Guess what?! You can recycle your old "standard" (incandescent) holiday lights for a coupon to get safer, and much more energy-efficient LEDs!!
From here: http://www.holidayleds.com/holidayledscom_christmas_light_recycling_program
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Free hi-wattage holiday lights into LED holiday lights recycling program
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
If you're looking for a way to celebrate (or mourn) the election
Whether you want to celebrate or mourn the recent election, now is a time to consider supporting those local organizations who have been starving while national and statewide campaigns vacuum up all the money. We very much need groups like Friends of Marion County, Radio Free Salem, the Salem Progressive Film Series, and others to watch over and work on things at the county and local level, so consider sending them something this way:
It is now possible to contribute to Friends of Marion County through the link to Salem Monthly's Holiday Give Guide. The transactions are processed through Selco Credit Union's Secure Website. Just click on the DONATE ONLINE link. Thanks for your support.
Roger Kaye
Friends of Marion CountyP.O. Box 3274
Salem, OR 97302
Sunday, November 9, 2008
On the level? Great news, if it is!
Does anyone know if UPS really intends to use bicycle-based deliveries for five different Salem-area zip-codes? Or is this just someone spoofing the President of the Salem Bicycle Club? Wonderful if it's not a spoof!
To: president@salembicycleclub.org
The following message was sent from the www.salembicycleclub.org web site on Wednesday November 05, 2008 at 04:36 PM:
Dear Mr. Maurice,
I am contacting you in regards to a UPS Job Posting. We are going to be hiring seasonal driver helpers, who will ride a bike to deliver packages to help cut done on emissions. If you are able to get this information to your members I will happily mail or email you a flyer. We will be looking for employees in Salem zip codes 97301, 97317, 97309, 97303,& 97385.
Thank you,
Maria Mason
UPS HR Recruiter
mariamason@ups.com
503-978-7409
Friday, November 7, 2008
Important film: Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
The great folks running the Salem Progressive Film Series have landed another important film:
To: "Salem Progressive Film Series" <salemprogressivefilmseries@gmail.com>Subject: November Film: Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of ChildhoodPlease join us Thursday, November 13, 2008 at The Grand Theater in downtown Salem for The Salem Progressive Film Series' November film, Consuming Kids: The Commericalization of Childhood (For more information please view the attached press release).Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world.Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.Please pass the word. Thank you!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Petition for President-Elect Obama
Here's a promo for a petition from "Transportation for America" that's probably worth signing just so they can build their list of transportation activists:
I bet you're like me: struggling with our aging transportation system—crumbling bridges, over-crowded subways, infrequent trains, streets that are inadequate and unsafe for walking and biking, and more.
Well, on Election Day America voted for a new direction in Washington, and Barack Obama made a lot of campaign promises about doing something to fix our crumbling infrastructure. But promises are never enough, so I just signed a petition asking him to prioritize investment in a 21st Century transportation system in his first 100 days. If we invest wisely, building clean, green infrastructure will put millions to work and lead us on a pat toward energy independence.
Will you sign the petition too?
We need to make sure that Barack Obama fixes what's broken, preserves existing transit jobs and service, and promotes a clean, sustainable, green infrastructure. If we make it a priority, and invest in good projects, we'll save money in the long run, and help build a future that's free of foreign oil and catches us up with our economic competitors.
So please, sign the petition today. All you have to do is visit http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/t/3224/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=161
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Good Job, Statesman-Journal
The only consolation to this, which stems from THIS:
When people stop caring enough about their community to allow a vital service to be gradually destroyed, they certainly see no need to support institutions like newspapers, the benefits of which are much more subtle and difficult to appreciate.
And (unlike with transit) there's a host of great alternatives to the Statesman-Journal, many of which are free, fast, and full of fantastically diverse perspectives and insights (unlike the Statesman-Journal).
So, Statesman-Journal, Pyrrhic victory is yours. You win this round, but have only hastened your own demise.
is knowing that the Statesman-Journal's attitude in opposing the transit levy (24-247) --- the belief that you can have something for nothing --- is the same attitude that will doom the Statesman-Journal in the end, as Craigslist devours its classifieds revenue and readers find an ever-thinner paper with ever-less content increasingly optional.24-247:SALEM AREA MASS TRANS DIST L.O.T.$0.49 PER $1,000
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 47.42
NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,338 52.58
24-248:CITY SALEM G.O.B. FOR STREET/BRIDGES $99,800,000
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,342 54.83
NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,343 45.17
When people stop caring enough about their community to allow a vital service to be gradually destroyed, they certainly see no need to support institutions like newspapers, the benefits of which are much more subtle and difficult to appreciate.
And (unlike with transit) there's a host of great alternatives to the Statesman-Journal, many of which are free, fast, and full of fantastically diverse perspectives and insights (unlike the Statesman-Journal).
So, Statesman-Journal, Pyrrhic victory is yours. You win this round, but have only hastened your own demise.
Pools, libraries on the chopping block, and a sword hangs over Cherriots
Another story about the city campaign to defund the local public pools, which follows the recent round of budget cuts at the library, which killed the Bookmobile and slashed computer lab hours.
Meanwhile, we will learn tonight whether Salem's bus system, Cherriots, will be able to continue offering Saturday service and continue all its current routes. If the Cherriots operating levy fails, we will lose all Saturday service (just as Sunday service was lost a few years ago) and some routes will be discontinued, and the headway on most runs (the time between buses) will increase. Losing scheduled service means an end to the handicapped service at those times as well.
In other words, we'll see Salem continue to decline in basic services and amenities that serve everyone, including those without a lot of money.
Meanwhile, Salem continues to lavish money on the richest demographic group of all, seniors, replacing a perfectly serviceable Senior Center in NE Salem with a palatial new "50+ Center" located further out in autosprawl hell.
It's probably fitting that the 50+ website says that the center is "located about half of a mile northeast of Salem's city center" and offers no information about how to use Cherriots to get to the center (#3, Capitola) --- the city government mindset in Salem being "of the automobile, by the automobile, and for the automobile." Indeed, any senior who wants to take in an evening program at the 50+ Center had better be prepared to be stuck downtown, because if you take the last bus from the 50+ Center after 9:00 when it closes, you likely won't be able to find a bus to take you home from the Transit Center. And good luck getting to the 50+ Center on Saturday with no Cherriots.
(By the way, Mapquest.com gives the distance to 50+ from Church and Marion -- the place where the center of the city is marked -- as 1.99 miles. Even as the crow flies, it's clearly a mile and a half or more to 50+ from downtown -- too far to walk for most seniors, in other words.)
Meanwhile, we will learn tonight whether Salem's bus system, Cherriots, will be able to continue offering Saturday service and continue all its current routes. If the Cherriots operating levy fails, we will lose all Saturday service (just as Sunday service was lost a few years ago) and some routes will be discontinued, and the headway on most runs (the time between buses) will increase. Losing scheduled service means an end to the handicapped service at those times as well.
In other words, we'll see Salem continue to decline in basic services and amenities that serve everyone, including those without a lot of money.
Meanwhile, Salem continues to lavish money on the richest demographic group of all, seniors, replacing a perfectly serviceable Senior Center in NE Salem with a palatial new "50+ Center" located further out in autosprawl hell.
It's probably fitting that the 50+ website says that the center is "located about half of a mile northeast of Salem's city center" and offers no information about how to use Cherriots to get to the center (#3, Capitola) --- the city government mindset in Salem being "of the automobile, by the automobile, and for the automobile." Indeed, any senior who wants to take in an evening program at the 50+ Center had better be prepared to be stuck downtown, because if you take the last bus from the 50+ Center after 9:00 when it closes, you likely won't be able to find a bus to take you home from the Transit Center. And good luck getting to the 50+ Center on Saturday with no Cherriots.
(By the way, Mapquest.com gives the distance to 50+ from Church and Marion -- the place where the center of the city is marked -- as 1.99 miles. Even as the crow flies, it's clearly a mile and a half or more to 50+ from downtown -- too far to walk for most seniors, in other words.)
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