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 Michele
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Topic starter 10/27/2018 9:38 pm  

Did you laugh at my post where autocorrect changed their AOK acronym to AOL and I didn't notice ?

Laughter is good for the soul and so are all of the wonderful stories we share!?



   
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 Lovendures
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11/01/2018 11:07 pm  

This story is fantastic!

A German woman was hiking  The Pacific Crest Trail alone and got trapped in a snowstorm.  She new she was going to die and phoned her family to say goodbye. 

"Gröne, of Germany, started her journey on the PCT at the Mexican Border in May, and she was committed to make it to Canada.

She met Nancy Abell at Lake Susan Jane in Washington on October 22, and Abell offered her a ride to Stevens Pass, a popular mountain resort. The two hiked around the area for about two hours, before Gröne decided to head north.
 
Up to 3 feet of snow was expected where Gröne was headed.
After the weather started getting worse, Abell checked the weather and her maps, and pinpointed where Gröne might be before calling 911.
 
"I couldn't sleep the night before because I was so worried about her," Abell said. "Anybody, really I would have done the same thing for if I thought they were in peril up there, because I've been through it and it's terrifying."
 
While on Glacier Peak, Gröne lost shelter equipment and two sets of gloves as the snow and sleet closed in.
The rescue team was on its last scan before running out of fuel, according to Bill Quistorf, the chief pilot for the sheriff's office.
 
"The biggest thing, which I have struggled with before I started the PCT, was faith in humanity," Gröne said.  While Gröne was stuck in the mountains she was asking why no one cares about anyone else.
"My faith in humanity? Definitely restored, so box checked," Gröne said in the press conference, sitting next to the former strangers who saved her life."
 
More on this story can be found here:

 

 



   
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 Lovendures
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11/02/2018 6:08 pm  

This is about all three things, Good News, People and Ideas.

The  Greek Island of Lesvos has been front and center during the refugee crisis for many years now.  The people of that island have been amazing, truly compassionate and loving, especially since the Greek islanders have had little themselves.  I have been following their story since the crisis began. The conditions of some of the camps in Lesvos are  currently pretty dire due to what else?  Politics.  This award honors the people of the island.

The award "is a recognition of the sacrifices, courage and solidarity with which the residents of the island have reacted to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis of 2015," the mayor of Lesvos Spiros Galinos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/234274/article/ekathimerini/community/greek-islanders-to-receive-inaugural-john-mccain-prize-for-refugee-crisis-response?fbclid=IwAR2Zbzi8apt0l9bndWc9UJAA8NTsW-prBrJco7h-uIA5QMH0dSUI_hnv5v0



   
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 Lovendures
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11/02/2018 6:11 pm  

Sorry, forgot to state the actual award.

The people of the Greek island of Lesvos are poised to receive the inaugural John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service for their response to the refugee crisis.



   
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Topic starter 11/03/2018 2:58 pm  

I was thinking about Christmas yesterday and wishing my tree was already up with lights and carols playing from the stereo.

I turned on the music set to #27 and it had moved up to my Christmas cds! Yes!! I told my husband it wasn't me it was synchronicity and now I had to play them!  (Haha)

So, when I looked for good news today,  I found my "Christmas Lights" in headline in the Kansas City Star. And now I'm feeling all happy and shiny inside and out. 

Good News,  Good People,  Love and Joy...read the whole thing!

"Nebraska town loved this firefighter's Christmas lights. After he died, they put them up."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/nebraska-town-loved-this-firefighters-christmas-lights-after-he-died-they-put-them-up/ar-BBPhkPO



   
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11/21/2018 2:16 am  

Good news regarding Alzheimers disease.  Meditation and music may help

A research team led by Dr. Kim Innes, a professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has found that a simple meditation or music listening program may alter certain biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's Disease in older adults who are experiencing memory loss. Study findings, reported in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, also suggest these changes may be directly related to improvements in memory and cognition, sleep, mood, and quality of life.life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-meditation-music-blood-markers-cellular.html#nRlv



   
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12/08/2018 2:41 pm  

I posted about share tables at schools in the past.  Here is a fantastic article about how the Oakland School District repurposes un-eaten food so it doesn't become food waist.

https://thefern.org/2018/11/how-oakland-became-a-leader-in-cutting-school-food-waste/



   
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 Michele
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Topic starter 12/08/2018 8:16 pm  

Lovendures,

Thank you for finding this wonderful site and this amazing sustainability, use share and reuse idea for school lunch programs.

May it spread and grow everywhere! 

 



   
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 Jeanne Mayell
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12/09/2018 12:45 am  

Lovendures, What a great program. I sent the article to my town's Natural Resources committee to see they've considered this for our schools. 



   
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12/09/2018 8:49 pm  

Turns out my little town is doing similar food recovery in the schools that they do in Oakland. In fact we teach other towns how to do it. I got this response from a neighbor who heads (as a volunteer) our town's environmental projects when I suggested we try the Oakland project:

Hi Jeanne, Turns out we are a recognized leader in this initiative. A resident conceived of it years ago and worked with MASS EPA and departments throughout town and the schools to bring it to fruition. Our town recently hosted a how-to  forum for other towns that want to do the same. Please see the link below which describes this Herculean effort fueled by many volunteers and dedicated creative staff. 
 
Our town’s food waste collection at the Recycling & Disposal Facility turns scraps into biofuel, too - less trash in the landfills! It’s great because you can toss in meats, bones, cheeses - things you can’t compost in your yard. I now have one small bin of trash a week - and it’s all dry so no need to use plastic trash bags! 
 
Michele, our family has been dropping all food refuse into a biofuel bin for a year now. Every scrap goes to the recycling facility every weekend. We use to compost it for the yard, but we were getting too many animal visitors so this biofuel project seems like a good way to go. 
 
I should also add that we have one of the most comprehensive recycling facilities in the nation.  A few years ago we voted to pay $750,000 for a baler, a machine that compresses and bales recyclables, like plastics, paper, and cardboard so they can be sold on the world market.  We are just a 28,000 person town.  But that baler has paid for itself many times over now that we can sell our recyclables in world markets.
 
I should add that we don't have garbage service in our town. Everyone takes their garbage to the dump. So it's a meeting place where nearly everything that can be recycled is recycled.  
 
We have a Take-N-Leave and a Book Drop that are legendary.  You really don't have to buy furniture, toys, garden equipment, or housewares. You can get most of what you need at the Take-N-Leave.
 


   
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