Friday, July 06, 2007

Recycle your useable detritus: art projects and more during Recycled week at SciPort, July 9 to 14

Art-minded schtuff being produced at SciPort includes variations on the theme of recycling. Here's a bit of their calendar, July 9 to the 14th:

* Shreveport Green Presentation Wed at 4 p.m.
Learn how to recycle in the home with Shreveport Green's
Casaundra Calloway.

* Lexi Romine, Wed, Thur & Fri at 1 p.m. Hear from the 2007 Aaron and Peggy Selber Red River Science Fair winner, Lexi Romine, whose project investigated the effects of recycled paper's content on the strength of liner board used to make cardboard boxes. She will share her project and a variety of recycling tips.

* Recycled Paper, Mon, Tues, Thurs, & Fri at 11 a.m.,Sat at 3 p.m.
Create new decorative paper from various paper scraps.

* Recycled Refrigerator Magnets, Mon & Fri at 3 p.m. , Wed & Sat at 11 a.m. Make refrigerator magnets out of found materials while learning the importance and ease of recycling.

* Talking Trash, Tues & Thurs at 3 pm, Sat at 1:30 p.m.
Participate in a discussion on reducing the amount of waste that is sent to landfills.


Coming up on the high-tech shores of the Red River:

- Solar Energy Week (July 16-21)
- Wetlands Week (July 23-28)
- GLOBE Week (July 29-August 4).

All activities are included with Sci-Port admission.
sciport.org

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