By Chris Cano
Check out the Midnight garden, a canvas of “living art” powered by compost produced from the food waste of the Gainesville local restaurant community, including The Midnight’s fruit and vegetable scraps which we collect each week via bicycle.
via Building The Midnight’s New Edible Wall Garden [Photo Story] | Gainesville Compost.
Nov. 2011 City Farmer: How to make your own sourdough starter! PLUS: All about the American Chestnut. A bimonthly Fine Print column by Krissy Abdullah. Includes beautiful illustrations.
Many people have made the commitment to go green in their personal lives, so why not extend that mindset to the workplace? Co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Greening Your Business (ISBN: 9781592578856, $19.95) Trish Riley will reply to questions during a live TweetChat on Thursday, September 1 at 1 pm ET. She will [...]
John Diodati isn’t optimistic about the beer growing in his front lawn.
What was once a small parcel of land filled with crab grass now hosts a small crop of barley, hop rhizome and sugar beets. Yet, while the crops are growing, they might not be growing fast enough for September’s block [...]
YOU’RE INVITED TO A HANDS-ON OUTDOOR DEMO OF EASY TO MAKE, LOW-COST ECO-PROJECTS:
*Rain Barrels
*Compost Bins
*Solar Dehyrdrator
*No-Till Gardening
Bat Houses
*Worm Bins
*Homemade Greenhouses
**Solar Oven
*Outdoor Shower
*Compost Toilet
*Green Low-Cost Cleaning Products
WHEN? Saturday, July 16, 9:30 – 11:30 am for ages 5 and up
12:30-4:30 pm for ages 15 & up. Optional Potluck [...]
Studies have shown that eating locally grown food improves health, supports local economies, promotes the biodiversity of crops and reduces the environmental impact of shipping food around the world. Here are 5 convenient ways to eat local in Gainesville (and elsewhere).
Q&A: Environmental journalist Trish Riley
by Jeff Holman
26th April, 2011
According to Trish Riley, it’s absurd to think that individuals can save the planet – only big business has the clout to make a real difference. Utter nonsense or perfectly sensible? Jeff Holman caught up with her to find out
read more Q&A: Environmental activist and writer, Trish [...]
Independent reporter Laura Paskus writes about the federal government’s failure to act on climate change after the United Nations meeting in Cancun, Mexico. State and local action can lead the way:
In the United States, the significant action on climate change—whether state laws mandating the use of renewable energy or municipal improvements to public transportation systems [...]
Around the country, chickens are gaining popularity as productive pets, and many cities (like Detroit, Iowa City, and Calgary) don’t allow them. More commonly, they allow chickens only on large properties, making the birds effectively illegal for most residents. Here’s what you can do if yours doesn’t give a flying cluck about poultry.
Jill Richardson writes [...]
How to Boil a Frog focuses on Peak Oil and the attendant problems for civilization, http://www.howtoboilafrog.com/. A movie of the same name is making the rounds, showing at the Mammoth Film Fesitval December 8-12, http://www.mammothfilmfestival.com/news/2010-mammoth-film-festival-official-selections.html.
“How to Boil a Frog is a comedic documentary about Overshoot: too many people using up too little planet much too [...]
Buy Nothing Day is your special day to unshop, unspend and unwind. Relax and do nothing for the economy and for yourself – at least for a single day. It’s a reminder to stop and think about why you’re spending.
When it comes right down to it, it’s not that we believe a single day without [...]
The idea of Green Gifts can cover a lot of territory. Keep yourself green — don’t overspend. Live below your means.
Environmental organizations offer helpful suggestions.
Follow the bouncing Frog at http://howtoboilafrog.com/frogshop/ - give up beef, stop that coal plant, buy used, grow a winter garden, use a condom, power down, put on a potluck to build up [...]
These days you can find pretty much anything processed, prepared, packaged and waiting for you on a store shelf. But your wallet isn’t the only one paying the price for such convenience — the planet is too. Mother Nature Network gets you started with ideas at http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/photos/7-things-you-can-make-instead-of-buying.
The North American edition of Sustainable Foods Summit will take place in San Francisco on 18-19th January 2011 and explores new horizons for eco-labels and sustainability in the food industry. The summit agenda includes pioneering sustainability initiatives, ethical sourcing, sustainable ingredients, organic plus strategies and marketing & distribution innovations. Case studies will be given of [...]
Often feel tired and sick? Suffer from allergies? Your home could be making ill, according to naturopath and building biologist Nicole Bijlsma.
Busy roads, substations, old carpet, rising damp, harsh cleaning chemicals and air fresheners can all impact on your health, says Bijlsma, the author of Healthy Home Healthy Family.
via Sick building syndrome.
Cinema Verde Fundraiser at the new Urban Flats – Please bring your friends and join us for this opportunity to raise funds for Cinema Verde! From 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 9, Urban Flats (115 SE 1st Avenue) will host a fundraiser for Cinema Verde. All-you-can-eat and drink wine, flatbread and [...]
Whether you’re gutting the whole thing or just want at small refresh, redoing your place is the perfect opportunity to incorporate some green elements into the design of your apartment or home.
With a little thought and a little creativity, there's all sorts of green ideas for your home. Check out 11 ways to do a [...]
Wonderful ideas for recycling clothes from my darling daughter! –TR*
“Unfortunately, as the vintage scene grows throughout the country, more and more thrift stores are being picked over and laid out for dead….but with these resources becoming scarce, a bit of imagination and sewing savvy can open up an entire window of thrifting you may have [...]
By Louise Baker
With new apps hitting the iTunes store everyday, it can be hard to figure out which ones are truly essential for the tech-loving environmentalist. It is possible to just load your phone with every shiny app that catches your eye, but that rather goes against the spirit of the green movement, doesn’t [...]
Getting rid of odors the non-toxic way
Trish Riley is the author of the award-winning Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Living (Penguin/Alpha Books 2007) and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Greening Your Business (with Heather Gadonniex, Penguin/Alpha Books 2009). Trish was gracious enough to talk about how we can take care of getting rid of odors [...]
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