When I went to the conference in DC, I had two ideas in mind for my Blueprints. The first was a river-bank clean-up. The Green Team at my former uni has one every semester; they're tons of fun and it's always exciting to see what people can find. Plus you're allowed to keep whatever you find, and there's a contest for the most interesting garbage. The first semester I participated, I found a roll of film and got it developed. I've also excavated a submerged couch, carried a living room back up a cliff, and rolled a 60-pound semi tire several hundred feet up a steep hill.

This Saturday, September 16th, Recycle This! will be hosting an electronics recycling day. Earlier this year they were selected by New American Dream to receive a mini-grant to produce a local buying guide for Brooklyn. Find out more information about how you can recycle your electronics this weekend and/or participate in the local buying guide project. Not from Brooklyn? Check out The New American Dream Community calendar to see more events in your area, or to add your events to the New Dream Community Calendar,