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• in Green
  Earth Day in Palo Alto is About Following In the Footsteps of Our Kids
  Earth Day in Palo Alto is about our children insisting that we live 'green' and boasting the highest rate of participation in the Green Program anywhere in the US.
  by roaduron / on Apr 27, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “composting”

 

• Environmental Executive Moves: Shell, Alcoa, GEI, Steel Dynamics

  
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  Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Royal Dutch Shell: CEO Peter Voser will retire from the oil company in the first half of 2014. Voser was appointed CEO in July 2009 and has been an executive director since 2004. The company didn’t give a reason for Voser’s ...
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• Black Widow or False Black Widow?

  
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  I have a family of widow-type spiders living in my outdoor worm bin. I like spiders and all they do around the garden, and have a no kill policy toward them in general. This particular situation, however, has had me a teeny bit nervous. They hang out on the underside of the lid of the worm bin for the most part, ...
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• Turn your spoil into soil

  
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  Dont let your food waste, your vegetable peeling, go into the waste stream, not even the composting one of the municipality; make your own compost or give them to someone who composts by Michael Smith (Veshengro) First of all let me say that, to all intents and purposes, you should try to reduce your food ...
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• Green Cycler Makes Composting Easy

  
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  Most people, though aware of the many benefits of composting, find it to be a daunting, messy task – so any help in making the process easier and more efficient is invaluable. The Green Cycler can make the whole process so easy it’s almost ‘sexy’. A small Denver, Colorado company called Ecotonix developed ...
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• Flat-Pack Urinal: Composing Straw Bale for Outdoor Events

  
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  It is inefficient and unsustainable to haul human waste back in from remote festivals and other places typically populated with port-a-potties. So why not use on-hand materials to make something simple and green? Thus L’Uritonnoir by Faltazi which turns an everyday farm item into a urinal by means of simple ...
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• Beneficial Use of Yard Waste

  
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  One of the great things about owning or renting a detached home, or even an attached town home, is having a piece of the outdoors that you can call your own. You can lounge in the privacy of in your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Celebrate the start of International Compost Week

  
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  This year’s Composting Council poster contest winner – from Michigan junior high school student Jennifer Tigani, Today marks the beginning of International Compost Week. Launched 13 years ago by the  U.S. Composting Council , International Compost Awareness Week was designed to bring positive attention to ...
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• What’s in Worm Leachate?

  
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  Garden Professor Jeff Gillman analyzed worm leachate (the liquids the flow our of your worm bin) from a home vemicompost setup. It’s pretty strong stuff! Gillman concludes, this could be a great liquid fertilizer if it were used properly.  I’d recommend diluting it somewhere between 1:1 and 1:5 worm juice : ...
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• Compost Awareness Week 2013

  
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  Compost Awareness Week  (CAW) is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about using organic waste as a resource to produce compost.  Garden Organic’s Master Composters around the country will be out and about answering composting questions and encouraging those who don’t already ...
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• Foodie Underground: Growing Your Own

  
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  Column Adventures in urban composting. “The worm compost bin is getting delivered next week, we can finally get the worms going again!” “Finally!” This is what we call a romantic Foodie Underground conversation. Let me take a few steps back. No wait, let me start from the beginning. As an only child ...
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• 10 Points To Consider About Composting

  
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  1. Composting is what takes place when micro-organisms, fungi and little creatures, such as insects and worms, process organic material so that it rots and is transformed into a soil-like substance known as compost. Read more on 10 Points To Consider About Composting…
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• Home Composting Methods: From Small to Big-Scale

  
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  Terms like going green and reducing one’s carbon footprint are part of the everyday vernacular. Ironically, one way that people can be part of this increased focus on eco-friendly behavior is by learning about and using a process that has been around for decades—composting. Why Compost? If you add compost ...
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• Garden Compost Bin – Composting and How to Make a Compost Bin

  
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  Having your own compost bin in your garden means that there is always a ready supply of nutrient rich compost for your plants and flowers, ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Tips for Greener Lawn Care

  
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  If you’re someone who is dedicated to saving the environment and living a greener lifestyle, you know how bad having a lawn is for the planet. You’d just as soon rip it up and use the space for container gardening. Unfortunately, the Homeowner’s Association requires you to keep a lawn—and to keep it to very ...
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• Composting Council Names Scozzafava New Director

  
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  The U.S. Composting Council has named Lori Scozzafava as its new executive director. read more
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• Compost and Pharmaceuticals

  
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  We get this question a lot–will pharmaceuticals end up in my compost if I use human urine or animal manure? This is really three questions: Does composting break down pharmaceuticals? Are some pharmaceuticals worse than others in terms of their ability to survive the composting process? If pharmaceuticals ...
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• 13 Skills Challenge – May Report

  
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  The last few months have been more than a little hectic for me. Work is just starting to come back to normal and home life is calming down a bit as well – any time I had away from work was spent doing stuff with the family and keeping up with tasks around the house. Needless to say, I’ve lost some traction on my ...
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• Progressive Waste Posts Jump in Net Income for First Quarter

  
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  Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. posted a jump in net income and revenue for its first quarter. read more
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  I feel like Ive become earth mother since moving into our house with an inviting garden. Ive got a compost bin where I recycle veg and fruit matter into wonderful soil. The garden is well underway and has been for a month now. We planted romaine lettuce, broccoli and strawberries. And we are already harvesting the ...
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• Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Raises Recycling Rate to 43 Percent

  
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  Minneapolis’ Hennepin County increased its recycling and composting rate to 43 percent in 2012, with a 3-percent improvement in curbside recycling programs compared with 2011. read more
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