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Home My WebLink AboutNCS000423_Outreach Log Youtube_20220210Title - original post date 5 Surprising Ways you may be ontriubting to Water P011utio: water�r can str and what to do Pet waste, lawncare, oil, car washing, stormwater pollution instead - 12/17/21 instead-434727645941 Learn how your neighborhood can make a local environmental impact, and hear from Mandy Smith -Thompson, Environmental Educator, about the City of Concord's commitment to the Mayor's Monarch Pledge. She also discusses: Neighborhood -How to attract birds & butterflies to your property Birds & Butterflies -Actions we can take to support monarch butterflies & other pollinators -11/15/21 -Environmentally safe gardening and landscape practices Youtube or Medium Youtube or Views as of Medium Reads Medium 1112/21 as of 1/13/22 Medium 23 16 !Youtube 143 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Right - In this video, City of Concord environmental education specialist, Mandy Smith -Thompson, shares tips and strategies for reducing waste and recycling right in the City of Concord, NC. 1113121 Learn more at concordre.gov/environmental education and coneordnc.gov/solidwaste Youtube 8 Choose Native Plants-9/16Y[1 Native plants, water conservation, ecosystem services https://concordenvironmentaled.medium.com/choose-nativeplants-27dfdd615687 129 82 Some Practical Ideas for Reuse at Home - 8131121 Reuse and waste reduction at home https'Hconcordenv'ro entaled medium com/some-pmct cal- deas-for- e-at-home-635eda4311 of Medium Remember to Recycle Right - 5/13/21 https://www.voulube.com/watch?v=DJDt6Dx8Yzc Youtube Never dispose of motor oil (or anything else) in a storm drain. Storm drains lead to bodies of water. Learn more about storm drains and runoff at http://conmrdne.gov/stormwater Just one drop of oil can contaminate one million drops of water. Gil damages bird feathers, creating openings that allow water and air to reach birds' skin. Remember to repair leaking vehicles. You can recycle used motor oil at most retailers. Proper Oil Do not place motor oil containers in your curbside recycling container. These belong in the trash. Disposal - 211/21 Recycle used motor and cooking oil at the Cabarrus County Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Learn more at Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Right for This video was created for teachers to use with 2nd grade students in Concord, NC as they teach the following social studies standard: 2.G.2 Understand the effects of humans Elementary interacting with their environment. 2.G.2.1 Give examples of ways in which people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs. 2.G.2.2 Explain how Students - 112512, people positively and negatively affect the environment. Youtube It's Time to Stop Bagging Your Recycling 1115121 Recycling, contamination, waste reduction httos//concordenvironmentaled medium om/ns-time-to-stopdrygein - - ecvcline-64c584edc46e Medium 87 Recycling Got You Confused? - 1/7121 Recycling, economics, waste reduction mentaled.medium. rclan of o d 137cee Medium 123 Reducing the waste we create in our homes and businesses is important for protecting the environment. This video explains how waste reduction helps all of Concord save money, too. Here are some tips to successfully reduce waste in your life: 1. The first step is to take a serious look at the kind of waste you or your business are/is creating, then come up with a plan! 2. Next, consider ways to reduce waste from its source, i.e. choose less packaging at the store, take your own bag or ask your vendors to send supplies in reusable containers and consider taking them back to refill next time. Can you find a creative use for the waste you cant avoid generating? What about an organization that can use your waste materials? 3. Donate unwanted but still good items. 4. Reuse your own or choose second-hand items whenever possible. 5. Learn about composting food and yard waste and start a compost pile. 6. Reducing Waste Recycle the right way. Download the CARTology app and visit concordnc.gov/solidwaste 7. Make use of Cabarrus County Government's Household Hazardous Waste Facility for hhw Saves Money, Too generated at home. 8. 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Here are some tips on how to do just that: NI7 Natural Resources and Waste Reduction - 9/1/20 Native Milkweed - 8128/20 1Donate still -good items you no longer want. Z Purchase pre -loved clothing and home furnishings when possible. 3. Start a home compost pile to turn food waste and lawn & garden trimmings into a valuable soil amendment product. Learn more here https://composting.ces.ncsu.edu/home-... 4. Repair broken or damaged items when you can. 5. Repurpose- find a new use for something old. 6. Release the idea that you have to have to replace things as they age. If it's still good, why not keep it in use? 7. Recycle RIGHT! Putting the wrong things in can cause contamination, which we want to avoid. To learn more, download the CARTology app (free in Google Play and Apple stores) or visit hitos'//www concordnc.gov/Departments Native milkweed like this Asclepias tuberose* (commonly called butterfly weed or pleurisy root) is vital to the survival of monarch butterflies, a species whose populations have experienced steep declines over the last 20 years. They serve as host plants for the monarch's caterpillars which means they are the only plants the caterpillars can eat and the only plants on which adults will lay their eggs. Milkweed flowers also produce nectar for adult monarchs and other important pollinating insects. These plants make great landscape plants because they attract butterflies AND because of their pretty blooms and ability to survive in the soils and rainfall our area naturally provides. These and other native plants dont need to be watered after they first year when they've had the chance to get established. Native milkweed can be found via Concord Wildlife Alliances biannual plant sales, the Cabarrus Extension Master Gardeners' annual Herb and Plant Festival, UNCC Botanical Gardens' biannual plant sales as well as at local nurseries. If you cant find it at your favorite nursery - ask them to consider keeping these and other native plants in stock. Learn more about: Monarch butterflies at https://w ..mridwildlife.org/species... Asclepias tuberose (butterfly weed) at https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/as... Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) at https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/as... Asclepias incarnate (swamp milkweed) at https://plants. u.edu/plants/as... *Scientific names are important when discussing plants, since they are often referenced by different common names. There is only one scientific name, and it an help reduce confusion when discussing specific plants. Youtube 12 Youtube 2091 Pet waste left on the ground is carried by min water into our lakes, creeks, streams and rivers. It contains E. toll bacteria (which can make water unsafe for swimming) and nitrogen and Pet Waste - 8118/20 phosphorus (which harms aquatic wildlife). Don't let your best friend become clean water's worst enemy! Remember to pick up after your pet. Youtube How pet waste, yard waste & fertilizers pollute Through a biological process called eutrophication, pet waste, yard waste & fertilizers can become water pollution after a rain. In this video I'll explain the process and how we can keep our water it from happening in Concord. Only rain down the storm drain. Youtube It's hard to imagine how much of an impact humans collectively going about their daily lives can have on thesetiny aquatic critters or how common they once were in Concord streams. Now, 50%of freshwater mussels in the state are either endangered, threatened or species of special concern. The way freshwater mussels "fiber feed;' or siphon food particles (and oxygen) from water makes them particularly susceptible to water pollution from humans. This makes them "indicator species" whose presence (or absence) and population health can signify the quality of the water in a particular stream. Because of development, stormwater runoff, tree removal, agriculture and road construction, we have dirtied their water and Freshwater otherwise degraded their habitat. The way we use land matters to us and to wildlife great and small. Learn steps to reduce stormwater runoff and pollution at home https:Hwww. mussels and us - cordnc.gov/Departments... Learn more about the Carolina Creekshell and otherfreshwater mussels, visit https://www.nmildlife.org/Learning/S... Learn more about how to minimize 6130/20 impacts that threaten their habitats https://www.ncwildlife.org/Leaming/S... Learn more about the freshwater mussel life cycle https://wwmnewildlife.org/Learning/S... Youtube Grass clippings, leaves, fertilizers and even pet waste are all high in nitrogen and phosphorus. Rain water can easily carry these from the pavement, through the storm drainage system, Grass in the street to Concord lakes, creeks, streams and rivers to deplete dissolved oxygen and harm aquatic wildlife. So, keep this stuff out of the street, and pick up after pets. Only rain down the storm -6126120 drain! Youtube What to do with plastic bags - 6/76/20 Plastic bans can be recycled. but not in your curbside recvcling cart. Hares whv. Youtube 123 The storm drain and the stream - Do you know where storm drains lead to? If not, you're not alone. We'll discuss in this video. and I'll share what you can do if you witness illegal dumping into storm drains. Help keep our 611/20 local bodies of water and aquatic habitats pollution free. Only rain down the storm drain. Learn more at http://concordnc.gov/stormwater Yout The Waste Wizard You y have heard about the CARTology Cabarrus Concord & Kannlpolis NC sop for collection day reminders. but what about my favorite part of the aDo -the Waste Wizard? Get - 5/26/20 started here: httos://concordnc_gov/whatsmvdav Youtube 153 The storm drainage system is design- to get water out of our city when it rains, channeling it into nearby bodies of water. The storm drainage systems is not designed to clean the water. In order to keep our water clean, we must take special care not to pollute the storm water and our lakes, creeks, streams and rivers. So, what can you do about it? Pick up after your pet. Wash vehicles in the lawn or at a car wash. Only use outdoor chemicals as a last rosort and always according to the label. Keep leaves, grass clippings and Only Rain Down loose dirt out of the street. 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