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Things wordy, geeky, and webbyLinks: Earth Day 2010 Edition
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 11:47 AM |
Photo from flickr user delphwynd
One kid’s school went all out on Earth Day and turned it into Earth Week. They did an activity each day. Monday was the Paper Bag Project where the students decorated donated grocery bags that went back to the grocery store to spread the word about protecting our environment. Tuesday was Walk and Roll Day when kids were encouraged to walk, bike or skate to school. Unfortunately, we couldn’t do this one as there is a major intersection that’s not safe for my son (This isn’t his “home” school.)
On Wednesday, he brought a plant to school. On Thursday, actual Earth Day, kids wore blue and planted two trees at the school. Today, kids calculated their carbon footprint. Kids will pick up litter at school tomorrow. Nice, eh? I hope the kids learned from the experience that we can all do something to help our planet.
Irony of the week: Last week, we saw in the school’s newsletter than the kids were to bring a plant to school. So I bought a plant over the weekend when I was at the story. A note came home on Monday saying 5th graders were to bring geraniums. What??? Why didn’t you say so the week before? Gives me two evenings to go get one. So that meant hurting the environment for an extra 15 minutes driving the car as we had no plans to shop on Monday or Tuesday night. On the bright side, the school’s flowerbed looks beautiful and colorful.
From @OMGFacts: More than 20,000,000 Hershey’s Kisses are wrapped each day (133 SQ miles of tinfoil). Tinfoil is recyclable.
Recyclable brain food…
- AP changes its style on website, related words: The new entry for “website” says: “A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also, webcam, webcast andwebmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words, the Web, Web page and Web feed.” I never liked “website” as one word, but what can you do?
- Why Don’t Publishers Market & Promote the Books They Publish? Jane Friedman tells it like it really is.
- Once Upon a Time… Lori shares great tips for getting started in a writing career. I did a lot of the things she mentioned in my early days.
- 10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Done Yet: Wonder why you can’t finish tasks? This will help.
- 5 Great, Free Keyword Research Tools: Worth saving for when you need it. I tried the SEO Toolbar, but it turned my browser experience into an annoying one.
- Why Meetings Suck if Bullies Speak: I love the look at the brain’s involvement in the process. I’ve learned a lot about the amygdala, serotonin levels and hippocampus and how they play with our emotions. I’m a fan of Dr. B. Bryan Post’s “The Stress Model,” which says the all behavior comes from state of stress and we have two primary emotions: love and fear.
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- The 50 best author vs. author put-downs of all time: “Yes, hell hath no fury like one author gleefully savaging another author’s work.”
- 10 Wackiest Fitness Products: Just watching the first video with Ellen is worth it — even without captions! Guaranteed laughs and ab workout.
- Mindbending photos of the sun: The blue one is just … wow. [Link: Amber Naslund]
- Uncovering the Secrets of Hidden Mickeys: Looking for Mickey Mouse in Disneyland in not so usual places. [Link: Neatorama]
- How to Name a Volcano: Cute cartoon.
- @oatmeal: This is an infographic to end all infographics: Death and Taxes by @mibi
- 8 Twitter Inspired Tattoos — What Were They Thinking: My thoughts exactly.
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Meryl, thanks for yet another fine collection of links. I just read the author putdowns post – still laughing. Thanks for including a Word Sell post, too – it’s really great to have Jeanne Dininni on the job. Have a great weekend.
Meryl,
Thanks for the link and mention of my Word Sell post on keyword research tools, as well as the rest of these great links! Especially liked 10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Done Yet. How true!
Jeanne
Appreciate the link/mention!
Ah, “website” now one officially word? That will take some getting used to.
.-= Jane Friedman’s blog …Have the Courage to Follow Your Heart & Intuition =-.
@Brad, those author put downs are a riot.
@Jeanne, sure thing. Brad’s lucky to have you.
@Jane, of course! Yeah… wish AP kept the decision to itself
.-= Meryl K Evans’s blog …Game du Jour: Week of 26 April 2010 =-.
Thanks for the kind words, Meryl! I’m pretty honored to be writing at Word Sell, though. Brad is a blogger I’ve always admired.
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