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[jude]

back to the grind. feh. i do so hate the week after holidays.
however, this guide to cloth wrappings for presents (from the Japanese ministry of the environment, via skreidle) is quite possibly the awesomest thing i've ever seen. cuts down on waste paper, plus the recipient gets a neat piece of cloth (ie, scarf/bandana/tablecloth/thing) in addition to

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[topaz]

the japanese ministry of the environment is made of pure awesome. you can even recycle toothpaste tubes.

[jude]

my co-op recycles toothbrushes, including their packaging. dunno about toothpaste, though.
i am coming to the conclusion that grocery co-ops are quite possibly the awesomest things ever. if there isn't one in Cville you should see if you can drum up support for one. once i go to the meeting on Wednesday, i could even have charters and things to send you for inspiration. :)

ps. i've been thinking of getting together a homemade vermicomposting kit for mom+dad for xmas. the kit from the website costs $70, but a teacher i talked to a couple weeks ago said they're not hard to make for yourself out of plastic bins if you have power tools (which we do.) what do you think?

also, you thought any more about gtag geschenke? (also xmas, since that's coming up. :P)

[topaz]

nice. :)

cville might have one, i should look into it. my transportation is such a pain in the ass, though.

tell me more about it - is it better than/would it replace the composting they're doing now?

yeah, i'm kind of bad at getting things given to me. XD i have a list of things i want/need, but most of them are either clothes or kind of lame things to ask for.

[jude]

would have commented back before; got eaten by life. >_<
anyway: how exactly is the composting they're doing now working? i know they put it out into the bin, but is anyone mixing it or doing whatever it is that you do to compost to help it along from "onion peels and lettuce" to "nice useful soil"?

My understanding of vermicomposting is that it's (a) smaller and (b) faster, and (c) the worms do all the work. here is an interesting page on it. like i said, the kindergarten teacher i met has plans to make a bin.

i'd say we could just get a bunch of worms and stick them in the compost bin, but i'm not sure how well they do in the winter.

[arthenadent]

HOTTT
I do not know how many people I am giving things to that like cloth, but your present sure as hell is coming wrapped in it!

[jude]

hooray! yours too! (complete with all the awesome foldy-knotty-bits on the page.)
i foresee many happy hours at the clearance bins at fabric stores in our futures. :D