HGT Magazine #102 November/December 2019

GALE FORCE INDOOR CYCLE
celebrating local
independently owned businesses
Meet Amber Payton of Amber’s Spa
Amber’s Spa believes everyone deserves a little pampering now and then.
A relaxing massage, a soothing facial or pretty manicure or pedicure can
lift your spirits when you need a pick-me-up.
Amber’s Spa has developed a regular clientele as its services become better
IN SANDSPIT known through promotions of the business by the Love Haida Gwaii IN TLELL
K’IL LLNAGAAY program.
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Gale Force Indoor Cycle, Haida Gwaii’s first and only boutique indoor
Recently, Amber has added the Bio Sculpture product line to her nail
fishing related. Located in one of the best fishing meccas around
cycle studio. With a myriad of classes to suit varying levels of fitness,
care services and is certified as a Bio Sculpture technician. She notes
the globe, this quaint little shop packs a healthy stock of fly and
there’s something for absolutely everyone. Spin cycling is known to
that the Bio Sculpture gel is the only gel product in Canada with a 5-star
conventional gear, as well as outdoor clothing, giftwares and local
get participants hooked; from the energizing music and social buzz,
safety
to
rating and is only available on Haida Gwaii at Amber’s Spa. The
crafts. Be sure the big ones don’t get away with top-notch rods,
the exhilarating experience of released endorphins, Gale Force Indoor
LED curing light used for Bio Sculpture cures the nail gel in 30 seconds
reels, lures and bait- Tlell River Fly and Tackle utilizes high quality
Cycle delivers exercise like no other. If you’ve never attended a spin
as opposed to the 2 minute curing time of other curing lights, making it a
fishing gear that will ensure a great day on the water. Stop by the
class 604 before, First don’t Avenue let your nerves get the best of you! A healthier,
safer and quicker process.
shop and check out their plentiful display of supplies today!
fitter Queen you is just Charlotte, one decision BC away!
250.640.8741
Amber’s Spa offers a full menu of spa services that will give you the lift and
Email: ahorwood@shaw.ca
the extra confidence you need or just a little boost of happiness in your
509 Beach Road • Sandspit K’il Llnagaay week. Indulge a little or get a full, 40717 head-to-toe Hwy 16 • pampering Tlell Tll.aal at Amber’s Spa.
778-268-4253 • startyourroadtofit@gmail.com
250-557-2030 • tlell_islander@yahoo.ca
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in Queen Charlotte
Meet Gail Russ of
Nanaay’s LNT Bakery in Skidegate
Welcome to Nanaay’s LNT Bakery, we are located at 472 Skidegate
Heights in beautiful Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. We offer fresh home
baked bread daily, with your choice of white, whole wheat or seven
grain. Also available are delicious dinner buns (white, whole wheat
or seven grain), cinnamon buns with your choice of butter cream or
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16039 Tow Hill Road Email: • Gail.Russ@gov.bc.ca
Masset
BlacktailHaidaGwaii@gmail.com • 1-604-762-5742
250-626-9784 • lotsafun@beachcabins.com
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Planetary Management
Let’s Use Our Plastics
by Craig Carmichael
It has been just half a century since plastics started
to become common in various products. Now, plastic
waste has become one of the most serious global
environmental problems. Yet there seem to be very
good ways to tackle the problem at local levels. All over
the world, people are putting plastic into waffle irons
or other heaters and melting it into solid floor tiles,
driveway paving tiles, and other useful items. YouTube
videos can be found with a variety of ideas about smallscale
plastic re-purposing.
Some innovators have put designs for plastic recycling
and manufacturing on the web. Especially valuable,
PreciousPlastic.com has CAD-CAM (Computer Aided
Design and Manufacturing) part designs that can be
downloaded to produce low-cost plastic shredders,
extruders, injection molding machines, compression
machines, and other useful plastic processing
machines. One can make plastic “boards,” fence posts,
blocks and sheets, as well as more refined products.
I myself would like to take all those clear plastic food
containers and turn them into greenhouse panes
or ‘corrugated’ panels. Why pay a fortune for newly
manufactured polycarbonate greenhouse sheets with
this resource lying around everywhere?
Home-grown efforts to reduce plastic waste are already
happening here on Haida Gwaii. Masset teacher Dan
Schulbeck and students at Gudangaay Tlaats’gaa Naay
Secondary School have built a machine that processes
some types of plastic into diesel. When enough diesel
is created, this resourceful and creative group of local
innovators will use the diesel to power a stove for
distilling salt water into salt for seasoning food. The
salt will be infused with herbs grown in the school
greenhouse before being sold to the public. Proceeds
from salt sales will then be used to help fund various
projects encouraging Haida Gwaii residents to be less
dependent on plastic products (e.g. making cloth bags
for grocery shopping).
To re-purpose plastic, it must first be sorted into
appropriate types. The easiest sorting method, of
course, is for willing residents to sort their plastic
contributions into well marked receptacles. However,
there are also clever ways to sort plastics if necessary.
Some of them float in water, while others sink. Some
will float in saltwater.
If you burn wood, the best way to dispose of them
is thus simply to throw them into your wood stove
as fuel or put them into a bonfire.
Home Plastic Elimination Tip: Polyethylene and
polypropylene (PE, LDPE, HDPE, UHMW(- PE), PP) are
two of the most common plastics, used in disposable
products such as plastic bags, food containers,
greenhouse plastic, as well as ropes and netting. These
plastics represent the greatest amount of plastic waste
taking up space in landfills. But both of them are
hydrocarbons that burn more cleanly than gasoline,
producing mostly water and carbon dioxide. If you burn
wood, the best way to dispose of them is thus simply to
throw them into your wood stove as fuel or put them
into a bonfire. They burn hot, so be careful not to put in
too much at a time. A plastic bag of wood shavings is a
great way to light a fire, without spilling wood shavings
around near the stove.
It seems the more one looks for information, plastic can
be less of a problem and more of an opportunity.
If anyone would like to receive notifications of news
and events related to this topic, I can be reached at 250-
532-8574, 250-559-7735, or email craig@saers.com
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