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WoBiaBquest trips are self-esteem builders
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Women can and should do anything they want to
do, and the outdoors is the perfect place, Woman
quest Inc. Co-director Jean Vrbka said Tuesday."
Vrbka spoke as part of the "Women in Perspective
series at the Women's Resource Center in the
Nebraska Union. The center is sponsoring the series.
"We (women) have a perception of the world from
the man's point of view," Vrbka said. Young girls, she
said, are programmed to believe they cannot do as
much as boys can do, so the world becomes known
as a male domain.
From grade school to hish school through all
areas of experience from science and physical edu-
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lack of female role models," Vrbka said.
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"The message we get as girl children and as adults
makes a lot of difference In how we come to under
stand ourselves" she said.
For six year, Vrbka designed and led outdoor trips
for emotionally disturbed, disadvantaged and
minority youths through the YWCA. Through this
Nebraska Outdoor Encounter Program, adolescents
learn to experience the outdoors, she said
Last year she began Womanquest Inc., a Lincoln
based program which provides self-esteem-building
experiences for women in classes, workshops and
the outdoors. This winter's agenda includes downhil
and cross country skiing, backpacking and camping
in Wisconsin, Colorado and Texas.
"It provides a chance for women to know and
experience their reality," Vrbka said. A Womanquest
trip is something a woman does for herself, she said,
to improve her feelings about herseil
Vrbka said there are obstacles that women must
overcome in order to improve themselves and that
the outdoor trips can help achieve this goal
Women need to lessen the feelings of guilt they
may have because they are women, she said. "Guilt
immobilizes women before we can get them out in
the woods where they can make a clear choice
(about themselves)."
- Women also need to dismiss th&r fears of innate
inferiority, Vrbka said "It's the original sin of being
born female." . ... ''Y ..
Another fear, which stems from the Idea of taking
an outdoor trip, is that of abandonment. Vrbka said
that husbands, and even female co-workers, can
cause women to feel like they are neglecting their
duties when they go on a camping trip to help them
selves. Women may fear that these people will aban
don them because they have neglected their duties,
she said. Another fear women need to conquer is
that of being abandoned, she said. Husbands, and
even female co-workers, lead women to feel they are
neglecting their duties if they take a camping trip,
Vrbka said.
In addition to spiritual and emotional improve
ment, backpacking Increases a woman's physical
strength. "We feel a strength of affirmation about
our bodies," she said. '
Few men understand that men's and women's
outdoor experiences differ on a deep emotional
level, she said.
The outdoors is important to women because "it
has a very real and very rich history that's been
disregarded, and we've alienated ourselves from it,"
Vrbka said. "We need to dig up some of the stuff
women have done in the past and can do today."
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Composting beHngs a Map of benefits
Autumn leaves are pretty when they're in some
body else's yard. But piling them up and helping
them to decompose brings a "heap" of beauty to next
year's lawn or garden.
Wende Baker of the Small Farms Action Group
said that now is the time to start a compost heap.
She said fallen leaves are one of the best compost
ingredients and that "consistent" fall temperatures
help decomposition get off to a good start before the
weather turns colder.
Baker said composting offers many benefits.
Leaves can be disposed of without increased gar
bage hauling costs to the individual, and compost
ing also reduces costs to the taxpayer for landfUl
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expensive chemical fertiliser, Baker said. The com
post improves the cultivation cf the soil so that it
holds more air and trace minerals.
Well-cultivated soil also holds water longer so
that the nitrogen in the compost is "less likely to
leach out" than the nitrogen produced by anhy
drous ammonia in commerical fertilisers. Baker
said nitrogen in commercial fertilizers is less stable
and can cause a nitrate pollution problem.
Compost is very economical compared with com
mercial fertilizers. Two local lawn and garden stores
said the cost to fertilise 5,000 square feet of lawn
would be between $3.9 and $15. Compost can be
made from free leaves, grass clippings, table scraps
and shredded branches. (Shredding creates more
surface area resulting in quicker decomposition.)
The only real expense in composting is time.
Because compost is made by micro-organisms
that feed on organic material to produce the humus
needed for plants, the pile manager must keep the
compost environment in peak condition. According
to a pamphlet produced by the Small Farms Action
Group, the pile should be kept moist but not soggy
and should be turned about every 10 days.
The pamphlet said temperatures within the pile
can increase to 1C0 degrees during the decomposi
tion process and can result in nitrogen and ammo
nia loss. High temperatures abo can kill the micro
organisms. . - '
Baker said it takes six to eight weeks for a com
post pile to decompose. . The Cnbhed product is
dark, earthy and crumbles in your hand According
to the pamphlet, you should be alls to spread com
post on lawns and girdfias by ChrLtrr.3.
Contact the Small Farms Action Group, 475-5124,
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