Oh You Lucky Green North Carolinians...

Green Boss recently forwarded a little tidbit to me and I guess you could say I'm a slightly green with envy.

Who has been to this fabulous place and was it everything you had ever dreamed, and more?

The Scrap Exchange
Celebrating 16 years of Creative Reuse
548 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
phone 919-688-6960 fax 919-688-2792

I remember going the Boston Children's Museum which has a similar set up; it was every little sculpture artist's dream. Incidentally, the Boston Children's Museum is now going for its LEED certification by incorporating the following elements into its new addition:

• Green roofs on the new addition
• Storm water reclamation to reduce run-off into Fort Point Channel
• New infrastructure and fixtures to increase building efficiency
• Recycled, local, and low-emitting building materials

The Ins and Outs of Arts and Crafts Supplies

Specialized Information Services, a division of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health has developed a new website, Keeping the Artist Safe, focusing on the hazards of arts and crafts materials.

This site provides links to evaluated sites focusing on a variety of topics such as schools and art materials, information on specific art materials, standards for art materials, and regulations and policies.

Portions of this website are also available in Spanish.