Denise Robinette, owner of Healthy Living Interiors, designed this room and is helping me with the green renovation of my little cottage! Kudos, Denise!
“Merkiyah Jones can now breathe easier thanks to a Healthy-N-Green Bedroom Makeover.Jones, a fourth-grader at Watkins Elementary School in West Park, was treated to the makeover after she won the Asthma Awareness [...]
A new study that measures levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in homes in two cities found similar levels of the chemicals in both settings. These results indicate that exposure to the compounds is widespread.
The health impacts of endocrine disruptors, which mimic naturally occurring human hormones, are still being studied. But concern is mounting that these chemicals [...]
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What Is Your Water Footprint?
Take a water tour with [The Green Guide] through your home, garden, diet, energy use, and your stuff! Then, pledge to cut your water footprint by 20%.
via Water Footprint Calculator – National Geographic.
These stunning detailed pictures magnified by over a million times reveal the true face of the hidden horrors in your home.
Seen through an ultra-powerful Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), these tiny creatures are some of several types of insect living undetected right under our noses.
One of the images taken using the [...]
Riley recently co-directed the First Annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival, which was in collaboration with GoGreenNation.org. She admits she was so overwhelmed with festival-related tasks that promoting her site fell by the wayside. But the festival embodied the greater mission of GoGreenNation.org: to build a community of concerned citizens with a heart and [...]
Employees getting exercise, eating healthier foods, saving money: Win/Win/Win.
“From the end of June through the beginning of October, we’re harvesting once a week for our office delivery, and sometimes we harvest twice a week,” said Liz Morris Otto, who owns the “Dude Ranch” land.
Those who work regularly on the crop get first pick, but every [...]
Much better use for a car! Thanks to Lynn Dirk for passing this along:
Creative urban and container gardening is transforming the way we view outdoor spaces.By Brian Clark Howard
via Mobile Gardens – Urban Gardening – Movable Gardens – The Daily Green.
Alachua County, in partnership with Florida Organic Growers, Abundant Edible Landscapes, UF Young Entrepreneurs in Leadership and Sustainability, and the Downtown Rotary Club, will plant an organic demonstration garden Saturday, July 10, 2010, beginning 10 a.m., at the County Administration Building on the corner of University Ave. and Main St. in Downtown Gainesville. The public [...]
By Brian Clark Howard – The Daily Green
“A few simple changes to your driving habits can save dozens of gallons of gas a year, but you may be surprised to learn how much recycling cans and eating a single weekly vegetarian meal will save.”
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/reduce-oil-consumption?src=rss#ixzz0soxDOF63
I slashed the plastic wrap around the mattress. I was soon overcome by a sweet and pungent chemical smell.
…Because flame retardants don’t break down easily, they remain for years in the tissues of birds, aquatic organisms and mammals, including us, albeit in small quantities. An endocrine disruptor and neurotoxin, the retardants are [...]
So Teddi’s cough was really getting bad and I had always known that our home had a potential danger from the laminate floors. Ever since I’d moved in, I was often bothered by a sickeningly sweet smell in the mornings – after the house had been closed up all night – and I suspected that [...]
We’re asking for support from Gainesville and broader Alachua County community to assist us in raising funds to build a garden in the Porters Community on the corner of Depot Ave. and SW 2nd St. All you have to do is visit this site and vote for our project http://www.justmeans.com/contestidea?ideaid=NDU3
If the project gets the most [...]
Paul Holland and Linda Yates thought it only natural, when they set out to build a luxury home six years ago, that theirs would be the world’s greenest. In Silicon Valley—where Holland works as a venture capitalist and Yates as a management consultant—even competition is environmentally conscious.
The couple’s 5,600-square-foot home will be outfitted with a [...]
This article provides easy steps we can take – regardless of our income or employment – to dramatically reduce our individual dependency on oil consumption, thereby making disasters like the Gulf Spill less likely to happen in the future. Thanks to Ed Brown for sending this to us!
Join USGBC for an enjoyable evening of great conversation, music, and delicious dining, and help celebrate the green building community in our region.
At this event, we’ll introduce our new Board members, recognize those who have contributed to green building in our region, review our activities thus far in 2010, and discuss what lies ahead.
6:30 – [...]
A garden that started out as a project of a few FIU environmental studies majors and their teachers has gained recognition from federal agriculture officials.
A University of South Florida Ph.D. candidate has discovered that a commonly used fungicide is lethal to three species of Florida’s frogs, even at concentrations previously assumed to be safe.
A practical guide to how we can reduce our oil dependency – as well as save money and enhance our lives – by growing our own food. Sent to us by local Green Drinker Ed Brown. Thanks!
If you’re not one of GRU’s select customers (and even if you are), you can sign up to track your energy/water/waste monthly to compare against yourself and your neighbors at the GoGreenNation Conservation Challenge!
“40,000 randomly selected Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) residential customers will be mailed comparative home energy reports as part of a three-year pilot [...]
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One of a kind vintage finds for girls with sunny auras and kitten souls.
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A citizen's introduction to the local Superfund Site.
Go to Gainesville Farm Fresh for information on local sustainable food.
Learn about Gainesville's city parks and natural areas here
A listing of vegetarian restaurants in the Gainesville area
The BUY LOCALLY, GAINESVILLE! group is intended to draw attention to all local businesses.
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Find out where to take your hazardous waste
