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WNY Green Meetup: Supporting Sustenance; Stinking Compost

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Donna Nichter is a local environmentalist.  She showed up at our first Media Makers Meet-up, which we co-hosted with The Good Neighborhood and GreenWatch.  Donna's participation in the Media Makers Meet-up led to the publication of an article and the creation of an event - WNY Green Meetup!  Read on for information about Donna's second WNY Green Meetup planned for this Friday, May 4, at 6:30 PM.


Two questions – what sustains you, and do you act in a manner that supports your sustenance?

When I think of what sustains me, some of the things that come to mind are physiological: air, water, food.  Then there are things like safety, shelter, health. 

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by Grow Social Media Assistant on April 26, 2012

This month, WNY Green MeetUp will continue to greet and meet and sharing information that members each researched about composting.  Anything from urban to rural.  Videos will be shown.  Bring information and questions!

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WNY Green Meetup: Confessions of a Green Wannabe

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water_rushLast month, local blogger and environmentalist Donna Nichter, came to a Media Makers Meet-Up, which we hosted along with the Good Neighborhood and GreenWatch.  As a result, Donna has published this first article in the series, WNY Green Meetup, on both Grow and The Good Neighborhood. We hope you'll join Donna - follow the series, share your environmental tips, and join her in-person at the WNY Green meetup, on April 6 at 6:30 PM.


I'm trying to be "green".  I really am.  And yet there's so much, it's sometimes challenging.  For instance, one conversation inside my head may be about recycling and sound something like this, "I hate to see this in a landfill.  Can I recycle it?  Where?  Guess I shouldn't have bought it to begin with.  Maybe I can Freecycle it!  Perhaps I didn't need it after all."
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But It Tastes Soooo Good!

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About 15 years ago, I lived in Glenwood, NY with my husband, Chris and son, Kyle.  We didn’t have a lot of property, but everyone around us did, so we had the illusion of it.  It was beautiful and peaceful.  It was “good clean living”, a great place to raise a family.  The water tasted soooo good, we thought we might bottle it.  And then...

My son began having health problems.  One of the recommendations of the Environmental Physician we took him to was to test the well water.  We sent it to a lab in Texas which tests more in depth than some local labs.  Our well was contaminated with all sorts of chemicals.  I won’t go into specifics here, it was a long time ago and I’d have to dig out all the old records stashed away somewhere.  A new well was dug and a purifier system installed. Was the water a contributor to his health problems?  Who knows?  I am sure many factors were involved.  But, I sure don’t want any of those chemicals in our bodies.

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