Well now we have only FIVE days remaining until the ECO CHIC Craftacular hits town! Just ONE of the many reasons to visit our debut is the FREE lineup of fabulous workshops. Here is a listing of those being offered:
Saturday May 16
1pm Eric Marlow Kids Area Eco-Crafts http://www.recyclabits.com/ Indoor lobby Workshop area
2pm Chris with Little Square Farm Rain Water Harvesting http://www.littlesquarefarm.com/ Outside Workshop Area
3pm Mary, Franklin Soil and Water Conservation Composting basics Outside Workshop Area
4pm Casey, B1 Bicycles Bike Maintenance 101 http://www.b1bicycle.com/ Outside Workshop Area
Sunday May 17
1pm FLOW How to keep your Olentangy River Clean and Safe http://www.olentangywatershed.org/ Outside Workshop Area
2pm Jeremy, One20 Farm Worm Composting 101 http://www.one20farm.com/ Outside Workshop Area
3pm Angie Palmer, Skye Public Relations Social media: Your eco-friendly marketing tool http://www.skyepublicrelations.com Indoor lobby Workshop area
It's not to late to join us if you would like to present a workshop with an environmentally relevant theme. Contact us to add your insights and help educate the public in an area so vital and timely. Visit the offical website to make arrangements: http://www.columbuscraftacular.com
Now, to keep the vibe going, here are five ECO facts for your consideration (read previous blog entries for more facts):
1. The average American consumes five times more energy than the average global citizen.
2. U.S. drivers use 43% of the world's fuel to power 5% of the world's cars.
3. The average home contributes more air pollution that does the average car!
4. We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year.
5. Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each year ends up in the ocean.
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The Countdown Continues...
Weekend Update
Greetings Loyal Readers! And Happy Mother's Day whether you have wee ones of the hairless, furry or feathered variety. Here are a few tidbits we wanted to share:
Our Craftacular staff tshirts have arrived! Staff + Craftacular = STAFFTACULAR! Special thanks to American Canvas Printing for the wonderful job they did. These tees are organic cotton and sweatshop-free. Can't wait until next weekend to proudly don one of these babies!
Don't forget to scroll down the blog to see this month's entries for our monthly design theme challenge. We've got twelve fantastic submissions. Be sure to cast your vote for the item which best represents May's theme of "Eco Chic."
Five MORE ECO facts:
1. 84 percent of all household waste COULD be recycled.
2. 5 billion aluminum cans are used each year.
3. It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones.
4. More than 1/3 of garbage in landfills in the U.S. comes from paper and cardboard.
5. Nine out of every 10 newspapers are thrown away instead of recycled!
