Enough talking at you, now we're talking WITH you!

For a number of months, the MCR Team has been learning all about new media with the goal of having a new way to keep in touch with Volunteers. We had the newsletter and webpage, but that was simply delivering our message to you, without the opportunity to hear back from you on what we were doing, and without the opportunity for you to connect with each other.

This blog is the result.

Now you can not only stay up to date with Branch news and upcoming events, but share your thoughts as well. You can let others know about what you are doing, and keep in touch with those who share your passion for waste reduction.

It is now a conversation, one which is long overdue.

Welcome to our blog - we want to hear from you!

Reuse Centre Video

Shopping for school supplies? Check out the Reuse Centre. It accepts various items from Edmonton residents free of charge and makes them available to organizations and individuals for reuse.

Squirmy Wormy School Presentations

We are starting to train a few master composters to learn our vermicomposting presentation so we can meet the demand from teachers this fall. Thanks to Anna Vesala and Laurie Taylor (right) for helping to mentor our “trainees”.

Please let us know if you are interested in taking part in this exciting opportunity.

Respect your Waste Collector

- The Do's and Don'ts of waste set out in Edmonton.




The City of Edmonton asks that residents package sharp objects properly to prevent injuries to waste collectors(more)

Earthworms form herds and make "group decisions'

By Matt Walker
Editor, Earth News

The earthworms use touch to communicate and influence each other's behaviour, according to research published in the journal Ethology.

By doing so the worms collectively decide to travel in the same direction as part of a single herd.

The striking behaviour, found in the earthworm Eisenia fetida, is the first time that any type of worm, or annelid, has been shown to form active herds.

"Our results modify the current view that earthworms are animals lacking in social behaviour," says Ms Lara Zirbes, a PhD student at the University of Liege in Gembloux in Belgium.

read more at BBC Earth News...