:: Trash Force, Inc. ::

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The mission of Trash Force, Inc., is to assist, encourage, and educate the
community to develop and implement environmentally sound policies, waste
stream reduction, resource use, and recycling.

Trash Force, Inc.
P. O. Box 1041
New Albany, IN 47151-1041
Phone: (812) 948-1292

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	Community Gardens Meeting Announced posted by Michelle Finn

	There are so many possibilities all through out New Albany to beautify add function into otherwise unsightly or unused spaces. New Albany is great and we can make it our dream city with some focus, direction and re-invention of our unused spaces! I know many of you have great ideas that we haven't been able to discuss yet and I would love to hear them. A meeting will be held at The Cardinal Ritter House Tuesday, January 24th at 7pm. Invite your neighbors, invite your friends, any one you can think of that would benefit from a greener New Albany!

	Trash Force Joins Facebook posted by Adam Dickey

	Trash Force, a Floyd County organization dedicated to assisting, encouraging, and educating the community to develop and implement environmentally sound policies, waste stream reduction, resource use, and recycling, has announced the creation of a Facebook page for the organization. The page, which will compliment the organization's website, will largely serve as a discussion board and provide an additional outreach tool.

	Trash Force to Hold Special Meeting posted by Adam Dickey

	Trash Force will hold a special membership meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15th at 5:30 p.m. to develop a strategic plan for the organization. The meeting will be held at the Rauch located at 845 Park Place in New Albany. All interested parties, current and former members, and the public is invited to attend.

	Ancient Lake Vostok

	After 20 years of drilling, a team of Russian researchers is close to breaching the prehistoric Lake Vostok, which has been trapped deep beneath thick ice layers (2 miles thick) in Antarctica for the last 14 million years. Lake Vostok is actually the third largest lake in the world, measured by the amount of water it holds. In the early 1990s, the Russians re-created a history of the Earth's atmosphere throughout the past 400,000 years — a record of our planet's air during the past four ice ages. The lakes are rich in oxygen (making them oligotrophic), with levels of the element some 50 times higher than what would be found in your typical freshwater lake. The high gas concentration is thought to be because of the enormous weight and pressure of the continental ice cap.

	Nuclear Power - environmental advantages

	Renewable energy and nuclear power increasingly factor into the evolving American energy equation to replace polluting coal. Even some environmentalists acknowledge that nuclear is a viable emissions-free option to dirty coal while renewable-energy technologies continue to advance. Nuclear fission reactors generate electrical power by splitting the atomic nuclei of uranium. This process creates a massive amount of heat — thermal energy — and radiation. The resultant heat is in turn utilized to make steam from water that then moves turbine blades to drive generators to produce electricity.

	A Turtle Success Story in the Philipines

	In 2011, green sea turtles laid a staggering 1.44 million eggs on just one island in the Philippines thanks to conservation efforts, breaking all previous records. The graceful and enigmatic green turtle faces a variety of threats globally, and as a result is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Yet there is some good news for this marine reptile, as Conservation International (CI) announces that the species has laid a record number of eggs on a small island in the Philippines.

	Donna Resevoir and Canal

	During the week of February 6-12, 2012, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) will be in the area of South Alamo, Texas, to speak with residents about the contamination in the Donna Reservoir and Canal. This effort is being made to provide local residents with information about the health risks of consuming fish taken from the Donna Reservoir and Canal. The possession of contaminated fish taken from the reservoir is prohibited by the TDSHS and has been since 1993.

	Chicago-Based Eco-Friendly Dentist Doubles Down on Green

	Almost exactly five years ago, I took at look at Transcendentist, a Berkeley based green dentistry office that combined environmental responsibility with a very different approach to patient care. Rather than the typical clinical approach, the founders of Transcendentist created a spa-like atmosphere complete with foot massages. Even then, the idea was taking off: nothing like a little calm to take the edge off of that fear of the dentist thing.