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Updates on Previous Posts

March 27, 2008 – 5:33 am

Thought it was time to update some of our previous posts.  Since we started this journey back in October we have run across some amazing movements, events, products, and people and we wanted to check in on them and see how things have gone.
Make It Right 9 of New Orleans has raised funds to build 81 [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in AVA Solar, Captiol Hill, Charities, Earth Day, Editorial, Events, Focus The Nation, In The News, It's Not Easy Being Green, Make It Right 9, The Big Green Idea, The Earth Day Network, Updates, Websites | Comments (0)

Earth Day Rx: Slow Global Warming by Stopping Junk Mail

March 22, 2008 – 11:30 am

Junk Mail Consumes More Energy than 2.8 Million Cars
Ferndale, Mich. — With growing public concern about climate change and the health of the planet, 41pounds.org offers a quick, easy and effective way that everyone can make a difference: stop junk mail! The energy used for junk mail each year creates more greenhouse gas emissions than [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Charities, Community Issues, Everyday Options, In The News, Press Release | Comments (0)

Learn and Help

March 13, 2008 – 6:59 am

Most of us don’t have all the knowledge or experience needed to do all those changes we need to make our homes off grid, more energy efficient, or healthier to live in.  So what do you do if you don’t or can’t spend it on expensive labor or bribe friends to help you? 
We found one [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Charities, Everyday Options, Home Systems & Construction Issues, In The News, Websites | Comments (0)

Make Your Landscaping Green

March 10, 2008 – 7:50 am

Green or natural landscaping ,also known as native gardening , is when you use indigenous plants in your residential or commercial landscaped gardens. These plants can include local ones such as grasses, ground-cover, wildflowers, shrubs, and trees, as well as using boulders, rocks and locally found material to border theses plantings. Making the [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Composting, Designing Healthy, EPA, Gardening, Getting Healthy, green building, green landscaping | Comments (1)