have been recently dreamed up by Hawaiians as a way to invite visitors to invest in the future of the islands with the hope that we can all learn to treat the Aloha State more like home.
In addition, hotels like the Cliffs at Princeville promote Mālama programs and educate visitors about sustainability throughout their vast electrification, solar, and waste programs. On Kaua’i, Common Ground’s regenerative farm tour teaches travelers about agroforestry and offers a gorgeous dinner sourced within three miles of the Kilauea property.
The hope is that a more mindful approach to tourism will reboot what has always been a transactional, extractive relationship. Tourism officials imagine that a new visitor will arrive. Someone who selects a hotel owned and operated by Native Hawaiians, a property that sources all products from the island, while capturing carbon and protecting the watershed. That traveler will practice mālama and hopefully bring these skills home.- Sierra, Sept. 6, 2024 (See link to article below.)
In Hawaiian, mālama means to give back. The Mālama Campaign provides visitors with hands-on experiences to steward the Aloha State. In exchange for perks like hotel discounts or free meals, visitors can sign up to plant trees, remove invasive plants, reconstruct ancient fishponds, and deliver food to elders. Additional projects include Hawaiian Paddlesports Maui kayak tours that fund reforestation projects or snorkeling excursions to clean the reef. Visitors can participate in community algae removal, coral restoration, and beach clean-ups. Some volunteer activities existed long before regenerative travel became a hashtag on Instagram, but many have been recently dreamed up by Hawaiians as a way to invite visitors to invest in the future of the islands with the hope that we can all learn to treat the Aloha State more like home.
In addition, hotels like the Cliffs at Princeville promote Mālama programs and educate visitors about sustainability throughout their vast electrification, solar, and waste programs. On Kaua’i, Common Ground’s regenerative farm tour teaches travelers about agroforestry and offers a gorgeous dinner sourced within three miles of the Kilauea property.
The hope is that a more mindful approach to tourism will reboot what has always been a transactional, extractive relationship. Tourism officials imagine that a new visitor will arrive. Someone who selects a hotel owned and operated by Native Hawaiians, a property that sources all products from the island, while capturing carbon and protecting the watershed. That traveler will practice mālama and hopefully bring these skills home.- Sierra, Sept. 6, 2024 (See link to article below.)
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We are thankful for the opportunity to enjoy my family on this beautiful island and learn about important work being done there.
Mahalo Maui! Aloha and blessings on this island in the sun.
Statement on Lahaina fire: Dan and I were shocked and saddened by the fire August 8-9, 2023 that took out most of the town of Lahaina. Our heart goes out to the community that lost their homes, business and historic sites. It is troubling that the invasive, dry grass (that had replaced native plants because of lack of water) contributed to the spread of the fire.
More Information:
Tourism Can Wreck Local Communities and Ecosystems
Hawai'i has a plan that would encourage tourists to restore the land while contributing needed tourism dollars
Statement on Lahaina fire: Dan and I were shocked and saddened by the fire August 8-9, 2023 that took out most of the town of Lahaina. Our heart goes out to the community that lost their homes, business and historic sites. It is troubling that the invasive, dry grass (that had replaced native plants because of lack of water) contributed to the spread of the fire.
More Information:
Tourism Can Wreck Local Communities and Ecosystems
Hawai'i has a plan that would encourage tourists to restore the land while contributing needed tourism dollars
Things You Should Never Do While Snorkeling in Maui
Regenerative farming bears fruit
Maui farmers look to heal soil, grow sustainably for next generation
Hawaii Is Rethinking Tourism. Here’s What That Means for You
A more sustainable, less colonial experience awaits.
Hawaii: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Lahaina Banyan Tree: A Symbol of Resilience and Rebirth in Maui, July 31, 2024 |
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Steve K Champions Plan to Use Glass that Would Have Ended Up in Our Landfills
While attending a Mayor and City Council meeting in support of green infrastructure funding, I caught the tail end of their discussion on what to do about our threatened recycling program. Apparently, the city is losing $3 million dollars a year. They discussed ways to save money. One way was to cut down pickups to twice a month. (That change has already been implemented.) They also discussed the high cost of storing glass bottles until they can find a buyer. It was suggested that they throw that glass in the landfill!
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| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
I couldn't help but blurt out, "No! Find a use for it!" Not exactly council meeting decorum, I know. But there has got to be a purpose for that glass! In Mexico they used to melt down glass bottles to make glassware. A local artist uses colored glass to decorate her cement candle holders. Since we are running out of sand, couldn't we use glass to replace it in cement structures?
When arriving at the Ward 6 Office for our monthly Sustainable Tucson meeting, my husband pointed out the new sidewalk made out of cement with sand from crushed glass!
When I mentioned the sidewalk to our Council Member Steve Kozachik, he gave me an impromptu demonstration of the glass crusher he had used to make the sand for the cement. He insisted that I try it myself. It was pretty fun.
When I mentioned the sidewalk to our Council Member Steve Kozachik, he gave me an impromptu demonstration of the glass crusher he had used to make the sand for the cement. He insisted that I try it myself. It was pretty fun.
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| crushing bottles with labels on them |
Steve said that even the cement workers who put in the sidewalk thought it was a crazy idea to use sharp glass. But any concerns were eased when Steve let me feel for myself how soft and fine the glass sand is.
One of the things I love about Steve K is how responsive he is to his constituents. As much as I'd like to think that my outburst inspired Steve, it was really Val Little who approached him with the idea of using the glass to make sand. She had seen it done in other countries during her travels abroad. Steve got right on it. He surfed the web and found a glass crusher for $6,000 then got the go-ahead from city manager Mike Ortega, who agreed to purchase it for a “pilot program.”
He told Arizona Daily Star, “What I’m doing back in the garage is really, really (low) retail scale to show the environmental services people that you can scale this up and we can do this on a commercial level. We can create our own secondary market and maybe even make a few bucks." The sand will be used for monsoon sand bags/mortar mix/filling alley potholes/cover at the landfill/trench lining...anything sand is used for.
I was grateful to have a place to bring the kombucha bottles that were piling up on my back porch. I coudn't bring myself to throw them in the trash when they would just end up in the landfill. So I brought a few with me when I went to the Sustainable Tucson meeting at Ward 6.
If you were wondering why the Ward 6 garage smells like a brewery, it is because Steve first approached bars on 4th Avenue to supply him with bottles. He is currently arranging for more drop-off locations around town. In the meantime, you can drop them off in the blue bins in the back parking lot of the Ward 6 office anytime you're in the neighborhood or attending a meeting there. No need to take off the labels, but please help Steve out by removing the plastic and metal lids and dumping out any liquid beforehand.
What's next? Steve has the city setting up multiple drop off sites around town, buying a commercial scale crusher, and letting Republic Services know that we're not doing business as usual in the recycle world any longer.
So drop by the Ward 6 office anytime with your glass bottles and to thank Steve K!
The Ward 6 Office is located at 3202 E 1st St, Tucson, AZ (behind the Walgreens on Speedway across from the Loft Cinema.)
UPDATE: Congrats Steve! The plan worked! On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the City of Tucson Mayor and Council voted to remove glass from the residential and commercial blue barrel program and start reusing it. Glass is no longer be accepted in the blue bins, but instead collected at drop-off sites across the city.
Here's a link to the Glass Reuse Plan with details and drop off spots in Tucson.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Premiere of Music Video Parody: No! (That Isn't Recyclable)
Sustainable Tucson Movie Night and Premiere of Our Music Video Parody!
At a recent Sustainable Tucson meeting, Sherri Ludlam (Environmental Scientist from the City of Tucson Department of Environmental and General Services) informed us that China would no longer be accepting all of our dirty recycling because of contamination. When Alex Kosmider from Sustainable Tucson's Zero Plastic Waste Team heard about the threat to our recycling program, she decided to educate Tucsonans on the proper way to recycle. She rewrote the lyrics of Meghan Trainor's "No" to include what NOT to recycle. Team Recycle was formed to create a fun music video parody.
Join Sustainable Tucson for a fun-filled "Movie Night" and the premiere of No! (That Isn't Recyclable). Our hosts David Fitzsimmons and the Recycling Fairy Nicole Johnson will lead the Q & A with the filmmakers. After the intermission party we will screen the powerful documentary Trashed with Jeremy Irons. Here's the cool part! It will be shown at The Screening Room - where we shot some of the video! So you can enjoy popcorn and drinks in special compostable glasses!
Recycling was never this fun...
When: Tuesday, August 13, at 6 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Where: The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St, Downtown. (Near the Ronstadt bus station.)
Price: Free (like all of Sustainable Tucson's monthly meetings) But feel free to show appreciation to our host - The Screening Room - by purchasing concessions or a drink at the bar.
Join Sustainable Tucson for a fun-filled "Movie Night" and the premiere of No! (That Isn't Recyclable). Our hosts David Fitzsimmons and the Recycling Fairy Nicole Johnson will lead the Q & A with the filmmakers. After the intermission party we will screen the powerful documentary Trashed with Jeremy Irons. Here's the cool part! It will be shown at The Screening Room - where we shot some of the video! So you can enjoy popcorn and drinks in special compostable glasses!
Recycling was never this fun...
- A demonstration table by Zero Waste Tucson
- A "Book Exchange." Bring a book you don't read anymore and take a book! (We especially love books on sustainability!)
- Game: Stump our resident recycling expert! Bring a piece of trash to see if it can be recycled.
When: Tuesday, August 13, at 6 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Where: The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St, Downtown. (Near the Ronstadt bus station.)
Price: Free (like all of Sustainable Tucson's monthly meetings) But feel free to show appreciation to our host - The Screening Room - by purchasing concessions or a drink at the bar.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Saving Recycling One Step at a Time (Updated April 24, 2020)
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| First dance practice for Recycling Video |
At Sustainable Tucson's November meeting "Recycling and Beyond", Sherri Ludlam, Environmental Scientist in the Department of Environmental and General Services, informed us that China would no longer be accepting all of our dirty recycling because of the contamination.
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| plastic bags caught in the rollers of the recycling machine |
Contamination is all the trash that doesn't belong in recycling - including plastic bags that jam up the machines. That contamination is costing the company contracted to do our recycling truck loads of money. Tucsonans put everything from dirty diapers to dead cats to Saguaros in our recycling cans. Sherri reminded us that there are actually people who sort through all that gross trash. On behalf of those workers, she asked that we don't throw anything in the recycling can that we wouldn't want to find.
All that contamination is making cost it prohibitive to run our recycling program. So the city has decided to cut back our recycling pickups to twice a month and may raise our fees. Some municipalities, like Sierra Vista, have dropped their recycling programs all together!
Spurred on by the threat to our beloved recycling program, some of us formed a Zero Plastic Waste team. Our first step was drafting a blog. "Lessons from the Recycling Queen." Then we produced a music video parody of Megan Trainer's song, "No" - that teaches Tucsonans what NOT to recycle. Alex Kosmider, of Zero Waste Tucson, rewrote the lyrics and recorded a practice tape:
Plastic bags? No
Crushed cans? no
That pizza box? no
You need to let it go
You need to let it go
In the trash it goes.
Nah to the ah to the, no, no, no
UPDATE: Primary footage was shot on June 22-23, 2019. Thanks to Recyco Inc. and The Screening Room for the great locations!
No! (That Isn't Recyclable) had a sold-out premiere at the Screening Room on August 13th.. It's now live on Sustainable Tucson's Youtube channel!
Break time! Walking the talk. No plastic bottles here!
Next stop our shoot at Recyclo!
Nah to the ah to the, no, no, no
UPDATE: Primary footage was shot on June 22-23, 2019. Thanks to Recyco Inc. and The Screening Room for the great locations!
No! (That Isn't Recyclable) had a sold-out premiere at the Screening Room on August 13th.. It's now live on Sustainable Tucson's Youtube channel!
Here's a peek at our rehearsal process...
We started by learning Alex's song...
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| Our costumer Kasey (on the right) gets familiar with the lyrics. |
Singing rehearsal
Each of the singers recorded their part on the audio track....
Katie Popiel, of Musical Mayhem fame, taught this group of mostly middle-aged women and mothers her choreography. You rock, Katie!
Break time! Walking the talk. No plastic bottles here!
Next stop our shoot at Recyclo!
GO TEAM RECYCLE!
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In an effort to get the message out to more people, we are conducting a fun Dance Challenge!
In an effort to get the message out to more people, we are conducting a fun Dance Challenge!
Our beloved choreographer Katie has put together a series of short dance lessons. The first one is super easy, and they get progressively harder.
Be sure to include a link to our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6es76JcCp5M
Dance lesson 1: Easy smeazy dance lesson with Katie!
Dance lesson 2. You can do this!
DANCE CHALLENGE: Using your cell phone record yourself dancing with the Recycling Video and post it on social media!
See! I just danced the easier moves from the first two lessons and posted them on my f.b. page and facebook stories. The post (below) inspired a spirited conversation about our recycling program.
Be sure to include a link to our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6es76JcCp5M
#recyclingdance #recyclingdancechallenge
Not a dancer? Not a problem! You can help out by sharing the video with your peeps on social media!
Or simply read up on Tucson's recycling rules and share!
Lessons from our Recycling Queen
Or simply read up on Tucson's recycling rules and share!
Lessons from our Recycling Queen
Go Team Recycle!
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