Category: Sustainability
Written by: Katie Gargano, 2011-2012 Church Hill Classics Marketing Intern
Earth Day happens on Sunday, April 22, each year. This is a day when we acknowledge the wonderful Earth that we live on and also ways we can keep our planet safe and green.
Connecticut is celebrating Earth Day in many ways. Here are some of the activities that are going around in our local area.
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Some of their efforts include recycling bottles and cans, donating leftover matboard, and collecting used up toner cartridges, conserving on paper use, and collecting paper to be recycled.
Sally, who works in our Accounting Department, volunteers to take co-workers’ empty bottles and cans in the company recycling bin off to be recycled each week.
“I take the [items to] recycle home every Friday,” explained Sally. “The town picks it up Monday morning. I have been doing th ...
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Being "Green"...what does that mean?
"It's not easy being green," is a line from a Kermit the Frog song, and although it is focusing on something other than the environment, being ecologically "Green" takes lots of work too, and is something that Church Hill Classics strives for.
Recycling efforts at the 47,000 square foot facility in Monroe, Connecticut, include a variety of ideas and practices, and employee participation.
The latest environmental change at Church Hill Classics is the use of ...
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Observing Earth Day
An Earth Day Haiku
Cleansing our air - ahh!
Shady spots from lofty heights.
Lovely, useful - trees.
Earth Day, has been a part of our culture for 40 years on April 22nd! This occasion inspired me to try writing a haiku, a Japanese style of poetry known for themes that include nature. In thinking about trees, which are undeniably important for our environment in providing clean air, cooling us down, preventing soil eros ...
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