Turn off the electronic gadgets and make a date to get out into nature with the free Garden Green Hour, a weekly outing at Wahiawa Botanical Garden that runs from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through Dec. 10. And join in the outdoor activities; 621-5463.

SAVE THE PLANET

BRING YOUR OWN TAKEOUT CONTAINER

Eco-friendly lunch boxes are not just for the keiki. Ted Baker of Manoa read our story about The Early School's green lunch boxes and shared his solution: a three-section round plastic container with lid by Sterilite (No. 5) at Longs. He found his favorite plate lunch fit perfectly into the reusable container. It took a few days for the folks behind the lunch counter to get comfortable with Baker's lunch box, "but now they're all well-trained and I get the same fill-up as the next guy/gal. No foam, no plastic utensils and no plastic bag."

— Paula Rath

SAVE THE PLANET

"Canada's water supply is threatened because we pollute it and because we are over-extracting. It's threatened in northern Alberta because we are destroying the water table to produce energy for the United States."

Maude Barlow , Canadian activist, just-appointed senior adviser to the United Nations