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VI~A 0Q LTOOJ a~4Iaw, SMg $Y{ySMjW PAGE 16, WHITYFREE PRESS, WEDNESDAYAUGUST 1,19r JI k Seniors learn about thie three R's By Trudie Zavadovics Local seniors found out last week how they could contribute te the good of the environmnent. Gord Geliberger, 'education technician from the Central Lakce Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) led a talk and discus- sion with seniors about how minor changes in daiby habits could be a major contributor te helping teday's needy environ- ment. The three environmental R's (reduoe, reuse, recycle) were the ke~y te how seniors could help. «Canadians use 50 million plastic shopping bags each day,» said Geissberger. He pointed out that reusing old shopping bags, or buying net bags that some grocers, such as IGA, now carry, would greatly reduce unnecess- arv waste. le abso said that one class of students, ail bringing their lunch te, school, in one school year woubd use 3,200 plastic sandwich bags. He suggested that tupper- ware would be 'an environmen- tably friendly alternative, and that cloth bags bereused instead of carrying -lunches in plastic hip1yUr broken appliances ratherhan just throwing them out ad replacing them. I t may cost $5 or $10, but itVs worth it.» Hle also suggested that- if an appliance could not be fixed, that the reusable parts be salvaged before the appliance .is thrown out. Geissberger teld the group that 500,000 trees a year are sacrificed te make 'disposable diapers and that parts of the diapers are not biodegradable. Seniors talked about alterna- tives te wrapping pa r for wrapping gifts. Ilueabe hand- made decorative boxes and cloth were suggestions. Water consumption was also high on the list of needed im- provements. "Water has been recycled about four times (worldwide since the beginning of timne),', said Geissberger. «Canadians are one of the most wasteful people when it comes te water. Canada has about. three-qurtrs of the world's supply of fresh water.» One per cent of fresh water is used for drinking. "The average urban dwelber uses about 380 te 450 litres of water daily.» He suggested lawns could be watsred in the evening rather than in the heat of the day. The human body is comprised Of 65 Per cent watsr. A cow needs SEE PAGE 21 GORD GEISSBERGER education tech- recycling at the Whitby Se niors' Acti. nician for CLOCA, spoke to Whitby vity Centre Iast week. seniors about the environment and1 Free Pr. photo Pionerr ng rnstitute. turns 80 By Trudie Zavadovicu Next time y ou drive down the street or highway, or when yoi. open a lof of bread to make sandwiches or toast, give the Brooklin Women's Institute a thought. The women's instituts organi- zation, of which Brooklin is a branch, was responsible for the ine ini the middle of th e road, and the fact that bread is wrap- Th-is year markis the 8Oth anmvesary)f the Brooklin branch. Laural Hamer has been a member of the Brooklin Women's Institute for some 45 years. But her connection with the women's instituts started long before. "'Ihe Brooklin Women's Insti- tute started i 1910. My mother was a charter member,» says Hamer. "I remember going with my mother when she drove a buggy led by a horse named Girmy. 76 Baldwin (Hwy. 2) Brooklin - 655-3306 l2noon to 8pm g Country Pine, Armoires Tabe Chais 6 Rocbuck St. @ Brooklin l2noon to 5pm "The women's instituts was a e country orgaization that spread 1 vsr raict Claremont Port 0 Perry and Witby ail had insti- Btutes in ths earby 19009.» à Although the instituts is a rural organization in which women learn such sAills as cook- iing and quilting, it is aiso an organization that bas effected much change and has been on the leading edge of reform. <'We have the capacity te brin g Lthings te, government through ireforrn,» says Hamer. "The insti- tuts is responsibie forý the white liUns downi the middle of the ihighâway, wrapped bread, taking red imes off bacon wrappers (it iconfused the look of the real bacon) and pasteurization of miik. Hamer says the founder of the first Women's instituts in Stoney Creek was Adebaide Hoodiiss. Her child died of sleeping sick- ness in the early 1900s. It is thought the child contracted the disease after drinking a bad hIàss of milk. Hoodliss was ignorant of the possible effects of unpasteurized milk and feit oth er women may also be unin- formed. She founded the organi- zation, and her first goal was te, fight for the pasteurization of mik. «We have a resolutions coni- mittes, a district organization, an a iea organization and a Cana ia organization,"» says Th rhave contributed xnuch te the c4 nmunity and want te con- tinue i doing so. Unfortuntey membèrship is dwindling for variousý reasons. One major rea- son às that members tare aging and, for- some priorities hîave change. he jomen'. Instituts i Whitby cbosed a few years ugo. Some memberago to Brooklin. Han>er says that nsw members are very welcome, . particularly women wvith new ideas. "Women of ail ages are wel- corne. W. would invi*te un.er _vomen t& comei& 4uiid ooe, put in ideas." 1 Calsi onna 8-6112U' I o acopnS.'a Ramer, secre bly arian Hall and Vacation bible sehool UPcoming Vacation Bible School will be hsld at Brooklin Uffited Church from Ang. 13 te, 17, 9:15 te, 11:30 a.m.1 'The sctool is for those aged 4 te 11. There will be Bible ptories, songs, craft and games. Theme of the sàhool will be 'sand in the Son.' Pre-registration is necessary. Caîl 570-8241. CLOCA p lans September craft show The Central 1e Ontario Conservation Authoà (CLOCA) will hold ith.ecAd annual Âutumn.. PùzÏi- -D..an& --Craft Show on Spndi:y, Sept.2& 10 a.m. te - Pm., at fleber Down Conserv *on Area.' nvi to tetake partare anyone -whk me~t, aI st ged au-i or tak.. part in any other artistic acti- ~dilay or »sIl work, cali o»fce t5 u &1i the , CÇA 11 li