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Wrapping up the old year | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted on: Monday, December 4, 2006

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
 Wrapping up the old year

Advertiser Staff

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Here's one way to have a "green" Christmas: Save space in our landfill by creating gift bags from old calendars. Learn how to make a Once Upon a Time gift bag at a workshop, noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, at The Green House in Pauoa Valley. Cost is $8.

Other eco-friendly workshops that day include one on how to create a compost pile and another on how to make a solar dehydrator to dry fruits and vegetables. To register: 524-8427 or thehawaiigreenhouse@hawaiiantel.net.

— Zenaida Serrano



SAVE THE CRITTERS



PETS DON'T COME IN GIFT-WRAP

The International Fund for Animal Welfare urges gift givers to consider the following before giving an animal to a loved one this holiday season:

  • Caring for a pet is a lifelong commitment. Don't assume your loved one wants or will accept that responsibility.

  • Choosing a pet is a personal experience that requires discovering which pet is a good match for the adopter's preferences, lifestyle, personality and environment, as well as a good match for the pet.

  • Pets are sentient beings, not objects for display on a shelf. They deserve love and respect.



    FINAL WORD

    "There can be peace within us when we make the right, even if not popular, decision."

    — Joseph M. Champlin | author of "Take Five: One Hundred Meditations to De-Stress Your Days"
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