Plant Sale Followup

Interested in reducing your household’s kitchen waste with a compost bin or worm bin?  St. Clement’s POWER Grant can help.  Decide what best fits your needs and then purchase the books, materials, or bins and the POWER Grant will reimburse you for ½ the price, up to $45.  Pick up an official St. Clement’s POWER Grant compost coupon in the parish hall, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to a copy emailed to you or simply download one here.  Hurry! -- A source of low cost bins in our area is available at http://www.recycleminnesota.org for the next few weeks. 

Thanks to everyone that stopped by the Parish Plant Sale on Saturday, May 22 to visit, buy plants or talk to the Ramsey County Master Gardeners. Please enjoy a few photos from the event here.

Mark your calendars for the last POWER Grant event, the Waste Free Multimedia Art Fair on Sunday, August 29, 2010.  Start thinking big about what you want to create.  Several workshops will be held this summer to help instruct about art creation using recycled materials.

The composting workshop, materials, and Ramsey County Master Gardeners are provided by St. Clement's One Thing in '10 POWER Grant project. (Partners on Waste Education and Reduction) Grant Project One thing in '10. The grant is part of a program from the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board (SWMCB) to promote household and toxic waste reduction education. Check out more about the PowerGrant Saint Clement's is participating in here . The MN Pollution Control Agency, the Ramsey County Recycling & Trash page and Green Gatherings are all sites that promote the things our PowerGrant is trying to accomplish.  Check out www.RethinkRecycling.com.