Today, March 22 is World Water Day. According to http://www.worldwaterday.org/, the 2010 World Water Campaign focuses on raising water quality awareness under the theme, ” Clean Water for a Healthy World.” While on the subject of water, one is often inclined to wonder whether bottled water or tap water is the smarter alternative. For years, the [...]
It’s that time of year…..March Madness…. when college basketball is in the air and everyone is picking squares and comparing brackets. So I bet your wondering what does March Madness have to do with going Green? Well I was wondering myself and did a web search. I found sites for salvaging maple gym flooring and [...]
Nokia has filed a patent application for piezoelectric charging of their cell phones. These phones would charge based upon the user’s movements. So basically, as you move or jostle your phone, the frame would bump into strips of piezoelectric crystals inside and create a current, which would keep your phone “topped off.” Currently, it wouldn’t [...]
As the temperature increases, so does the population of life on Elmwood. Last weekend we hit a bombing 36 degrees and it has been steadily increasing the whole week. This means only one thing; people can finally come outdoors again! Over the summer tons of people are out on Elmwood with their friends walking, shopping, getting coffee [...]
While the City of Buffalo’s resolution to allow city residents to raise chickens on their property, for the consumption of eggs/meat (and this is old news), I just saw my first backyard chicken coop last night, while at Shoshone Park. A park-neighbor has two or three small “chicken-condos” in his backyard. While I didn’t [...]
Buffalo’s largest celebration of Irish heritage, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, is this weekend. Enjoy Irish dancers, music, food and some green ale in celebration and in honor of St. Patrick.
Delaware Avenue @ 2 PM (Parade starts at Niagara Square and heads north from there)
Sunday March 14, 2010
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Two things Buffalo is well known for is the amounts of snow it receives and its history of brewing, so why not create a festival out of it? Buffalo Powder Keg Festival, which took place this past weekend, included sleigh rides, sledding/tubing, snow shoeing, snowman building contests, snow shoveling contests, and a snow queen contest. One of the [...]
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