Environmental Information

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Green Tips

Tip #1
A healthy, low maintenance, pesticide free yard is good for your family and the community.　 Fertilizers can contain dangerous chemicals that aren't good for our kids, our pets or our water.　

Find out what your yard really needs by testing your soil.　 For $9 you can collect a soil sample and send it to your local MSU Extension office and they will let you know what nutrients your soil is lacking, for more information, visit the MSU Extension Soil Pages for Consumers.

If you are going to use a fertilizer, make sure that it is organic and that it doesn't contain phosphorous. Phosphorous can wash off your yard and create harmful algae blooms on nearby lakes, rivers and streams.　 Phosphorous free lawn fertilizers can be purchased locally at the Ace Hardware on W. 9 Mile.

Plant native plants.　 Native plants are beautiful, low maintenance and require very little watering.　 For information on what plants are native to the area and where you can purchase them, check out the Wildflower Association of Michigan's website.:

Tip #2
Why You Should Replace Your Light Bulbs with Compact Fluorescents

If every one of 110 million American households bought just one compact fluorescent bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the energy saved would be enough to power a city of 1.5 million people.
Compact fluorescents emit the same light as classic incandescents but use 75% or 80% less electricity.
A $3 swirl pays for itself in lower electric bills in about five months.
Compact fluorescents, even in heavy use, last 5, 7, 10 years.
The single greatest source of greenhouse gases in the United States is power plants–half our electricity comes from coal plants. One bulb swapped out: enough electricity saved to turn off two entire power plants–or skip building the next two.
In terms of oil not burned, or greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads.
Sierra Club is offering these bulbs free of charge to encourage their usage!　 Contact Tiffany at the Sierra Club Office: (248) 549-6213 for details.

For additional information, email the Ferndale Environmental Impact Commission.

The City of Ferndale, Michigan
300 East Nine Mile Road
Ferndale, Michigan 48220
(248) 546-2525

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