地方報紙”Richmond News”&”The Review”ㄧ個禮拜發行兩次! 報紙免費,還有專人送到家門口~可惜是英文報,如果是自由時報 蘋果日報…中文報多好!
地方報談多地方事! 執筆人也都是當地人! 每ㄧ城鎮都有自己當地的專屬報! 所以,想要熟悉每ㄧ個城鎮,理應看看當地報! 又因為報紙ㄧ週出刊兩次,城裡的大小人事,報導內容ㄧ定新鮮! 地方報說地方事,所以照片上刊出來的人物,太有可能是你所認識的朋友鄰居,或是那個常在公眾場合出現的居民! 甚麼大人物,那倒不見得會上編輯的眼!
加國人文生活,生活方式,社會風氣~從地方報文意中可認識端倪!
2008/12/10 Richmond News
“Dreaming of a green Christmas”
Christmas lights ablaze, over-packaged toys requiring batteries, acres of wrapping paper. Christmas has become something of an ecological shibboleth.
Going green for Christmas will not only address concerns about over-consuming in uncertain economic times, it can also reduce your impact on the environment.
One of the biggest dilemmas at Christmas is, of course, whether to go with an artificial tree, a real one or none at all.
An artificial tree will last you many years, but it is made from synthetics that, at one end (fabrication) uses toxic chemicals, and on the other (when it is land-filled) are harmful to the environment.
While cutting down millions of evergreen trees every year for Christmas might not seem like the most environmentally benign thing to do, it is, in fact, beneficial.
Younger trees are more efficient than older ones in soaking up greenhouse gases, so as long as they are replanted year after year, buying a live Christmas tree actually benefits the environment, say environmentalists.
"Young trees absorb a lot of carbon," says Hamish Bruce, who co-owns Qualitree.
Located at the corner of Steveston Highway and Gilbert Road, the local tree farm offers both pre-cut and u-cut trees. The property has 53 acres of trees, about 12 of which are for Christmas trees.
If you want to go even greener, buy a live tree for potting, although it must be properly acclimatize before being moved in and out of the house, and it should not be inside for much more than a week, Bruce says.
Talking of green, one particular Richmond school, Blair elementary, is going all out this year with the planet-friendly theme with its Christmas production Santa Goes Green.
"It's a brand new musical and it's very topical, all about global warming and melting ice caps," the show's director and school music teacher, Cathy Silverberg, said. "One of the songs is called Greenhouse Effect and it's a great teaching tool as it's about the ozone layer."
Santa Goes Green, which will be attended by Mayor Malcolm Brodie at its 10 a.m. performance Thursday, Dec. 11, will have western, heavy rock, ballad and jazz numbers.
But, as the show title suggests, there will be strong environmental messages woven through the play.
"Other songs include Turn Off The Pump, which is about taking public transit, and It's Our World," Silverberg said.
"Santa is effectively the stooge in this one as he thinks going green means Christmas trees and holly.
"As the show progresses he gets educated and there are references to his sleigh being powered by clean-burning gas and Rudolph having an LED nose."
As well as the 10 a.m. performance Thursday, Santa Goes Green shows the same day at 7 p.m.
The school's festive offering would please local environmentalist Michael Wolfe, who has the ultimate green solution to the Christmas tree dilemma: A bonsai evergreen.
His family's noble spruce tree is about six feet tall -- seven, counting the pot. Wolfe got the tree from a bonsai nursery that has since gone out of business.
"This is about a 20-year-old tree," Wolfe said. "This tree is almost identical to one you could buy at IKEA."
The Wolfe family keeps the tree outside, but will bring it in soon to decorate. Once Christmas is over, those who have fireplaces and woodstoves can always cut their Christmas tree up and burn it, once it has dried out.
For years, the Richmond fire department used to do a controlled burn of Christmas trees at Garry Point Park. The tradition has changed, however. Although there is still a symbolic burning, most of the trees are now ground up and turned into mulch.
Lighting your Christmas trees -- and house and yard -- requires electricity, of course. Reducing the number of lights you use and using them sparingly will save electricity and money.
As for those gifts under the tree, you might want to consider avoiding toys and products that have excessive plastic packaging.
Wolfe also suggests giving gifts that offer experiences, as opposed to things -- concert, movie or theatre tickets, for example.
And you can reduce the amount of paper you waste by saving Christmas wrapping and reusing it next year. Or you can buy gift bags that can be used over and over.
Wolfe suggests using newspaper to wrap gifts. He also suggests giving used and recycled gifts.
Some people might feel like a cheapskate giving someone a used gift wrapped in a newspaper.
"We need to break that stereotype really quick," Wolfe said, adding the waste at Christmas is considerable. "We could tie a bow around the planet because there's so much wasted ribbon," he said.
Finally, if you have forgotten to send out dozens of Christmas cards to relatives this year, or simply procrastinated too long, you can always send them an electronic Christmas card and tell them you are saving the plant by eschewing traditional cards made from paper.~2008/12/10 Richmond News
以上文章內容大意為當地環保人士Michael Wolfe和種林賣聖誕樹的Hamish Bruce,齊聲出面倡導消費者用盆栽樹~living bonsai tree來裝飾聖誕樹!
真的樹樹齡長,平時放室外,聖誕節慶時搬移入室內! 真樹ㄧ方面可用許多年,而且,真樹會吸收空氣中的廢氣,清新空氣,釋放出樹香! 人造塑膠樹雖可重覆使用多年,但是ㄧ旦丟棄,其物質不能回收,成為地球垃圾!
Michael Wolfe又倡導減少閃爍的彩燈量! 減少禮物包裝的紙張量~用報紙包也無妨~用袋子裝~禮物轉送~(recycled gifts~是這意思吧? ) 用電子卡問候親朋好友,以減少紙張消費~
為倡導推行“Santa goes green”,同時有配合主題的歌曲創作!
Greenhouse Effect
Turn off the pump
It’s our world
2008/12/11
地方報談多地方事! 執筆人也都是當地人! 每ㄧ城鎮都有自己當地的專屬報! 所以,想要熟悉每ㄧ個城鎮,理應看看當地報! 又因為報紙ㄧ週出刊兩次,城裡的大小人事,報導內容ㄧ定新鮮! 地方報說地方事,所以照片上刊出來的人物,太有可能是你所認識的朋友鄰居,或是那個常在公眾場合出現的居民! 甚麼大人物,那倒不見得會上編輯的眼!
加國人文生活,生活方式,社會風氣~從地方報文意中可認識端倪!
2008/12/10 Richmond News
“Dreaming of a green Christmas”
Christmas lights ablaze, over-packaged toys requiring batteries, acres of wrapping paper. Christmas has become something of an ecological shibboleth.
Going green for Christmas will not only address concerns about over-consuming in uncertain economic times, it can also reduce your impact on the environment.
One of the biggest dilemmas at Christmas is, of course, whether to go with an artificial tree, a real one or none at all.
An artificial tree will last you many years, but it is made from synthetics that, at one end (fabrication) uses toxic chemicals, and on the other (when it is land-filled) are harmful to the environment.
While cutting down millions of evergreen trees every year for Christmas might not seem like the most environmentally benign thing to do, it is, in fact, beneficial.
Younger trees are more efficient than older ones in soaking up greenhouse gases, so as long as they are replanted year after year, buying a live Christmas tree actually benefits the environment, say environmentalists.
"Young trees absorb a lot of carbon," says Hamish Bruce, who co-owns Qualitree.
Located at the corner of Steveston Highway and Gilbert Road, the local tree farm offers both pre-cut and u-cut trees. The property has 53 acres of trees, about 12 of which are for Christmas trees.
If you want to go even greener, buy a live tree for potting, although it must be properly acclimatize before being moved in and out of the house, and it should not be inside for much more than a week, Bruce says.
Talking of green, one particular Richmond school, Blair elementary, is going all out this year with the planet-friendly theme with its Christmas production Santa Goes Green.
"It's a brand new musical and it's very topical, all about global warming and melting ice caps," the show's director and school music teacher, Cathy Silverberg, said. "One of the songs is called Greenhouse Effect and it's a great teaching tool as it's about the ozone layer."
Santa Goes Green, which will be attended by Mayor Malcolm Brodie at its 10 a.m. performance Thursday, Dec. 11, will have western, heavy rock, ballad and jazz numbers.
But, as the show title suggests, there will be strong environmental messages woven through the play.
"Other songs include Turn Off The Pump, which is about taking public transit, and It's Our World," Silverberg said.
"Santa is effectively the stooge in this one as he thinks going green means Christmas trees and holly.
"As the show progresses he gets educated and there are references to his sleigh being powered by clean-burning gas and Rudolph having an LED nose."
As well as the 10 a.m. performance Thursday, Santa Goes Green shows the same day at 7 p.m.
The school's festive offering would please local environmentalist Michael Wolfe, who has the ultimate green solution to the Christmas tree dilemma: A bonsai evergreen.
His family's noble spruce tree is about six feet tall -- seven, counting the pot. Wolfe got the tree from a bonsai nursery that has since gone out of business.
"This is about a 20-year-old tree," Wolfe said. "This tree is almost identical to one you could buy at IKEA."
The Wolfe family keeps the tree outside, but will bring it in soon to decorate. Once Christmas is over, those who have fireplaces and woodstoves can always cut their Christmas tree up and burn it, once it has dried out.
For years, the Richmond fire department used to do a controlled burn of Christmas trees at Garry Point Park. The tradition has changed, however. Although there is still a symbolic burning, most of the trees are now ground up and turned into mulch.
Lighting your Christmas trees -- and house and yard -- requires electricity, of course. Reducing the number of lights you use and using them sparingly will save electricity and money.
As for those gifts under the tree, you might want to consider avoiding toys and products that have excessive plastic packaging.
Wolfe also suggests giving gifts that offer experiences, as opposed to things -- concert, movie or theatre tickets, for example.
And you can reduce the amount of paper you waste by saving Christmas wrapping and reusing it next year. Or you can buy gift bags that can be used over and over.
Wolfe suggests using newspaper to wrap gifts. He also suggests giving used and recycled gifts.
Some people might feel like a cheapskate giving someone a used gift wrapped in a newspaper.
"We need to break that stereotype really quick," Wolfe said, adding the waste at Christmas is considerable. "We could tie a bow around the planet because there's so much wasted ribbon," he said.
Finally, if you have forgotten to send out dozens of Christmas cards to relatives this year, or simply procrastinated too long, you can always send them an electronic Christmas card and tell them you are saving the plant by eschewing traditional cards made from paper.~2008/12/10 Richmond News
以上文章內容大意為當地環保人士Michael Wolfe和種林賣聖誕樹的Hamish Bruce,齊聲出面倡導消費者用盆栽樹~living bonsai tree來裝飾聖誕樹!
真的樹樹齡長,平時放室外,聖誕節慶時搬移入室內! 真樹ㄧ方面可用許多年,而且,真樹會吸收空氣中的廢氣,清新空氣,釋放出樹香! 人造塑膠樹雖可重覆使用多年,但是ㄧ旦丟棄,其物質不能回收,成為地球垃圾!
Michael Wolfe又倡導減少閃爍的彩燈量! 減少禮物包裝的紙張量~用報紙包也無妨~用袋子裝~禮物轉送~(recycled gifts~是這意思吧? ) 用電子卡問候親朋好友,以減少紙張消費~
為倡導推行“Santa goes green”,同時有配合主題的歌曲創作!
Greenhouse Effect
Turn off the pump
It’s our world
2008/12/11
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