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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Octobers Mo Composting of leaves and other scraps makes for a healthier planet By BARBARA I1ALSAI It Not Garbage Fall is a favourite season for many people If only we could keep those beautiful leaves on the Unfortunately they don last long enough Yesterday my backyard a gust of wind brought leaves raining down around me Most of us wince a the idea of sen ding this good organic matter for disposal What can do with them after the kids have finished jumping in the piles No burning that not good for the environment own com posting has not yet started although it has been working well in municipalities What other alternatives are there You can compost on your own and have the benefits in vour garden next The Town of Halton Hills is taking applications at the Civic Center for home com posters now on a first come basis This is reallv good deal The retail cost of these is to Because thev were pur chased wholesale and the Ministry of the is picking up half the cost residents will have to pa I he demand for the available has been brisk If the Town has sold out the time vou go ask to be put on a waiting list Purchasers agree to With POWER participate in follow up studies If have onh a few bags of leaves and vou are driving south on Road could drop them off at Scott in Milton Turn west at Road Thev are on the left hand side the school Dump your leaves in the manure spreader If vou have a lot of trees like one POWER member who his might consider i leaf Eater The workings in this unit are similar to a weed and it can be set to chop coarse medium or fine It takes wet or but works better with leaves The volume is reduied from about bigs down to one A mulchershredder lakes leaves and branches up three in in diameter These units are more expensive but could be shared In relatives or neighbours Thev tan also be rented at Rent All The chopped leaves can be spread as i mulch in the garden or plants in the fall under in spring Some mowers have a built in or come a mulching I have not seen one of these operation but might want to check it out I eaves that h ivt been chopped decompose much faster Com posting works best with lasers Put in kitchen scraps a layer of soil a of leaves etc I el not waste this organic matter better informed we are the better we can take care of our planet Don t miss the excellent en series Race to Save the Planet with on Channel 17 This is a 10 part series and TV course each Thursday beginning Oct at p Since ma have missed the first part vou might want to take the scries which will be replaed two parts per night 11 pm beginning October to October at p beginning on October 13th Channel 17 will have a program called Environ 90 This program will in elude interviews with prominent environmentalists T cache rs might find these useful POWER next big social event will be a Halloween Dance on October 26th Start thinking bout costume idtas wishing to sell tickets should tall Ruth at 1 or I at 1780 Mam Street Soulh Georgetown 8731470 GIC RATE 11 3 MONEY I CONCEPTS BakeiY I British Bakers British Breads Pastries J 330 Guelph St Georgetown ACROSS FROM NEILSON 8770596 Mon World Wildlife Fund releases first report Charging federal provincial and territorial governments with dynamic inaction in their stewardship of Canada natural heritage World Wildlife Fund has released the first annual progress report on its Endangered Spaces campaign The report assesses government performance in pro areas during the first vear of the campaign Launched in 1989 the En dangered Spaces program is a ten year initiative designed to ensure that each of Canada 350 natural regions is represented b a park or other protected area When com this of ilderness reserves will constitute a template of Canada s ecological heritage There has been much talk and little action on the part of the federal provincial and territorial ministries responsible for pro tected areas during this first of the Endangered Spaces cam Monte Hummel President of the World Wildlife 1 Can id said World Wildlife Fund ind the 130 conservation oi gam it ions participating in the campaign in working hard to build r ship with government to national network of protected areas b the vear To date however federal is committed to completing the National Park the and that commitment has to be turned into positive action steps need the province and territories to commit to and implement plans for parks and other protected areas While politicians be dawdl ing the report reveals that the public has moved quickh to ex press its support for the En dangered Spaces goals The organizations participating in the campaign represent the large coalition ever assembled around a Canadian env ironmental concern Further more than 141 Cana dians have signed T he Canadian W ilderness Charter the mission statement of the campaign In ad more than 20 copies of the book Spates The Future for Canada Wilderness have been purchased Whik of the slow pate of governments did ton gralul some jui isdictions for thir decision to protect kev areas during the past nine months These lude Government of New foundland fen its to treatt the du Wilderness Reserve the federal and Quebec governments for their agreement to protect the St lawrenceSaguenay River estuary with its endangered beluga whales the government of Quebec for its decision to reserve more than million hectares of lands and waters for future parks and Ontario for protecting Toronto s Rouge River T hese actions are dable said Monte Hummel and has identified additional priority sites for protection in each jurisdiction However the primary focus for the year of the Endangered Spates campaign will be to obtain government com to complete their respet live networks of protected areas the year 2000 The Canodlon Legion Together Rememberi Nells DRIVING SCHOOL NEXT CLASS OCT NOV 14th MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS 30 P For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE ATTENTION 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