Dear Friends--More on urban chickens (and bees!) from the Fostering Sustainable Behavior Listserv <[email protected]>. Checkout the links in the following two e-mails. Tom #1:
Hi John, There are a number of towns and cities in Maine that have decided to allow the keeping of chickens. Recently a 10 year old got the City of South Portland to change its regulations. Here is a link to an article: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=132313&ac=PHnws and a link to the family's website: http://www.sailzora.com/SoPoChickens.htm And if you Google 'south portland maine chickens" you will get a number of other links to stories. Maybe you need to recruit a 10 year old! ;-) Best of luck, Marianne DuBois Maine Department of Environmental Protection UnitedStates www.maine.gov/dep #2: The City of Cleveland just today (!!) legalized urban chickens. Councilman Joe Cimperman introduced the legislation and the Ohio State University agricultural extension oficer here has been working hard to get public support. I know there has been some fear, but also lots of excitement. Both of them might be willing to discuss their experience. Today's news article is here: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1233653414210720.xml&coll=2 Good luck! Toni Thayer Preterm United States ****************************************** Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 (Last updated 12-22-08.) http://www.facebook.com/129295929#/home.php (Last updated 1-14-09.) Compost Educator and Sustainability Scion Buy products in glass, not plastic! Recycle all of your glass bottles. The percentage of PET recycled is declining. PET Recycling Rages Graph Source: National Association for PET Container Resources, American Plastics Council Note: 39% of plastic recycled in 2003 was PET. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
