Meet Nelson Kanuk

Third installment of the Trust film series, a joint collaboration between Our Children's Trust, Witness and the iMatter Campaign.
In this episode of the TRUST Series, meet Nel­son Kanuk, a 17-year old who learned how cli­mate change was affect­ing his com­mu­nity and felt he could best help by shar­ing his story. In this 8-minute film, Nel­son explains that the main prob­lem fac­ing the north­ern parts of the world is that win­ter is com­ing later and later. This results in increased ero­sion due to per­mafrost melt, increased flood­ing due to warmer tem­per­a­tures, and inten­si­fied storms because the sea ice forms later in the sea­son and is unable to pro­vide a nat­ural bar­rier for our coastal com­mu­ni­ties. This, in turn, leads in the loss of homes, com­mu­ni­ties, cul­tures, and a way of life.

Earth Hour 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013
Earth Hour 2013
Dare the World to Save the Planet

Switch off your lights on Saturday 23rd March at 8:30pm and show the world what you're willing to do to save the planet.

Join the global community at www.earthhour.org

Mom's Old Clothesline

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: 

• You had to hang the socks by the toes... not the top. 
• You hung pants by the bottom or cuffs... not the waistbands. 
• You had to wash the clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes - walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines. 
• You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first. 
• You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think? 
• Wash day was on a Monday! Never hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
• Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle ( to keep them out of sight from the perverts & neighbourhood busybodies) 
• It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather... clothes would "freeze-dry."  but they would 'thaw' and then still be wet after we had them inside awhile)
• Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"! 
• If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item. 
• Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed. 
• Ironed???!! Well, that's a whole OTHER subject! 

There is one thing that's left out. We had a long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty.

Earth Hour 2012

About
Earth Hour 2012 - Dare the World to Save the Planet. Switch off your lights on Saturday 31 March at 8:30pm to be part of the world's largest voluntary action for the environment

Mission
Earth Hour is a universal message of hope and action to protect the one thing that unites us all – the planet. Together our actions add up.

Join the world for Earth Hour 2012 by switching off your lights at 8.30pm on Saturday 31 March and sharing the positive action you will take for the planet beyond the hour.

Overview
Earth Hour calls on individuals, businesses, communities and governments to go beyond the hour by committing to a positive action for the planet and celebrating that commitment with the people of the world by switching off their lights for one designated hour.

From its inception as a single-city initiative – Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2010 created history as the world’s largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 128 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the planet.

In 2011, Earth Hour’s iconic global ‘lights out’ event which has seen some of the world’s most recognized landmarks, including the Forbidden City, Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, Golden Gate Bridge, Table Mountain, Christ the Redeemer statue and Sydney Opera House switch off their lights, will again bring the world together in a global celebration of the one thing that unites us all – the planet.

Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world, and add more to your Earth Hour. Sign up to earthhour.org, switch off your lights for the hour, and share the positive actions you will sustain for earth beyond the hour.

Earth Hour