Host Sisters In Hera, East Timor - Odete, Esme, Elizabeth & Felizarda

Dear Readers, Did you know you could make a real difference in the lives of people in the developing country of East Timor by donating your old cell phone for a Peace Corps volunteer’s project?

Your cell phone could help fishermen market their catch, a mother call for help in an emergency and let families communicate that wouldn’t ordinarily get that chance.

East Timor has excellent (and cheap) cell phone service as many developing countries do because land line service doesn’t exist in most areas. They also have a thriving local business converting old cell phones to work locally.

I didn’t pick East Timor at random, as you might suspect.

My daughter Elizabeth is a Peace Corps volunteer in the middle of her two year tour of duty there and she got the idea to collect old cell phones from an Australian couple she works with.

If you’d like to recycle your old cell phone in this unique way, send your phone and charger in a padded envelope to: Cell Phones for East Timor, Elizabeth Hess, 6110 Chatham Glenn Way, Harrisburg, PA 17111-4269.

Thank you for helping to make this project a success!

-- David E. Hess

Session Schedule

The Senate and House return to session on November 21. The House session schedule for the remainder of the year looks like this: November 21, 22 and December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14.

On the Hill

· On the Senate/House Agenda

· House Environmental Committee To Consider Legislation to Increase Penalties

· Bills Moving in Senate/House

· DEP Outlines Energy Policies/Projects to House Environmental Committee

· Bills Introduced

Other News

· $14.4 Million in Watershed Restoration Grants Announced

· Next Round of Watershed Grant Applications Due March 3

· Chesapeake Bay Shows No Improvement Over Last Year

· DEP Extends Public Comment Period on Nutrient Trading Policy

· Property Management for Cleaner Streams Workshops November 29, 30

· PA Rural Water Association Annual Conference March 21-24

· EPA Releases Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2005

· DEP Announces $5.9 Million in Energy Harvest Grant Awards

· Exelon Sold 1 Million+ Megawatt-Hours of Wind Energy, Gathers Honors

· Limerick Generating Station Achieves ISO 14000 Environmental Certification

· Alternative Energy Theme of 2006 Goddard Forum Set for January

· Graduate and Undergraduate Research Fellowships Announced by EPA

· Seven of 10 Open Space Funding Ballot Questions Pass in Pennsylvania

· PA CleanWays Releases Results of Six-County Illegal Dump Survey

· Penn State Newspaper Recycling Effort Raises Scholarship Funds

· RecycleMania Hits College Campuses in New EPA Recycling Competition

· Remember To Wear Orange Whether Hunting or Hiking This Deer Season

· Game Commission Opens New Online Hunting/Trapping Photo Scrapbook

· 2006 Trout/Salmon Stamp Products Now Available Online

· Andrew McElwaine Leaving PA Environmental Council

· Nicholas Selected as Wild Resource Conservation Director

· HELP WANTED – PRC Seeks Educator

Feature

· Important Bird Areas, Kittatinny Ridge Project Protect Habitat Areas

Go To: PA Environment Digest Calendar Page

11/18/2005