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November Waste Wise Tip, Healthy Homes Quiz, Theme Reads & Resources 

Kelly Bell, Lane County Master Recycler program coordinator, explains how using DIY ‘green cleaners’ has improved her health. For tips on DIY cleaning solutions, search online or visit local nonprofit Beyond Toxics.


 
Healthy Homes: Cleaning Products Trivia
Congratulations! You're the next contestant on Quiz Time! Healthy Homes Quiz

Compete against other readers and see how you fare. This month, have some fun and test your knowledge of Healthy Homes and DIY homemade cleaning products! Click the link below, choose a nickname, and play. 
PLEASE NOTE: The game will be active throughout the month. Good luck!


 
PLAY THE QUIZ NOW
Topic: Climate Change Developments
Author: Euro News
Title: Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024
Takeaway: "The media has an important role to play in combatting climate doom. It's our job to be truthful and accurate in our reporting, not trying to downplay or greenwash the situation. But it's also our job to show that there is hope."

Topic: Climate Change Resilience
Author: Popular Mechanics
Title: New Science Could Save the Maple Syrup Industry From a Sticky Situation
Takeaway: "For now, the project aims to gather baseline knowledge of how climate affects sap flow, sugar content, and overall yield, data that will inform strategies for sugar makers contending with climate change."

Topic: Green Energy
Author: Wired
Title: The Next Heat Pump Frontier? NYC Apartment Windows
Takeaway: “Now, New York is experimenting with what could be an even more powerful kind of heat pump for urbanites: one that slips over a window sill. In 2022, NYC announced a $70 million investment for developing and producing 30,000 heat pumps for its public housing. "

Topic: Green Energy
Author: The Guardian
Title: Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply
Takeaway: "From 2010 and 2023, the costs of battery storage projects declined 89% thanks to improved materials efficiency, improved manufacturing processes and economies of scale."

Climate Wins & Healthy Homes Resources


Just 3.5 percent: that’s the percentage of a population it takes to engage with an issue (like climate change) to make transformational change. Join the movement and engage.

Have more resources about this topic you want us to add to the list? Drop us a line at [email protected].

Beyond Toxics
beyondtoxics.org/work/toxic-free-living
 
Climate Awakening
climateawakening.org

Good Grief Network
goodgriefnetwork.org
 
EPA: Identifying Greener Cleaning Products
epa.gov/greenerproducts/identifying-greener-cleaning-products
 
Recycler’s Guide to Green Cleaning
https://ow.ly/QvIH50TXHCu
 
University of Arkansas Clean and Green Homemade Cleaners
uaex.uada.edu/environment-nature/water/quality/clean-green-homemade-cleaners.aspx

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