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Monthly Archives: February 2008
March into Your Gardens!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and other botanicals
Tagged beans, corn, crop, gardening, legume, monoculture, polycultures, strawberries, tomatoes
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Bright Ideas: Matches vs Lighters
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 … Continue reading
Arctic seed bank opens
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 … Continue reading
Dishing It Out
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 … Continue reading
Google Goes Green
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Work/life balance
Tagged Associated press, Bob Keefe, Google, larry page, sergey Brin
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Happiness is… a bit of work, but worth it
…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 … Continue reading
Citizen Science: Backyard Bird Count
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, … Continue reading
We PayPer Paper, Recycle and Save (The World)
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. … Continue reading