ENC Campers show off their re-usable water bottles. Plastic water bottles produced for U.S. consumption take 1.5 million barrels of oil per year (USA Today). That much energy could power 250,000 homes or fuel 100,000 cars for a year.
In roughly the last 10 years, the amount of plastic bottles being recycled increased from about 775 million pounds in 1995 to about 1,170 million in 2005, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
But during the same time period, the amount of PET bottles going into landfills skyrocketed from 1,175 million to 3,900 million pounds. Water bottles are a big part of that problem.
Singing about bubble gum at the log area during snack.
Turgundy made baskets out of recycled paper bags. Most of the kids thought they would make a better hat than a basket.
Cindy took her group into the butterfly house today, to watch the colorful insects help the habitat by pollinating flowers. We can help butterflies by planting native plants!
A California Dogface nectars on Butterfly Mint (Monardella hypoleuca).
A Monarch nectars on Bladderpod (Isomeris arborea).
Creating wrapping paper out of recycled paper.
Orb weaver spiders recycle their webs in the morning by eating them and re-spinning them each evening. It's definitely spider season at the ENC!
Valerie took her group for a walk in search of the skunk that some of us saw early this morning. They saw crayfish instead!
Mr. Dan shows his campers an albino corn snake.
Campers got to touch a California King Snake!
Ms. Kathy read a GIANT book about reptiles, then she gave the kids an opportunity to touch two native California snakes!
This camper is petting our California King Snake.
This camper is petting our rosy boa.
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