Sustainability
A few weeks ago we received a postcard in the mail that was very exciting to me. It came from the Cass County Sustainability Committee and announced we now have a recycling program in our area. One weekend each month, in each of four Cass County towns not previously served by any recycling program, we can drop off our recyclables. Yippee!! My recycling bin overfloweth.
Upon receiving the postcard I immediately went to the CCSC website and sent a thank you email to the volunteers who run the committee and the recycling program. I knew it probably took a whole lot of effort on their part to get the program going. Imagine my surprise when I got an email back asking me to come and speak about how buying local relates to sustainability and explain Community Supported Agriculture at their next committee meeting!
So last night Arcenio and I met with the committee in Harrisonville. We met a great bunch of folks that are sincerely interested in sustainable agriculture and what they can do to support our efforts. What a wonderful reception as they listened very attentively to my presentation and asked important questions when I was done. I am happy to say we will now be active participants of the committee.
To learn more about the Cass County Sustainability Committee’s recycling efforts, go to their recycling page at CassCountySustainability.com. For additional information about recycling, locations and dates for Household Hazardous Waste Collections in the KC area and more, go to the Mid-America Regional Council recycling pages at RecycleSpot.org.
The other interesting person we met at the meeting last night was Molly Smolen of “Simply Make a Difference!”, an environmental education puppet program. Molly and her team perform a Reduce, Reuse and Recycle puppet show for elementary schools and provide related materials for further in-class participation of the students. To invite Molly and her team into your school for a presentation or to donate to the program, email her at pmsmolen@yahoo.com.
What I noticed last night in giving my short presentation is that there is so much information to share and not a lot of time to do it in. I think this, and just missing writing, has prompted me to begin writing articles again and then maybe even a book. Bad timing on my part, what with the beginning of harvest season just around the corner, but I think people are very curious and want to be informed and, by golly, I have a lot of information to share! That being said, if you have any ideas for articles you would like to see or topics you would want more information on please let me know. I would much rather write about things people want to know rather than things I think people want to know. 
Until next time. ~Karin