Obama stated last night during his State of the Union that 80% of our energy should come from clean energy sources by 2035. This is really good news for our nation and I hope President Obama and the Democrats have the power to start such a lofty initiative.
Sorry to cut it short this morning, but I really believe it is important to get the word out about this and to let your representatives know that you support the idea that President Obama proposed.
As we are packing up to move soon, Ben decided to go through the closet storage in one of our bedrooms. He came downstairs with a box loaded with cable cords, mouses and keyboards. Stuff we’ve had for a long time, but never used. I am glad he is giving this stuff up, but what do I do with 
it? Our city of Fargo does an electronic recycling even once a year (they take in computers and tv’s). That’s fine and dandy, but we only have computer parts.
I began searching for what to do with electronic waste on Google and I came across a link that gave me the answer. Earthlink gave me several different places, depending upon what you want to recycle. One retail store that sounds promising is Best Buy. If you click on that link it will take you to a website that will help you find out what they take in. It states that most things are recycled free with a few exceptions. Other sites to consider is RadioShack. They also have a trade in option if the electronics you have still has some value. If it doesn’t have value, you can still recycle it through them.
I have a goal to get this done this week to clear the clutter in our home. I will post again later to let you know how it went. Do you have any other references on recycling electronic waste? If so please leave me a comment below. Thank you for visiting!
Recently, it was discovered that whale burps were discovered along Minnesota’s north shore near Duluth.
My first reaction to hearing this story on the radio was “what the hell is a whale burp?” Well, it is not a few air bubble that rise up and pollute the air with the smell of Old Milwaukee and Beer Nuts. That was my first guess, or at least what I hoped it was, but I guess I was wrong. “Whale burps”, also called “Surf balls” (which brings up a whole other set of hilariously odd visuals), are quite simply balls of vegetation and debris that wash up on shore.
The balls found in Duluth contained natural items, but also plastic and unnatural waste. Obviously, if these whale burps are containing plastic, it is not great for the environment and would appear that these burps are nature’s way of trying to get rid of its debris. That they are only now appearing in Lake Superior is concerning to me and wonder if this is just a random occurrence or if it is a symptom of too much garbage in Lake Superior.
I am not sure what the ramifications of “whale burps” are on the environment and not even sure if they really mean anything, but that our lakes and oceans are spitting out debris is certainly something to be concerned about.
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