Sustainable Shawnee's 6th Annual Tapas at Twilight Local Foods Dinner

6th Annual Tapas at Twilight Local Foods Dinner was a great success as always with over 125 people in attendance. Thanks go out to Harvest Creek Farms, Personal Chef Jennifer Goodson, Gliorio's Resataurant, Olde Owl Shoppe, Giorgio's Pizza, Kim's Place, Saving Pets At Risk (SPAR) and the Bricktown Brewery for their wonderful food and support for this event. Thank you for attending again this year and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2015!

Electronic Recycling Event in Shawnee

An Electonic Recycling Event is coming up in Shawnee! Shawnee's Senior Citizen's Center is hosting the event on Saturday, July 19th at their location on Bell St. Please share widely and support this fundraising event for the Senior Center.

Sustainable Shawnee Blogs for the Shawnee News-Star

Cody Deem and Shawna Turner are blogging for the Shawnee News-Star! The blog is called Sprouts and covers a variety of environmental and green living topics.

Here's a sample of what's featured this week:

If you peep into most household recycling bins, you'll find that much of the waste is plastic bottles - water bottles, soda bottles, milk jugs, etc. I know I feel very proud of myself when I recycle most of the plastic I use but I could do a lot more in the area of reducing my plastic usage and making smarter consumer choices.

 

I'm sure I don't have to tell you about the vast island of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean and how it got there. The impact of our collective wasteful behavior is profound to say the least but we can reduce the amount of plastic that ultimately ends up in the landfill or the ocean.

 

Interested? Read more at : http://www.news-star.com/article/20140702/blogs/140639960/1389

 

We write a couple of articles every week so check back and leave a comment. We'd love to hear from you!