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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Most students choose to get a haircut because of the hot weather or to change their hairstyle. On Thursday, University of Florida students chose to get a haircut to help the environment. On a sunny and hot summer day at the Plaza of the Americas, about 20 UF students...
There’s a bin full of hair at Maple Leaf’sWild Root Salon that’s heading for an oil spill. The hair salon and day spa, at 8814 Roosevelt Way N.E., is one of thousands across the country that is gathering hair to make into oil containment booms through Matter of Trust,...
By Christy Barritt GREENBRIER Hair today, oil-absorbing sponge tomorrow. One local spa and salon is showing citizens who live hundreds of miles away from Louisiana’s coast can help with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Natural Elements Spa and Salon, 717...
Lawton- The oil-spill crisis is heading into its fifth week and no one seems to know how long it will continue. Each day thousands of gallons of crude continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Across the country and right here at home, people armed with scissors are...
Fundraiser tonight will help raise money for their green plans TATAMAGOUCHE – Two businesses in Tatamagouche want to raise awareness of environmental stewardship by incorporating as many eco-friendly practices in their daily operations as possible. But greening...
