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Community Solar Gardens
Everybody loves the neighborhood community garden, right? Folks from all walks of life come together to cultivate a patch of land and enjoy their local harvest. This same idea…
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Fresh (news) from your Seafood Counter
The products available at your seafood counter are changing. For the first time global consumption of farm raised seafood has surpassed wild caught. Now more than 50% of fish…
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Good Dirt
Spring is in the air, and gardening is on our minds. Local garden stores are gearing up with tantalizing seedlings and blooming perennials to entice even the brownest of…
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Greening Your Flight
Traveling is a large part of our eco-footprint. If you can’t be a homebody, take the time to find the most efficient mode of transport. The International Civil Aviation…
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Bees Wax to Nix the Plastic Wrap
If you read our post about recyclable plastic bags last Thursday, you’ll know that plastic wrap is one of those films that cannot be recycled. Because, to quote ourselves,…
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Naturalize Your Lawn
Each year, as our yard begins to turn green, I smile and think of the battles Finley fought to convert our “lawn” to more eco-friendly habitat. It all…
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Mind Over Matter
Today’s post is a flashback to the beginning of our Birthday To Earth Day posting with a beautiful reflection from one of the special people Finley appointed to her…
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“Ode to Big Guy”
Thank you to our dear friend, Lauren Dunn, for today’s post about love, education, and action! My love for orangutans predates memory. I’ve been told that my grandparents had a…
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Rainwater – Problem or Opportunity?
Problem or opportunity? When it comes to water, solving “problems” can create opportunities. Take rainwater, for instance. Deluges erode soil and nutrients into areas waterways, flood roads and basements,…
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Reefs at Risk
In 2005, the National Park Service called in a group of experts to investigate the dying coral of Trunk Bay on the Virgin Island of St. John, a place…
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