Brooklyn’s Rising Stars Receive Honors
More than 75 community achievers and volunteers, including five Partner Honorees, received recognition May 7 at the Grand Street Campus Auditorium when St. Nicks hosted the Third Annual Rising Stars Celebration.
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Mayor Bloomberg Announcement
March 10, 2009. Mayor Bloomberg Announcement on Waste from North Brooklyn Now Shipped By Rail. Next Step Forward In Landmark Solid Waste Management Plan. 35 Percent of All City Municipal and Residential Solid Waste is Exported by Rail.
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Green Tip of the Month
Devices like televisions, microwaves, scanners, and printers use standby power, even when off. Some chargers continue to pull small amounts of energy, even when plugged in (a good judge of this is if a charger feels warm to the touch). To avoid paying for these “phantom energy drainers”, use a power strip to turn all devices off at once. Flipping the switch on your power strip has the same effect as unplugging each socket from the wall, preventing phantom energy loss. Studies have found that phantom energy loads account for 5-10% of the total electricity in residential homes and accounts for about 1% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.*
*Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Setting the Record Straight
Many people think that turning something off stops it from using electricity, but many appliances keep consuming energy when they are plugged in but not on.
An easy way to identify products that use standby power is to see if they have a remote control, continuous digital display (like an LED clock on a microwave), use a rechargeable battery, have a soft touch keypad, or have a large block shaped charger.*
*Federal Energy Management Program