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Financial Security Webinar


February 8, 2012

AARP's Financial Security Team will hold a webinar for couples, just a few days shy of Valentine's Day! The webinar, Social Security and Couples, will provide information on Social Security benefits, how benefits may differ depending on whether ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Budgeting, Credit, Debt, Event, Families & Consumers, Family, Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Finances, Management, Money, Reduce Debt, Saving, Wakulla

Financial Security Webinar


February 8, 2012

AARP's Financial Security Team will hold a webinar for couples, just a few days shy of Valentine's Day! The webinar, Social Security and Couples, will provide information on Social Security benefits, how benefits may differ depending on whether ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Budget, Debt, Educational, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Finances, Free, Management, Money, Wakulla, Wakulla Extension, Webinar

Is it time to ban the can? What is BPA?


February 3, 2012

By Shelley Swenson Family & Consumer Sciences Agent Is it time to Ban the Can? What is BPA and should I avoid it? Where is the research to support this concern? Has it been suggested to you through your reading or conversations that ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Bisphenol A, BPA, Cans, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, General Information, Linings, Safe Foods, Sustai, Wakulla

SAVE THE DATE FOR “GREEN” EVENTS


January 27, 2012

By Shelley Swenson, Family & Consumer Sciences Agent, Wakulla County Extension 850-926-3931 Plan to attend two important Green Events: Interested in Green Cleaning products. UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension and Sustainable Big Bend will ... READ MORE

Category: WORK & LIFE
Tags: Cleaning Products, Energy, Energy Saving, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Event, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Green Living, Green Living Expo, Recycle, Sustainable, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Cleaning Solutions, Sustainable Living, Wakulla, Watts

Changes in the Way We Light Our Homes


January 5, 2012

The Green Scene By Shelley Swenson Oh the far reaching effects of our government. Were you aware of the Energy Independence and Security Act which became law in 2007? The law mandated new efficiency standards to be set for appliances which ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bulb, CFL, Changes In The Way We Light Our Homes, Energy, Energy Saving, Environmentally Friendly, Families & Consumers, Fixtures, Fluorescent, How To Choose The Right Light Bulb, LED, Light, Sustainable, Sustainable Living, Watts

Arbor Day 2012


January 1, 2012

Free Trees at Arbor Day Festival Join Wakulla County Extension as we celebrate Arbor Day. January 21st will find the 8thannual Crawfordville Arbor Day celebration – and tree giveaway – at Hudson Park. Starting at 10am on Saturday, more ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Arbor Day, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Event, Families & Consumers, Free, Garden, General Information, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Master Gardener, Park, Sustai, Sustainable Living, Trees, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture

The Green Scene “November”


November 9, 2011

Being Green: The Conservation House At the recent Mighty Mullet Festival, Sustainable Big Bend volunteers and I provided an educational booth featuring simple changes that can be easily made in your home to save energy. It was a great booth ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Community, Conservation, Disasters, Energy Conservation, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FYCS, Green Living, Saving Energy, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Living, The Green Scene, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

The Green Scene “October”


October 10, 2011

Recycling in the Garden Extension Agents often share ideas with each other which can be utilized both on the job and personally. I remember an Escambia Family and Consumer Sciences Agent telling me about a border in their office gardens that ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Community, Conservation, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FYCS, Green Living, Recycling, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Living, The Green Scene, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

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