Garden and Yard News
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10 things we should clean regularly
Here is a list of 10 items, or categories, that need to be cleaned regularly and are often neglected:Those wonderful green, reusable shopping bags which, if we do not wash them… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (13 days ago) 7 comments -
Bat populations in the U.S. plummet
My neighbor's barn loft was once host to more than 3,000 bats. At dusk they would swarm out in a great river, riding low over the fields to feed, then disperse upward to capture… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (39 days ago) 6 comments- Definitions
- Conservation
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Five easy ways to avoid harmful chemicals
"Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us." Henrik TikkanenThere are so many harmful pollutants in our environment that we have little, immediate,… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (46 days ago) 5 comments -
10 ways to recycle 1000 mugs
A website called, How Can I Recycle This, asks the question: "How do I recycle 1000 mugs?" Super Eco has some suggestions. Well, here goes: Drill a hole in the bottom of each mug… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (100 days ago) 5 comments- Definitions
- Local, Recycling, Glass, Plastic, Zero waste, Reuse, Upcycling
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Environmental risks are "grossly underestimated" says cancer panel.
Created by an act of Congress in 1971, the President's Cancer Panel is charged with monitoring the National Cancer Program and reports directly to the President in a report every… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (109 days ago) 2 comments- Definitions
- Water, National, Food, Lead, Pollutants, Formaldehyde, Air, Carcinogens, Exposure, Plastic, Regulatory, Public, Benzene
- Products
- Water
- Web News
- environmentalhealthnews.org
, Yahoo! Green , The Daily Green , WebMD Health
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Super Eco reads: Edible Estates
Have we convinced you yet that there are better things to do with the water, equipment, fuel, energy and pesticides that go into maintaining a traditional lawn? If we haven't, add… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (116 days ago) 4 comments- People
- Michael Pollan
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- Organic, Sustainable, Pesticides, Water
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Besieged Monarch Butterflies need our help
Like a whisper, the little Monarch butterfly weighs in at .026 oz. The Monarch is small but mighty. The miraculous thing about this butterfly, is that it will travel approximately… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (150 days ago) 0 comments- People
- Sting
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- Land, Public
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Super Eco flicker group contest "Green Run Amok"
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still" Dorothea Lange "Photography is a small voice at best but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them,… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (154 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Green Hour, Biodiversity
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Natural flea and tick remedies
The beginning of April is about the time that I start to plan my tick and flea avoidance strategy for the year. There are so many downsides--for the environment, us and our… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (156 days ago) 3 comments -
Guerrilla gardeners, liberating neglected margins
The term "Guerrilla gardening" has its roots in the neglected margins of Manhattan. In 1973, Liz Christy and her Guerrilla gardeners founded New York City's first community garden… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (163 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Victory Garden, Vermiculture, Sustainable, Soil erosion
How to join the Canvolution
TestEquipment on 26 ways to save energy in the kitchen