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Limitless Reuse The concept of reusing is as limitless as your imagination… When some item around the home falls apart, is not worth repairing and is destined for the landfill… take a quick moment to look it over first. You might find the doors of a cabinet have decent hinges, handles, magnets that can be removed with a screwdriver. Even legs and wheels from furniture can be removed and reused. Screws, bolts and washers… these are all worth saving too. Handles from pots and pans can come in handy for fashioning custom tools, or they can be used to make a storage box easy to carry; attached to the back of a cupboard they become something handy to drape your rubber gloves on.  These various parts can easily be organized and stored in clear plastic containers of various appropriate sizes (wash and reuse containers from the kitchen, i.e. peanut butter, mayonnaise, etc.). Over the years you may find that the button jar has gotten full, or you can’t fit another hinge in th...

Quote of the Day © BrummetMedia.ca "For the sake of future generations,  we must collect and study the wild and weedy relatives  of our cultivated plants  as well as domesticated vegetables.  These sources are dangerously neglected.  The future will not be so tolerant.  We cannot afford to ignore any source of the gene pool."  ~ Jack R. Harlan, Professor Emeritus ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Recommended Resources International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives is a global organizations where members network and build connections with governments addressing everything from urbanization and climate change to ecosystem degradation. Hosting numerous events to exchange knowledge, ideas and inspiration. Pollution Probe researches, promotes and presses for practical solutions and representing the general public's concern for clean air and water.  Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society acts as a voice for the wilderness. Canada, having 25% of the worlds remaining wilderness forests, has strong support from its members.  ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Quote of the Day © BrummetMedia.ca "The one small garden of a free gardener  was all his need and due,  not a garden swollen to a realm;  his own hands to use,  not the hands of others to command."  ~ Sam McGee of 'Lord of the Rings' by J.R. Tolken ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~