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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 ›
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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 (63 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Victory Garden, Sustainable, Organic, Composting, Locavore
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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 (95 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Composting, Deforestation, Consumerism, Recycling
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- 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 (142 days ago) 1 comment- Definitions
- Waste Stream, Landfill gas, Recycling, Biodegradable, Composting, Composting toilet, Reuse
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- 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 (154 days ago) 2 comments- Definitions
- 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 (155 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Greenhouse effect, Water table impact, Conservation, Composting, Energy Star, Renewable energy
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- 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 (165 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- 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 (242 days ago) 4 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 (268 days ago) 0 comments- People
- Michelle Obama
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- Organic, Composting, Recycling, Sustainable, Lead
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First Garden a fertile source of ideas
Who knew a humble garden could be such a fertile source of healthy, sustainable initiatives? Michelle Obama's White House garden is growing support for all sorts of ideas and… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (274 days ago) 0 comments- People
- Michelle Obama
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- Organic, Plastic, Sustainable, Eco-activism, Biodegradable, Composting
How to green your detergent usage
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