Get ready to March into your gardens and make them sustainable! One of the most fun and ultimately lucrative ways to garden is by polycultures. Do you remember driving by miles upon miles of fields of cotton or corn or rice? Great. Now totally forget about these monocultures and start with [ Read More ]
Archive for February, 2008
Lighters are made from and filled with fossil fuel based materials and they can take a millennium to breakdown when thrown away. Matches, on the other hand, come from a precious, but renewable resource. Which is the better of the two evils? According to The Tampa Bay Times and Hawaiian sustainability expert [ Read More ]
A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
“The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told delegates at the opening ceremony. “It is the Noah’s [ Read More ]
When it comes to the most eco-friendly ways to serve and consume and consume food, real dishes and silverware are always the most sustainable. They are reusable and you can always adjust how much water and what type of dish soap you use (less phosphorous is better). They also tend to be cheaper [ Read More ]
The Associated Press released an article about Google by Bob Keefe this weekend that would make any socially conscious corporation blush. Among their many philanthropic agendas, supporting green research and energy appears to be at their forefront – literally. From the Googleplex’s garden to its garage (where each parking spot has a place [ Read More ]
Fashion Week in New York began with the Earth Pledge Creates Future Fashion Show, which included a hemp-based pant suit by Calvin Klein, a dress made of recycled cashmere by Michael Kors, and a Donatella Verace hemp-silk gown. Earth Pledge, a non-profit organization, which originally began as a United Nations committee and promotes [ Read More ]
…or, says Tal Ben-shahar who teaches the world to focus on the good, “Positive emotions are key elements in the development of a resilient psychological immune system based on optimism and self esteem.”
“Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness, therefore, is not about [ Read More ]
February 15-18, 2008 marks the Great Backyard Bird Count – an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes. It’s free, [ Read More ]
According to paperrecycles.org:
“In 2006, a record 53.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. (53.5 million tons) was recovered for recycling. Paper recovery now averages 360 pounds for each man, woman, and child in the United States. “
The American Forests & Paper Association (AF&P) is proud of this feat, but paper continues to comprise more [ Read More ]