March 19, 1990

 
 

Environmental How-To

 

   

Book Helpful

Protecting Our Environment:
What One Person Can Do

By Heidi Anderson and Cathy
Schofield

by Peter Malacarne

There are a lot of "how to"
books on the market today and this
one has joined that ever growing
list. One of the problems with "how
to" books is that you never can tell
if you can do what they tell you
“how to" do. Protecting the En-
vironment is a yes you can do "how
to" book. Fortunately, the book
keeps the environmental rhetoric to
a minimum and quickly gets down
to the nitty gritty of what you can
do and how to go about it. Also
most of the suggestions do not in-
volve making drastic changes in
one’s way of life. Everyone can do
alittle thing that is "environmental-
ly friendly.

Protecting the Environment is
jammed with a lot of very useful
information that is sound and ac-
curate. All those little bits of infor-
mation we should remember, like
sorting garbage for recycling,
making homemade household
cleaners that are cheaper and just as
effective as store bought cleaners,
or growing attractive plants that

presented are practical and
reasonable. Everyone can find a
least one thing in this book to help
them with some environmental
project or concern.

Here are some suggestions
from the book. Save your plastic
egg cartons for making ice cubes
for the party you’ll probably run
out of ice for. No big deal, and
you'll save a couple of bucks. This
one may take some getting used to:
bring your own shopping bags
when you go shopping instead of
always getting more bags.

Two important quotes: "One
man’s waste is another man’s
resource." and "ATTENTION
APARTMENT DWELLERS! You
too can compost! You can keep a
well ventilated, covered compost
box on a balcony to fertilize potted
plants..."

Vi a
lot of ground and fortunately for us
laypersons it does not go too deeply
into any one area. IT does have a
good, clear listening of information
we all hear or read on a daily basis
but never compile in any useful
format. For those who would want
more in depth information, there
are plenty of phone numbers listed

repel insects etc, are all covered. and organizations mentioned. A
One of the nicer aspects of this worthwhile effort by two Douglas

book is that the alternatives Colle

e students.

     

“ Other Press

 

 

by Michelle Lavallee

 

There are no lyrics enclosed in
the KiLLeR DWakRfS’ third album,
DirTY WeAPOnS. But then, once
you’ve heard "Out of my way, I’m
a-comin’ through,/I know what I
want, and how to get it,” a certain
number of times, it tends to come
by rote.

Not that they didn’t try to im-
bibe this album with some reflec-
tiveness: I think they said
something about following that
dream or something, back
there....But who knows about that
guy Russ, he always sounds so sar-
castic anyway. His tone of voice
reminds me of the wolf’s in Little
Red Riding Hood ("The better to
ogle at you, my dear...")

 

winnie

‘The fact that the band hardly tones
down for the lead singer’s entran-
ces tends to de-emphasize the
lyrics, so I lost interest in them.
With this attitude, I actually started
to appreciate aspects of the album.
Obviously, it isn’t meant for atten-
tive listening ina library booth. The
rhythm is driving but superficially
varied, probably good for dancing
(as opposed to the wild rhythmic
contortions of that annoying guy at
the tap-machine booth next to me,
I might add).

The sonority is satisfying,
though the percussion provides its
only variety. As much as I happen

to like that classic drum-bass-
guitar mix, I find it brutal of the
DWakRfsS to keep to it song after
song. The songwriting is enter-

 

 

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taining but no more adventurous.
I must confess its 70s-heavy-
metalishness brought nostalgia,
though. Of course, any given song
will give you an idea of what it’s
like....

Imagine: steaming gym clas-
ses. People hastily feathering their
hair. Oh man, was that The Bell i
heard? Rows of lockers. A
thought grips you: NO!! NOT
GRADE TEN AGAIN!!

YES!! KiLLeR DWaRfS.
The splendour of grade ten. The
stuff that nightmares are made of.
Perpetually angry. Perpetually
vengeful of sneaky elfin folk:
Don’t try your DIrTY WeAPOnS
on these guys. "I’ll bring you to
your knees!" howls Russ. I quiver
to make my chains clank.