Page 8 -- Over The Edge — April 14, 1997

Catharine Kendall

An exciting day at UNBC for
those who participated on
March 22, 1997 when members
of the Prince George general
public came up the hill to a free
workshop on composting.

A fantastic turnout of about

15 individuals with various

backgrounds and reasons for
attending took advantage of
this great opportunity. The
workshop was put on by
PGPIRG’s very own Compost
Action Group.

The compost workshop was
facilitated by Stephanie Capyk
joined by special guest Taryn
Hughson from REAPS
(Recycling and Environmental
Action Planning Society) who
educated the group with a
wealth of vermiculture (worm
composting) information.

] don’t think that anyone
walked away disappointed. The
workshop started in the Doug
Little Lounge where everyone

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Compost Workshop (Mar 22, 1997)

got comfortable. We started
with an “opening round” where
each person introduced
themselves and stated what
they hoped to learn from the
workshop. Some hoped to
upgrade their present

composters to be more efficient

oy,

and mouse free while others
wanted to learn how to build
their own composter from
scratch and learn how to
harvest the rewarding rich
humus soil.

The workshop went for a few
hours, included a tour of
UNBC’s composting site and
ended back in the lounge with
Teryn’s session on

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Vermiculture. Ideas were
exchanged, contacts wer made
and everyone took information
home with them to read up
further.

The Compost Action Group
will hold more composting
workshop in the future. Watch
for advertisements or stop by
the PIRG office for information.
We are always recruiting
volunteers, composting
meetings are Monday at 5:20 at
the PIRG office.

Thank-you for
the Opportunity.

First, I would like to
congratulate all those who ran
and were elected. Your hard
work and obvious concern for
the issues that affect students
are a testimony to the qualities
that attract and keep students
at UNBC.

I also would like to thank all
those who voted and made the
process work. You provide us
with the power and the
legitimacy to carry your voice
forward to the Senate and
‘| Board of Governors.

And finally, I invite all those
who did not vote to join in on
the process by contacting your
tepresentatives and making
sure that you do not fall by

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the wayside when important
decisions are made.
I stated over and over again in
the last two weeks the
importance of communication
and proactive student
involvement. And I am glad to
have the opportunity to act on
those words. I will be here over
the summer working hard, and
when you return in September,
I will have the web page !
promised ready. I will also
update you on my efforts to
improve the scholarship fund
and the many other things I
committed myselfto improving.
If you would like to help me in
my efforts or would like to
contact me over the summer I
can be reached at (250) 562 6795
or by email _—_ at
hoggc000@unbc.edu.

I thank you for the opportunity
you have given me to improve
student life and UNBC.

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