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  From Urban Decay to Farming Heyday

  On the fringes of what was once touted as the "Paris of the West," "Motor City" and "Motown," Detroit's outlying areas have long suffered from profound vacancy issues. … | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (30 days ago) 6 comments

  Definitions

  Victory Garden, Conservation, Biodiversity, Organic

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  Feature How to foster green biodiversity

  In 1894 John Muir wrote: "When California was wild, it was one sweet bee-garden throughout its entire length, north and south, and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (181 days ago) 4 comments
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  REAL Gardens: Why school gardeners reap more than they sow

  Will allowing kids to literally sink their hands into learning in school gardens turn them into illiterate farmhands? According to Caitlin Flanagan in a new article at The… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (231 days ago) 3 comments

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  Victory Garden, Sustainable, Organic, Composting, Locavore

  Web News

  grist.org (1 comment) , grist.org (16 comments) 

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  Real Christmas trees are greener

  Reusable or not, fake Christmas trees can't compare to real conifers in terms of sustainability. Authentic Christmas trees--those lush, live beauts we ax down expressly to spruce… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (263 days ago) 0 comments

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  Composting, Deforestation, Consumerism, Recycling

  Web News

  msnbc.msn.com 

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  EcoSet: green(er) Hollywood film sets

  Not every Hollywood film set is as egregiously wasteful as you've heard. In fact, I was at a Target commercial shoot at my friend's house this morning that was (mostly) the… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (310 days ago) 1 comment

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  Waste Stream, Landfill gas, Recycling, Biodegradable, Composting, Composting toilet, Reuse

  Web News

  ecosetconsulting.com 

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  Feature How to green your fall clean up

  "I enjoy the cleaning up - something about the getting of things in order for winter - making the garden secure - a battening down of hatches perhaps... It just feels right." David… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (323 days ago) 2 comments

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  Allergens, Composting, Recycling

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  Blog Action Day 09: 5 easy ways to personally protect our climate

  The bad news about climate change: Let's be honest; It's an overwhelming, omnipresent (hot) cloud looming precariously over us all. To reverse it feels like an impossible goal at… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (323 days ago) 0 comments

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  Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Greenhouse effect, Water table impact, Conservation, Composting, Energy Star, Renewable energy

  Web News

  ecorazzi.com (1 comment) 

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  Dirty secrets of our trash habit

  What would you feel most guilty about someone discovering in your trash can? Don't worry, we're not going to turn you in for your eco-sins. We suspect all but the most hardcore… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (333 days ago) 0 comments

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  Sustainable, Reuse, Bisphenol-A (BPA), Disposable, Vinegar, Water

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  Feature How to grow a vertical vegetable garden

  Vertical vegetable victory garden, I dare you to say that ten times fast! It seems that really good ideas never go completely out of fashion and windowsill gardening is one of… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (410 days ago) 6 comments

  Definitions

  Carbon footprint, Composting, Heirloom plant, Locavore, Organic, Slow Food, Sustainable, Victory Garden

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  The First Soil: Dirty business at the White House

  It's a dirty business, making a political statement with your garden—but Michelle Obama's just the woman to carry it off with aplomb. In the latest garden gossip, we learn… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (436 days ago) 0 comments

  People

  Michelle Obama

  Definitions

  Organic, Composting, Recycling, Sustainable, Lead