Date: December 15, 2015 Author: Pete Pearson Pete Pearson works on food waste prevention and the intersection of agriculture and wildlife. Follow him on Twitter @petedpearson. The holiday season is upon us, which means spending time with friends and family. And it almost certainly means enjoying holiday parties where food is front … Read more
By Dawn Undurraga, Nutritionist Thursday, September 17, 2015 Nearly 40 percent of the food the U.S. produces ends up in the trashcan. From there, it rots in a landfill and pollutes our atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Producing that food takes 300 million barrels of oil a year and 25 percent of our freshwater … Read more
Rain gardens offer a natural solution to runoff pollution 07-27-2015 // Mark Wexler FOR DECADES, PEOPLE LIVING ALONG 8TH AVE NW in Puyallup, Washington, watched helplessly as their yards and street flooded during heavy rainstorms. With each flood, rivers of runoff tainted with lawn chemicals, car oil, animal waste and other pollutants poured … Read more
(Quite the commitment! A little long but some good information. –Gene) I have done it. Two years of plastic free living … or to be more accurate, trying actively to NOT buy new plastic for two years. A bit of a mouthful and maybe why the term “plastic free living” is a more memorable phrase. … Read more
Very interesting article below on making local tea. I know Yaupon grows wild throughout the Southeastern U.S. and varieties of the plant are even used in landscaping. The scientific name is Ilex vomitoria and you can find out more about this plant at http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_ilvo.pdf . An interesting quote from this factsheet “ Native Americans in … Read more