Raven's Mud Project - earth friendly is human friendly

RMP recently donated three refurbished laptops to some students at Jeremiah Rhodes Middle School, and later we gave three desktops to three other students. Here are some letters of thanks from the students who won the drawing, and RMP is humbled by their thanks and their hopes. These young people want to learn and they have plans for their futures and support from their families.

Folks -

1. Tell the State Environmental Agency to Pass Strong Rules on Producer TakeBack

The Texas environmental agency is seeking public comments on the best ways to implement the producer takeback recycling law passed by the Texas Legislature in 2007. It's time for Texans to speak up to make sure that producers offer convenient and responsible recycling programs for consumers. The deadline for official public comment is Monday Feb. 4th.

Click here to send an email to the environmental agency.

Two Dell Latitude c800 laptops are going to those two lucky Rhodes Middle School students of the 60 needing computers. We plan to provide more in the future! Here and here are articles describing the Stand and Deliver Scholastic Aptitude Test program.

I find I have slighted one of the god's great recycling creatures -- not quiet as romantic as Raven, but just as useful. That would be the Dung Beetle. What creature would be a better image of recycling "one dirty piece at a time" than the Dung Beetle. It's earthy recycling practices are surely the reason the Egyptians made the Scarab a sacred image of the god Khepri, who moves the sun from night to dawn -- rolling it, I suppose, like the Dung Beetle does its ball of dung.

This December issue ofNational Geographic contains an article on e-waste in 2007 and its impact on the planet. China is no longer the main recipient of e-waste, but it is moving to poor economies. It shows why we MUST RECYLCE.

See the article on National Geographic Website.

Link to article here.

text quoted here:

Trashed Tech: Where Do Old Cell Phones, TVs and PCs Go to Die?
By Larry Greenemeier

Electronic waste is reaching critical mass, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. The solution? Recycling and toxin-free electrical components

Editor's note: This article is the first of two addressing the problems posed by aging electronic devices entering the waste stream. See also, Laws Fail to Keep up with Mounting E-Trash

Our mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 a year per child. Imagine the potential that could be unlocked by giving every child in the world the tools they need to learn, no matter who they are, no matter where they live, no matter how little they may have.

See this photo essay on the Foreign Policy Website to learn why the Raven's Mud Project does what it does -- in order to avoid inflicting our digital waste on China, Pakistan, or Nigeria.