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Bismarck hair clippings being sent to help with Gulf oil spill cleaning – June 2010
Hair may be a solution. The Hair Academy is collecting its hair clippings to send to New Orleans to be used in booms to sop up oil in the Gulf. “Everyone was very excited, very willing to help,” said Kelli Folk, who brought the idea to her teacher. “Even our clients...
Hair today, saving the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow – June 2010
Grant Wittevrongel recently travelled all the way from his home in Transcona to Portage Avenue just to get his hair cut at Lyla’s Family Affair hair salon. Wittevrongel’s hair will soon be traveling even further than he did — all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, in...
Spill project hair-oic – June 2010
Your hair has the power to help to stop the nastiest oil spill in U.S. history from spreading. That fact gave two Barrie residents the hair-brained idea to help mop up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris Kitchen and Cheryl Lago are collecting human and animal...
Hair clippings from Jeannette salon sent to sop up oil spill in gulf – June 2010
Two zebra-patterned brooms sit in the corner of Marcie Hartung's Wink Salon in Jeannette, ready to sweep up clippings for a can labeled "Hair for oil project — no garbage."The specially marked trash can has been propped on a stool for two weeks, ever since Hartung...
SF Gate – Why is BP turning away natural oil-cleanup materials being offered for free?
Hair booms may not be pretty, but they work A month and a half later, we’re back to square one with the BP oil spill: BP doesn’t know how to make it stop. I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise when most of the contingency plan it filed was blank pages and bits of...
Springs woman shaves head to help Gulf cleanup – June 2010
Linda McLean knows she can’t go down to Louisiana to personally help save the Gulf. She can’t help save the dying dolphins she’s seen on CNN. She can’t help clean the oil off the birds, although she wishes she could. After suffering three strokes, she is disabled,...
Hair today, saving the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow – June 2010
Grant Wittevrongel recently travelled all the way from his home in Transcona to Portage Avenue just to get his hair cut at Lyla’s Family Affair hair salon. Wittevrongel’s hair will soon be traveling even further than he did — all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, in...
Collecting Hair For Clean Up
As the Gulf oil spill drags into day 42, hair salons around Lansing are doing their part to help out the gulf coast. Salons like the East Lansing's Douglas J Aveda Institute are collecting hair clippings and shipping them off to the non-profit Matter of Trust, where...
What can we do from Wisconsin to help this oil spill?
MADISON (WKOW) -- It's the biggest oil spill in history, and it's got many on the coast rushing to help out. But here at home, many are feeling a helpless feeling: not knowing where to start when looking for ways to help out. Deerfield resident Ken Roh feels the...
Talk of the Town: Orhan’s ecological effort cut short – June 2010
AS THE Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues, frantic attempts are being made to protect the coast. One of the ideas floated by San Francisco charity Matter of Trust was the use of human hair stuffed into stockings. The fibre-recycling organisation uses these natural...