Wales Just Doubled Its Recycling Rates, Here’s How America Can Do It Too
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Ten Ways to Have a Green Camping Trip Camp Green! It might seem silly to think about ways to make your camping trip eco-friendly. After all, what could be more green than a hike through the mountain or...
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For the Love of Compost Recycled Plastic Spin Bin Composter It’s an unwritten rule: craftsmen buy Milwaukee tools, pro golfers use Cobra drivers, and serious gardeners compost. In fact, a flower or...
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View ArticlePlastic Bag Ban: A Tale of Two Cities
Plastic Bag Ban: A Tale of Two Cities The photo above depicts 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the U.S. every five seconds. Photo by Chris Jordan.In the war for and against the ubiquitous...
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Gardens for Apartment Living Victory GardenIn the wake of a deep and somewhat persistent recession, one of the cooler things to do is to plant a Victory garden. The concept, originally driven home by...
View ArticleGreening the Brown Paper Bag
Greening the Brown Paper Bag Actually, it’s hard to do. The pleated brown paper bag, essence of all that has been lunch for the past seven decades or more, is already pretty darn green. The paper part...
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Composting: A Love Story I ♥ CompostI love compost – it is one of my favorite parts of gardening. One of those little things about my father (whom I greatly love) that irritates me to no end is that...
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Sometimes you do not need the loud, raucous, volatile agenda that often comes with one activist movement or another. Sometimes a statement can be made with silent action and that is exactly what...
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