recycling
Winter Snowflake Craft for Kids (Recycling!)
Get your kids pumped for winter with this easy and fun snowflake craft you can easily do with items found around the house. Teaches recycling too! “Winter crafts (for those of us in the Northern hemisphere) sounds good, which means snow, right? …
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- Posted in: Camp Chief Hector YMCA, Camp Riveredge YMCA, Community YMCA, Kids
- Tags: activity, child, children, craft, family, kid, kids, recycle, recycling, snowflake, time, upcycle, upcycling, winter
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Cute Fall Family Craft
Talk about creativity! This blog called Creative Jewish Mom is filled with ideas for easy crafts perfect for a variety of ages. There is even a section focussed on recycling/upcycling. Here is a fall apple craft from the Creative Jewish …
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- Posted in: Camp Chief Hector YMCA, Camp Riveredge YMCA, Community YMCA, Kids, YMCA in South Health Campus, Youth
- Tags: apple, bottle, craft, crafting, environment, family, Fun, recycle, recycling, upcycle
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Electric Car Built from Recycled Oil Booms
Did you know YMCA Calgary has a Green team? We work hard to ensure YMCA Calgary is a leader in Green initiatives and to encourage others to live cleaner and with more love and care for our environment. We also …
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- Posted in: Adults
- Tags: automobile, car, electric, energy, environment, general, general motors, gulf oil spill, john bradburn, motors, polymers, recycled, recycling, reduce, reuse, tires, upcycle, volt
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Upcycle Your Way to Green Living
Simply put, upcycling involves taking what would otherwise be a piece of trash and turning the item into something useful. Old wooden pallets become stunning room dividers, bottles become gorgeous chandeliers, car windshields become a greenhouse, etc. With a bit …