Super Eco

Judith Meskill

Member since 09/04/2008

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Features I Like

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  Feature How to plant a no-mow lawn

  I positively love the idea of a weekend without mowing! We have a particularly ticklish lawn to mow, lots of levels and slopes and even an abandoned mill-race thrown in for good… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (276 days ago) 4 comments

  Definitions

  Allergens, Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, Water

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  Feature How to support your local pollinators

  Since it seems that industrialized agriculture may well be responsible for the decline in the US honeybee population, it is more important than ever to support wild honeybees and… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (291 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, Pesticides

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  Feature How to make art, not garbage

  Having been raised by a mother who saved everything and liked to make something from nothing, it is no surprise that as an artist, collage was my first medium. I am not alone in my… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (308 days ago) 1 comment
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  Feature How to share your Earth Day memories

  “The earth is what we all have in common.”Wendell Barry“The best investment on earth is earth.” Louis J. Glickman“Whether he is an artist or not,… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (324 days ago) 0 comments

  Definitions

  Earth Day

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  Feature How to buy fair trade teas

  Shen Nung, the second emperor of China could not have realized the—quite literal—worldwide stir that he would be causing when he let those first lovely little leaves of… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (340 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Fair trade, Organic, Fair wage

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  Feature How to green your laundry care

  Dry cleaning does not necessarily prolong the life of your clothing. In fact, over dry cleaning and unnecessary laundering of clothing can wear out your clothing faster. Here are… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (346 days ago) 7 comments
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  Feature How to make great vegetarian soup stock

  I have always felt that first rate soup should stir the imagination as well as satisfy the appetite. This is my favorite soup stock recipe, it is simple, elegant and I use it as a… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (352 days ago) 2 comments
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  Feature How to overcome environmental despair

  When it comes to the environment, despair and discouragement are luxuries we can no longer afford. Let those who want and need change take a breath and calmly recharge with more… | Read the full article ›

  By Rachael Brownell (354 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Environmental art

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  Feature How to green spring cleaning

  The birds are doing it, feathering their nests, after a bit of tidying up! Spring cleaning is an end of winter ritual where we de-junk, open windows and clean, clean, clean! The… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (358 days ago) 1 comment
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  Feature How to love big green change

  With all of the bad news in the world and the habitual regurgitation of the impossibly grand scale issues that our planet faces, it becomes crucial to embrace the idea of actually… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (359 days ago) 6 comments

News I Like

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  It's getting hot in here

  The heat's on: blogs and bloggers all over the world are steaming up the internet today with posts on climate change and global warming. It's an unavoidable topic—and that's… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (148 days ago) 0 comments

  People

  Sting

  Definitions

  Global warming, Climate change, Carbon footprint, Emissions, Eco-activism

  Web News

  blogactionday.org 

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  A green patio party hit

  Headed to a Fourth of July backyard bash this weekend? You could bring a bowl of fruit salad, or some chips and salsa, or some little knick-knack that's red, white and… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (252 days ago) 0 comments

  Definitions

  Post-consumer recycled, Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Sustainable

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  Feature Disneyland: The Greenest Place on Earth?

  Not quite, but it's getting there. Enough to earn some decent EPA cred, and my reluctant one and a half green thumbs mostly up. So yesterday I descended upon The Happiest Place on… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (253 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Sustainable, Biofuel, Post-consumer recycled, Waste Stream

  Web News

  msnbc.msn.com , disney.go.com , guardian.co.uk: Environment 

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  Anatomy of eco-friendly furniture

  Ahhh—you're finally home at the end of a long day. Time to flip off your shoes, pour a tall one and flop down on the nice, soft VOCs and toxic foam rubber, fabric coatings,… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (274 days ago) 2 comments

  Definitions

  Sustainable, Eco-friendly, Toxicity, Offgassing

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  Bottled beauty: recycled glass jewelry

  It really pumps me up when I get the chance to write on something I really care about—like how we should all be recycling more glass—and then serendipitously find… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (286 days ago) 7 comments

  Definitions

  Recycling, Lead, Phthalate

  Web News

  ecochildsplay.com 

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  What's in your kid's shampoo?

  I dare you to drink your kid's shampoo. Or bubble bath. No, wait! Stop! Not really. You may not want to, and you may not even want it in the house after hearing that a bunch of… | Read the full article ›

  By Karen Murphy (364 days ago) 4 comments

  Companies

  Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

  Definitions

  Toxicity, Formaldehyde, 1,4-Dioxane

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  Government to monitor your backyard garden?

  The headlines may be a bit melodramatic: "Criminalize Organic Farming?" says the one on YouTube, claiming that bills H.R. 875 and S 425, now in committee, are sponsored… | Read the full article ›

  By Sarah Gilbert (367 days ago) 6 comments

  Definitions

  GMO, Organic

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  Create a 100-mile meal

  You've heard about the "eat local" movement, right? Locavores are people who try to eat foods grown locally, supporting local agriculture and economy and soaking up the… | Read the full article ›

  By Karen Murphy (367 days ago) 3 comments
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  Don't brush off VOC-free paint

  The first time most of us took cautions about paint fumes seriously was back when we were admonished not to paint the baby’s nursery while we were pregnant. Since then,… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (370 days ago) 3 comments

  Companies

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Definitions

  VOC, Offgassing

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  Hankies from blankies

  Receiving blankets, those calm-colored soft cotton rectangles usually sold in cheery packs of three, are de rigeuer in every new baby's shower registry. Available in a wide range… | Read the full article ›

  By Sarah Gilbert (376 days ago) 4 comments

  Definitions

  Cotton, Upcycling