Shannon Steinfadt

Los Alamos EcoGiants

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Shannon Steinfadt 1/16/2018 10:28 PM

In the education women and girls department, here is the volunteer sign-up link for the Expanding Your Horizons day. It's a day of STEM for young ladies 5-8th grade. An overview of the event is: http://nmnwse.org/lawis/eyh/index.shtml.

I've been the MC for several years now, and it's great fun to see the young women start to interact with new peers, and their excitement about science.

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Thank you if you have already signed up for the 2018 EYH event. We very much appreciate it! If you haven't had a chance to sign up yet, here is the link http://signup.com/go/KWuHuLq

This year, Northern New Mexico Expanding Your Horizons will be held on February 15, 2018 at the Santa Fe Convention Center.

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- Sue Barns 1/17/2018 9:30 AM
  
  Thanks so much for posting this info, Shannon! Sounds like a great event!
  
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Shannon Steinfadt 1/16/2018 10:16 PM

I can't get this image out of my mind as I read about China refusing plastics for recycling. It makes me question deeply what does China truly do with the waste? https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/12/world/europe/12UK-recycling-2/merlin_131863700_1975c292-ab02-4536-8dcb-299d9c622576-master768.jpg from the article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/china-recyclables-ban.html. The European plastic ban was on NPR just tonight.

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- Sue Barns 1/17/2018 9:41 AM
  
  Good question, and good post, Shannon. IMO, recycling is no longer the panacea we once thought it was. In truth, it has always been at the end of the R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, (and if all that fails) Recycle!
  
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