How Can We Make Every Day Earth Day? (Sponsored)

Here are some family activities you can do to foster environmentalism. Sponsored by Sony.

Very few events are celebrated around the globe, but Earth Day is. This year, it’s come and gone.  But we’re here to ask: What can we do to show our love of the earth on that day, and every day? On May 31st, Sony will release After Earth, an action-packed movie that takes place 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity to leave. It’s the kind of scenario that makes you want to donate to Greenpeace, recycle everything, and start biking every where, immediately. So, in honor of Earth Day, Patch has teamed up with Sony to present these ideas for making every day Earth Day. How can we make every day Earth Day? Begin with little things. Easy things. Obvious things. Things we take for granted each day, and use and/or abuse because of…

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Forsyth Continues Christmas Tree Recycling

The “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event is underway through Saturday, Jan. 26, at several locations around Cumming.

Forsyth Offers Christmas Tree Recycling

"Bring One for the Chipper” the annual Christmas tree recycling event is underway in Forsyth County.

If the needles on your Christmas tree are starting to drop faster than you can keep up with, it may be time to recycle the tree. The “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event is underway through Saturday, Jan. 26, at several locations around Cumming sponsored by Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB). The annual event has become a tradition for many residents who end the holiday season by recycling their Christmas tree. A wood chipper at the below locations processes the trees into mulch.   “We are very excited to see the number of trees recycled in Forsyth County increasing every year,” said Environmental Program Manager Tammy Wright. “It is a win-win scenario – the program provides a convenient way for residents to dispose…

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Forsyth County Offers Free Shredding

During the entire month of December, Forsyth County residents are invited to shred documents and other items free of charge.

Whether you have a few pieces of paper or piles of documents that you no longer need, now is the time to get rid of the clutter. During the entire month of December, Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB) invites Forsyth County residents to shred documents and other items free of charge. Bring any and all personal paper documents, file boxes, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, empty prescription bottles and X-rays to be destroyed and recycled at no charge during the week. These items will be accepted at Shredderman Document Destruction Service at 3605 North Parkway in Cumming, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Please note the shredding service will not be available on Dec. 24 or 25. For additional information, contact KFCB at 770.205.…

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Cumming Event Helps Earth and Supports Non-Profits

Reaping Nature Educational Outreach Foundation will hold its second community-recycling event this weekend in Cumming.

Cumming Elementary Students are Great Recyclers

The school is one of 90,000 schools and community groups across the globe collecting almost 50 different kinds of products and packaging for recycling.

Cumming Elementary School deserves congratulations for the amount of waste they are keeping out of the local landfill. The school is one of the top collectors of hard-to-recycle waste in TerraCycle's nationwide Brigade programs. The students collect Capri Sun drink pouches, Frito-Lay chip bags, cookie wrappers and Elmer's glue containers among several other items, which earn them money for charity and keeps the garbage out of the local landfill. The school has earned more than $2,620 from recycling items that would otherwise be thrown away, which translates to approximately 130,806 units of waste. TerraCycle turns the collected packaging into new products such as tote bags, recycling bins, watering cans and backpacks. The school is one …

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Celebrate Earth Day

A few tips on how you can make your life a bit more Earth friendly.

Today is Earth Day 2012 and in honor of Mother Earth - Cumming Patch shares a few tips on how to be a bit more "green." 1. Save Energy: Turn off lights whenever possible. Use hybrid (reduced energy) light bulbs. Unplug appliances (phantom energy) when not in use. A mild winter this year doesn’t mean that next won’t be a bear; check your home for energy leaks and re-insulate. 2. Pick Up Litter: Many of us are taking walks these days to stay healthy. Take a plastic bag with you and pick up any litter you might see on our roads, along our brooks and streams and in our beautiful parks.   3. Use Green Transportation: Walk, ride or bike whenever possible – Skip the car!                     4. Go Chemical-Free around the Home: Adopt a chemical-…

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William Evelyn Jr.

12:20 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012

On April 22, the entire country will join in socialism’s celebration. Ira Einhorn, who claims to have been on stage to host the first Earth Day event at the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, currently is serving prison time for the beating death of his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux. He fled to Europe after her body was discovered in a trunk in a closet in his apartment. He spent years there and was …   more ›

'Bring One for the Chipper' Ends This Weekend

Is your Christmas tree, yes Christmas tree, still lingering in your home?

This is the last weekend to get that Christmas tree to the chipper. The “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event is underway through Saturday, Jan. 28, at several locations around Cumming sponsored by Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB). The annual event has become a tradition for many residents who end the holiday season by recycling their Christmas tree. A wood chipper at the below locations processes the trees into mulch.   “Recycling these trees provides mulch to cover walking trails as well as help the ground around plants retain moisture,” said Environmental Program Manager Tammy Wright. “We are excited to see the number of Forsyth County residents recycling their trees increasing every year.” The “Bring One for …

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The Poinsettia Project

How to keep your poinsettia looking beautiful next season.

Did you know that poinsettias can grace our homes for more than one Christmas season? Being that one of my New Year's resolutions is to expand my habits of recycling, I am determined to invest the considerable commitment of time, effort and patience required to re-use my gorgeous poinsettia next year. I have always intended to attempt this, but was intimidated by what seemed like the overly strict precision and timing necessary for success. The financial benefits just never seemed to justify the effort involved (although the "green" ones do!).  Not that I don't enjoy these types of projects, I just know my track record with consistency over time, which is what a successful outcome requires. This is the procedure: In early spring, cut …

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Christmas Tree Recycling Event Underway

"Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event is underway in Forsyth County.

If the needles on your Christmas tree are starting to drop faster than you can keep up with, it may be time to recycle the tree. The “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event is underway through Saturday, Jan. 28, at several locations around Cumming sponsored by Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB). The annual event has become a tradition for many residents who end the holiday season by recycling their Christmas tree. A wood chipper at the below locations processes the trees into mulch.   “Recycling these trees provides mulch to cover walking trails as well as help the ground around plants retain moisture,” said Environmental Program Manager Tammy Wright. “We are excited to see the number of Forsyth County residents …

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