Leaves
Aug 11This is the week that leaves begin to gently drop from the trees onto our lawns. This is part of the giant recycling system of the earth. The leaves, which consist of carbon, nitrogen and water, will eventually break down into a fine layer of nutrients for your lawn. Despite this great benefit, many Tulsans will rake leaves into plastic bags and put them at the curb for the trash man to take them...
Affluenza
Aug 11I was honored to be the keynote speaker last Friday at the Phi Theta Kappa honors seminar at TCC west campus. The two day conference dealt with a very heady topic of affluence and the choices and consequences of these actions. The sessions dealt with what happens when citizens get in over their head trying to “keep up with the Jones’.” I titled my speech “Seven Effects of Highly Habitual...
Non-Point
Aug 11The Arkansas River is such an incredible environmental asset to Tulsa County. It connects many communities as a green belt of water and natural space. Our river is beautiful and natural, and it shines in comparison to the man-made concrete channels in Oklahoma City and San Antonio. But many of us unknowingly do little things that add pollutants to the river. Some of the biggest pollutants in the...
More Recycling
Aug 11There has been a lot of talk lately about adding more recycling to Tulsa area residential customers. There have been plenty of public hearings and a few stories in the local news. These stories have me excited and optimistic about the proposed changes, but also worried about how some people seemed opposed to any change. The city is looking for someone to build a processing facility large enough...
Tree Trimmers
Aug 11All this week I have been obsessed with trees. One of the reasons is my wife works at Up with Trees, but the main reason is that our local power company has been in my backyard removing anything near their power lines. One point in buying this house was because of the beautiful trees. I understand their reasons for chopping down eight mature trees and mangling another half dozen. Trees interfere...
Litter 2009
Aug 11I just don’t understand why people litter. There are trash cans everywhere including right in front of most buildings they enter or exit. Every time I stop my car, there is a trash can nearby. I see trash cans in the parks, trash cans along the trails and trash cans at the car wash. Yet some people must be blind to where the trash cans are. When they have trash, they somehow think the...
