We have all read or heard news stories about the Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill... The effects of this disaster will be HUGE, but there are ways we can be involved in making a difference. Today's post is about highlighting ways we can all get involved in the clean up effort....
What an Awesome Idea! Get Your Local Salons Involved...
Matter of Trust, a non-profit organization that invites salons, pet groomers and the folically blessed to send discarded hair trimmings to be used in highly absorbent hair mats and booms. According to their website, "Hair is very efficient at collecting oil out of the air, off surfaces like your skin and out of the water, even petroleum oil." Hair is adsorbant (as in "clings to" unlike absorbant which is to "soak up.") There are over 370,000 hair salons in the US and each collects about 1 pound of hair a day. Right now, most of that goes into the waste stream, but it should all be made into hairmats." - Phil McCrory, inventor and stylist
Stylists and barbers are generously mailing in hair clippings to us and excited about this program and cleanup of oil spills. For more information and Salon sign up, please click here. Salons are sweeping up their hair clippings into plastic garbage bags, reusing the large boxes they get from shampoo deliveries and mailing us the hair. As well as for emergency oil spills, the mats are extremely efficient for drip pans during oil changes or under leaky cars, machinery, pipelines, even as booms for storm drains. Hair can also be stuffed into tubes (booms) made from recycled nylons, tied together to surround and contain a spill.
There is currently a great need for nylons... Click here for instructions on how to sign up to donate hair, fur or nylons.
Here are other ways to get involved:
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is looking for volunteers to “fill a variety of needs.” Pre-veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and anyone with HAZWOPER training (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard) are “strongly encouraged” to register.
The National Audubon Society is recruiting volunteers in the fight to save “ecologically sensitive areas.” Visit their website to fill out a volunteer registration form.
These are great opportunities to help... Please consider what you can do to make a difference!
Sources: Matter Of Trust
MSNBC
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