Here is what you can and cannot put in your recycling bin.
Do Recycle
Clean and dry paper, cardboard, milk and juice
cartons, paper egg cartons, newspaper, magazines, junk mail (including
envelopes with windows)Glass bottles and jars. (OK to leave lids on. No
need to rinse, just scrape food off.)Metal … read more.
Members of our UU Fellowship recently toured the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos where we asked about the Dos and Don’ts of recycling, composting, and waste disposal. Here’s some of what we learned. Due to space limitations, I am posting this as … read more.
What to put in your compost bin. What to do with batteries.
Do Compost
Food scraps, meat, poultry, fish, bones, fruit,
vegetablesDairyFood and beverage soiled paper (such as pizza
boxes and some takeout containers)Yard trimmingsUtensils, plates, food containers labeled
“Compostable”
Batteries
Tape the terminals of lithium-ion and 9-volt batteries. Put the … read more.
Take the following items to the Shoreway Buy-Back and Drop-Off Center at 333 Shoreway Road in San Carols. Some items are free, some you must pay to drop off. For complete descriptions of which items are acceptable, see https://www.rethinkwaste.org/shoreway-facility/services-rates or call the Shoreway Environmental … read more.
I will not be leading any hikes in July or August 2019. Stay tuned for details about the September hike.
I will not be leading a hike in July or August. Stay tuned for details about the September hike.
Pick fresh, organic berries from R&R Fresh Farms in Pescadero. Jose Ramirez, one of the only first-generation Mexican-American farm business owners on the coast, operates the farm under a leasing agreement with Peninsula Open Space Trust.
We can pick raspberries, blackberries, and … read more.
China Refuses to Recycle Our Plastic, Now What?
For more than 25 years, many developed countries, including the U.S., have been sending plastic waste to China instead of recycling it themselves. But in 2017, China banned plastic waste from being imported beginning in January 2018.
Now that … read more.
We have 16 nominees for our Share the Plate collections during the upcoming year, July 2019 through June 2020. Please read the following descriptions and come prepared to vote for 10 of these organizations after the Congregational Meeting on May 19. We’ll vote right after … read more.
Upcoming Events:
May 7, 3pm – Meet with Supervisors Pine and Slocum with the goal of persuading the Board to adopt an ordinance to prevent the sheriff from cooperating with ICE.
May 7, 7pm – Green New Deal presentation at Riconada Library, 1213 Newell Rd. in Palo … read more.
The Social Action Committee will hold an election after the UUFRC Annual Meeting on May 19 to choose 10 organizations to receive a ‘Share the Plate’ collection in the coming year: July 2019 through June 2020.
To be eligible to receive a special collection, the … read more.
On April 6, we’ll join Bob and Sandy Simoni for a 9-mile hike around Lake Chabot. We’ll skirt the shores of the lake with an occasional uphill climb; the highest elevation is 900 feet. We’ll see lovely views of the lake as well as wildflowers … read more.
There is no telling what the weather will be like on Saturday, March 2, but we do know that the East Bay hills will be green and lush. So we’ll take a hike along the mostly-paved Nimitz Trail above Tilden Park from where we’ll look … read more.
March 16-18
We all know the climate crisis is rapidly worsening, far outpacing progress toward a renewable and sustainable future. It’s time to stop the fossil-fuel industry and its allies from continuing to wreck our planet.
The Fossil Fuel Freedom March from Palo Alto to San … read more.
I checked in with the Baylands Nature Center and they assured me that there are still plenty of birds wintering on the Bay. So we’ll try for a bird walk one more time: on Saturday, February 2, we’ll go out for a … read more.
If you’d like some guidance about how to vote on the California ballot propositions, the UU Justice Ministry of California has posted a table showing which groups support which propositions. The link, and a discussion about measures 3 and 12, is here:
I’m rescheduling my annual bird walk from December to January 5. I am going to be participating in Holiday Open Studios the first Saturday in December.
Kaye Bonney
Bring your checkbook to support Upward Scholars (formerly Sequoia Adult School Scholars, SASS). Upward Scholars helps adult immigrants furthering their education at community college by taking ESL or more advanced courses. Upward Scholars helps pay for textbooks and bus passes and has already helped 345 … read more.
Carolyn Kendall has three 3-month-old Society Finches. They are adorable little birds, daintier than house finches. They twitter quietly and are not as noisy as parakeets or lovebirds.
Please call Carolyn Kendall at 208-6574 if you are interested.
For this last art event of the year, we’ve planned something really special and we hope you will be able to join us.
On Sunday, October 14, at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Palo Alto, we will be hosting a combined art show and benefit for … read more.
