Thinking about how you are sooo bored with playing the Monster Mash on Halloween? Your kids are complaining your Halloween music is so lame? Well, it is not too late to fix this. Help is here with Count Crow’s magic mix of downloadable music which will sure to make you laugh. For the month of [...]
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While visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan this summer, I got an upclose and personal view of pervious (porous) pavement. I have always been a fan of this type of pavement to counteract our “paving paradise to put a parking lot” philosophy and reduce our storm water run-off problem. You know. All the flooding associated with more pavement [...]
This week’s green round of news is quite intense, starting off with a Pesticides and Obesity Study. Adding to the mix are GE’s new lighting technologies, and Honest Tea to fair trade certify their teas. And don’t forget to say no to Nestle and Hershey’s especially on Halloween! Both received failing grades from Green America in the [...]
The Better World Cafe in Highland Park, New Jersey, which opened a year ago, offers a unique approach to feeding the hungry. It’s concept is based upon a community model pioneered by Denise Cerreta of One World Everyone Eats, which is dedicated to feeding the hungry with locally grown food. Nutritious meals are available based on affordability rather [...]
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Water Conservation has second sibling syndrome. It has always been in the shadow of its sibling, energy conservation. It does not get the same amount of press or urgency. But given the sobering facts that the average person uses 80-100 gallons a day, and only one percent of all water on the Earth is available for our consumption, [...]
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As I mentioned in Part I of my “how to” article on Growing Buckwheat for the Backyard Gardener, I am one of those gardeners who grows to grow. The more usual and challenging the plant, the happier I am. I know. I have some gardening issues but I am working on them. I broke my [...]
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My friends think I am loony tunes when it comes to what I grow in my garden. Some climb mountains, some jump from airplanes, and I grow unusual plants. I am a garden thrill seeker. This year, I grew buckwheat, sorghum, and artichokes in my northern garden. Buckwheat was the easiest plant to grow and an outstanding flowering [...]
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Is this a familiar scene? You are at BJs, Sam’s Club, or Costco and someone is handing out free samples. Or maybe you want to try a soft yogurt that you never tried before. Think of how many times you have tasted something to just throw away the spoon after one bite? Probably enough to make your [...]
Once in awhile you get emails in the mail asking you to help out a friends’ child. Murmur a little, but you reluctantly do what is asked in the email. Name five friends, pass this email and don’t break the chain, or add your name to a list. Well, this email was completely different and [...]
Last week I received two, not one, but two emails about jeans recycling. I felt so Sally Fields like. One from the Gap about dropping off old jeans at their stores, and another from Levi Strauss about their recycled denim initiatives. Instead of bombarding you with two recycled jeans’ stories, I decided to spread the two [...]
