Gaia Gang, Get Movin’!!!

May 5, 2010 - Posted by Lee Welles-author

How can we help clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
Call you hair stylist! Call you dog groomer! Start collecting HAIR!
I love it when something we think is “garbage,” can actually be made into something useful!
Watch the video. Visit Matter of Trust to find out how hair can help!

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4 Comments

  1. gaiagirls101 says:

    Wow! That’s a fantastic idea, I never would have thought of using hair. At least we know we can help with oil spils now.

    ... on July May 5th, 2010
  2. juliagulia193 says:

    Wow that is really really neat! That makes a lot of sense though. Hair does collect a lot of oil, and very quickly. Last year in science class we did this project where we made our own oil spills and had to try to figure out how to clean it up. We had a little container of water that our teacher poured oil in and we had to put in a feather to represent a bird, and a little piece of fake fur to be an otter. Then we had to pick our materials to try to clean it up. I grabbed paper towels and dish soap. I grabbed the dish soap because if it gets rid of grease and oil on plates and bowls than it should do something to the water. It did not completely get rid of the oil in the water, but it did get all the oil off of the fur and feather and after I dried them off, they were fluffy and new again! That experiment was reall an eye opener for how didficult it is to effectivly clean up oil spills. I should really tell my science teacher how hair can help too. :)

    ... on July May 8th, 2010
  3. gaiagirls101 says:

    I was going to make a flyer about this to hand out at all my local hair salons. I noticed that people were mailing them in to somewhere. I wanted to know if I could get that address. Also, Iwas thinking and couldn’t you also collect hair from hairbrushes. My hairbrushes collect lots of hair, I have to pull it out and throw it away.

    ... on July May 26th, 2010
  4. Ky says:

    Hmmmm. That’s pretty cool. One of my teachers LOVES the Earth sooo much. I think she would be intrested in that.

    ... on July May 31st, 2010

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