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? What is the best way to say something? Translation matters.?

In this episode:  What’s it like to be an intern at SCARCE? Join Kay and Carol as they find out about this and the task of translating SCARCE materials into Spanish with bilingual interns Olivia Ryan and Audrey Kamal. What makes laundromats so special. Bilingual literacy and empowerment. Being thrown into the deep end. Inclusion. Turkeys and pumpkin-lovin’ worms.  

??Dear Listeners: Bring your bilingual kids’ books to SCARCE!

??A reminder to deep frying turkey lovers: recycle your oil after cooking. 

Mentioned in this episode
Cooking Oil Collection for Thanksgiving
SCARCE on youtube: Que es el Pumpkin Smash?
SCARCE November Newsletter
The Lorax by Dr. Suess

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Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they discuss the “volunteer gig of a lifetime” with Jim Marshall, co-manager of the SCARCE-LY USED Book and Record store. Meet Jim: Musician, journalist, explorer of the backs of record jackets. Delta Blues, Irish music, obscure jazz, classical treasures abound. Long drives for vintage vinyl. Digitized 78’s and The St. Patrick’s Day Miracle. 

If you love music and records, you’re going to love this shop. 

SCARCE-LY USED Books and Records
Hours of operation
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am -noon

Mentioned in this episode
SCARCE-LY USED Books and Records
The Great 78 Project
Internet Archive

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Music by Louise Kelly
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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they chat with SCARCE volunteer Susan McNeil Marshall, co-manager of the SCARCE-LY USED Books and Records store. A book lover’s elevator pitch. Go treasure-hunting, Rare books and the story of the German Books. Getting the right book to the right person: Books for schools, for the county jail, coffee tables, staged homes, you name it.  

You look smart when you have some books on your shelves. 
You look even smarter when you donate books to SCARCE!

Also: Masks and gloves don’t go in the recycling. They go to the landfill. 

SCARCE-LY USED Book and Record Store 
Hours of operation
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am -noon

Mentioned in this episode
SCARCE-LY USED Books and Records

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, as they share answers to the following question: How do I dispose of all manner of randomness (choir gowns, markers, pens, burlap bags, pencils, band uniforms, film-strips, etc) so that the greater good is served? In all likelihood, SCARCE “knows a guy” for your gently used materials. Sharing-based projects serve DuPage County, USA, and 105 other countries. Stories of synchronicities. 

One of our specialties: Making sure things get to the right place. For thirty years and counting. One of your specialties: clicking the donate button.

Mentioned in this episode:
scarce.org

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, Erin, and Carol, as they share answers to the following question: How do I dispose of my cooking oil and grease? Heather says “put a lid on it, a tight-fitting lid.” Recycled oil becomes biodiesel. Fry to Fly. Good for taxpayers, great for drains. All about leftover oil collection sites. What makes Dallas so special? 

Dear San Francisco: Contact SCARCE. 

Dear listeners: Kay loves your ideas. 

Dear Turkey Fryers: Listen to this episode. 

Mentioned in this episode:
Illinois Environmental Council
Videos about grease from City of Dallas, Texas
Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Program
Green Grease Environmental
SCARCE Green Bulletin
Compost Supply

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, and Carol, in this talk through Hope’s Garden. What have they unearthed? Daily dedications…Plant therapy- without chemicals. Goosebumpy long-term vision: Serving incarcerated people. Job training. Teamwork at the highest levels. Win-win-win-win……. The Sheriff’s morning prayer. Bouquets of purple for victims of domestic violence. Vegetables for food pantries. ?? Look how we all can change! ??

Mentioned in this episode:
SCARCE and Hope’s Garden
Dupage County Sheriff
JUST of DuPage
Water Right Lead-Free Hoses
Elmhurst Garden Club
Wheaton Lion’s Club
Prosek’s Greenhouse

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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In this episode:  Join Kay, Heather, Carol, and Erin as they chat it up about hosting a Recycling Extravaganza. What happens when communities come together to recycle on these special days? Community building, thousands of books rescued, paper shredding is golden, 1200 car loads of items, 400 lbs of syringes in 3 hours. Recycling propane tanks, car batteries, sump pump batteries, musical instruments, eyeglasses, crutches. Some things will be reused; some things will be recycled. Question: What do you do with all your stuff AFTER you go on a Marie Condo bender?  Answer: Take it to a Recycling Extravaganza. 

What started as a book collection in Wheaton in 1986 has now grown to a one-stop drop off of many items. Recycling Extravaganzas are for items that can’t go into curbside recycling and shouldn’t go into the landfill. These are all going to organizations that will reuse the items, helping organizations that need them. Find out how to host your own Extravaganza!

Recycling Extravaganzas:

• Help the environment
• Promote local organizations
• Build community
• Save so much from the landfill
• Protect resources 
• Are fossil fuel and time efficient ??️

Mentioned in this episode:
SCARCE Recycling Events
Crutches for Kids
Project Cure
Habitat for Humanity Restore
Lions Club Eyeglasses Recycling

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
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Music by Louise Kelly
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In this episode: Join Kay, Heather, Carrie and Carol as they dish about Smashing Pumpkins (the act of doing so- not the band). See what happens when Kay drives by people’s homes and checks out their garbage. Why is it so important that pumpkins be composted rather than thrown in the trash? Find out how hosting a Pumpkin Smash builds community, can avert OVER 380 TONS of PUMPKINS from landfills, provides education about composting, and is a super fun way to wrap up Halloween. 

?Fun facts about pumpkins
Illinois produces about  ½ billion
They are 90% water  
They make great soil when composted

?Unfun fact about pumpkins
They emit methane in landfills (one reason we need to compost them!)
So much water (90%… see fun fact above) in landfills is bad news

?Get involved in a Pumpkin Smash near you

• Bring yours (and your neighbors’) pumpkins to an event
• Host a Pumpkin Smash collection site
• Help your town’s Environmental Commission host one
• Find customizable flyers on SCARCE’s website

Look for the write-up on SCARCE in Scholastic SuperScience and Science World magazines this fall! 

Mentioned in this episode:
SCARCE Pumpkin Smash
Guide: How to Host a Pumpkin Collection
Illinois Food Scrap Coalition 

Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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In this episode:  Interview with Dave Gorman, board member and representative of the fabulous non-profit Working Bikes. Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. Since its inception in 1999, the amazing community of Working Bikes volunteers, staff, partners, and supporters have enabled new life for 70,000 bicycles across the globe and tens of thousands here in Chicago.

Also in this episode: 500 bikes to Africa in one week! Quick-study bikers and Lesotho’s culture of bicycling. Making a huge difference in a person’s life. Drop-off sites and volunteers all over Chicago area. Collect bikes at your home or business. 

In addition to ???, Working Bikes also collects:

• Bike tools
• Helmets
• Pumps
• Jerseys
• Bicycle seats

Mentioned in this episode:

• Working Bikes
• Bikes for Lesotho

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Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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In this episode:  How does ONE ReStore location divert 1000 tons of material out of the landfill? Find out in this episode. The Earth Chats team interviews Jim Fessler, Director of Retail for select ReStore locations in Chicagoland area. If Goodwill and Home Depot had a baby. Kay discovers a win win win win win (5 wins). Facelifts for old furniture. The benefits of mis-measured doors and windows. Saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

About ReStore: ReStore sells new and gently-used home improvement goods, furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. The proceeds are used by local Habitat for Humanity affiliates to help build and renovate more homes and communities.

In a nutshell: Before you go to a home improvement store, go to ReStore first.  

Mentioned in this episode:

• Habitat for Humanity ReStore 
• Shop ReStore
• Habitat International

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SCARCE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.

Follow us on facebook and instagram @EarthChatsPod.

Earth Chats podcast is a production of SCARCE Environmental Education.
Produced by Louise Kelly
Music by Louise Kelly
Sound production by Bella Rose

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