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• Recycle AND Create a Window Farm

  
  Garden Fresh Living — Authority: 109
  Two NYC artists, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray created a vertical window garden out of recycled water bottles. All the plants are grown hydroponically and it demonstrates how to get the most from a small city space. Check it out...
  6 days ago

• Fight global warming. Promote global WORMing.

  
  Jessie X — Authority: 120
  How to build a worm bin . A video sent to me from my sister. … Who is both avid — and a bit of a nut (in the loving and adoring and I know-her-so-well version of “a nut) — about acquiring and using environmental smarts. She’s an inspiration to me in identifying what’s important to her, finding (and ...
  1 week ago

• Green Gifting

  
  The New Gay — Authority: 492
  On Mondays, Michael explores the world of environmentalism and its intersection with queer culture in the column It’s Easy Being Green , despite what Kermit says . Originally published on 9/21/2009 Image from mormonchic.com My father celebrated a birthday recently, and when I started thinking about ...
  1 week ago

• Jobs for the Boys

  
  Town Mouse — Authority: 125
  Chatting in Notso Bigtown’s only health food shop* about their Jacob sheep (we’d bought some chops from one of their flock last week) the conversation turned to the carbon footprint – hoofprint? – of grass-fed versus non-grass-fed meat and milk. I got lost around about the point where he mentioned methane ...
  1 week ago

• Jungle Balm - Natural Pain (and Itch!) Relief

  
  Focus Organic.com — Authority: 472
  Already popular in Australia under the name Lawang Oil, Jungle Balm is pure cullilawan essential oil. It has only one ingredient, but many uses. Jungle Balm goes to work on anything that hurts - from arthritis to a jelly fish sting. Ill be honest in saying that Im skeptical of products like these, but I took up the ...
  1 week ago

• Best natural one-two punch for prevention and treatment of influenza - including H1N1

  
  T Ching — Authority: 426
  We are into a new flu season and there is currently a great deal of concern about the potential for a new, deadly flu pandemic.  Given all of the reported health benefits of tea, I thought it apropos to discuss tea’s potential role in the fight against the flu.  Along with tea, I have added another important ...
  1 week ago

• Breakfast Bake with Fruit

  
  Compost Happens — Authority: 125
  Chuck: I fear we are failing to communicate. Daisy: Whats up? Chuck (unpacking groceries in kitchen): Ive been buying fresh fruit and you arent eating it. I have pears in the fridge and theyre getting overripe. Daisy: Sigh. It was a wild week; I usually eat fruit with my lunch, but I had a shortened lunch period each ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lentil Chili

  
  The New Gay — Authority: 492
  On Mondays, Michael explores the world of environmentalism and its intersection with queer culture in the column It’s Easy Being Green , despite what Kermit says . Home-cooking vegetarian food is a great way to reduce your environmental and carbon footprint. Chili is the perfect winter food. It’s hot and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pantry Raid, the sequel!

  
  Compost Happens — Authority: 125
  One fun part of a Snow Day is the chance to cook and eat lunch together. I donned the Iron Chef MommyMoto hat and dug in the freezer. Often I find myself looking over the pan and thinking, "How much is local?" Heres the assessment of the snow days brunch skillet, as I called this mix. We served it with eggs and toast. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bathroom Retrofit – Who Should Retrofit and Why?

  
  Green Home Hints and Tips - Household Green Cleaning Eco Friendly Products, Green products, Energy Saving Tips, Water Efficiency — Authority: 109
  WHO SHOULD RETROFIT AND WHY?By Lloyd HathcockIf the fixtures in your bathroom were installed before 1993, you are a prime candidate to benefit from a bathroom fixture retrofit.  It was in 1993 that the federal government first issued a “water saving” mandate stipulating that  all new toilets had to use 1.6 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Living Awning

  
  Mission Mission — Authority: 589
  I just wanted to give you proof that The Candy Store Collective on 16th Street uses living plants to provide a modest amount of shade to people standing in front of their shop. P.S. If I buy an Italian sports car am I trying to prove that I’m not a wuss, or do I just have a phobia about talking on the phone? ...
  2 weeks ago

• TeaMails

  
  T Ching — Authority: 426
  Nearly every day, my friends forward to me 15 to 20 mass-distributed emails, which they, in turn, have received from their friends.  Surprisingly, a number of these emails are related to tea. In one such email - containing a list of the world’s 16 most expensive foods - Da Hong Pao, also known as Big Red Robe Tea, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Enveloped

  
  P i g t o w n * D e s i g n — Authority: 127
  I found Christmas cards I liked today, but then realized that the envelopes were not lined and needed a bit of heft to make them a little nicer. I remembered that my clever blog friend, Courtney from Style Court has shown examples of how she has lined envelopes with interesting papers to make a more ...
  3 weeks ago

• Love is: a rain barrel

  
  Compost Happens — Authority: 125
  My rain barrels are turned upside down, emptied for the winter so they dont fill and freeze. Ice expands, which would crack even the heavy duty barrels. Chuck, dear husband of mine, models trains in HO scale. For the uninitiated, HO translates as small. Tiny. Put-on-your-glasses and look very closely for details ...
  3 weeks ago

• Doing Good by Buying Green

  
  Compost Happens — Authority: 125
  Im still finishing up the Christmas shopping. There are a few people that are just hard to please! Theyre either very picky, have very expensive taste, or have everything they need and dont want more. Mother Nature Network has their Quirky Gift collection, the Nature Conservancy has a Green Gift Guide . You can plant ...
  3 weeks ago

• Audrey Hepburn Auction December 8 in London

  
  P i g t o w n * D e s i g n — Authority: 127
  Paris Breakfasts alerted me to an auction taking place in London next week. For many years, beginning in 1951, Audrey sent one of her first fans boxes of hand-me-downs, and she is now selling them. There are 16 Chanel bags, 17 pairs of Chanel shoes, sandals and pumps, hats, letters, dresses and more. ...
  3 weeks ago

• ClimateGate, Lies, Being “Green” And My Personal Rebellion!

  
  American Elephants — Authority: 136
  Most people get angry when they discover that they have been lied to, or made fools of, or simply deliberately misled.  The lie alone is bad enough, but problems arise when you act upon false information.We are just beginning to see the repercussions of ClimateGate.  Careers have been damaged,  publication ...
  3 weeks ago

• Holiday Shopping, Part III: Sweet Charity

  
  P i g t o w n * D e s i g n — Authority: 127
  One of the places where I like to shop for unique presents is at local charity stores. I don’t mean places like Goodwill or Salvation Army, because they have pickers who go through the donations and pick out the good stuff for sale elsewhere. I am talking about that hospital with the posh women’s board who ...
  4 weeks ago

• Never Flush a Condom Down the Toilet

  
  Mission Mission — Authority: 589
  Posted in Being Green, Romance Tagged: Okay Ill shit next door
  4 weeks ago

• Lentil Soup with Lemon and Cumin

  
  The New Gay — Authority: 492
  On Mondays, Michael explores the world of environmentalism and its intersection with queer culture in the column It’s Easy Being Green , despite what Kermit says . Home-cooking vegetarian food is a great way to reduce your environmental and carbon footprint. The best part of last week’s split pea soup ...
  4 weeks ago

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