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Waste-Free Feasting: How to Reduce Holiday Food Waste

Nov 27, 2019 06:30AM

Eco-friendly holiday waste reduction strategies to apply when planning the family meal gatherings.

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Antiques Rising: Discovering the Green in ‘Brown’ Furniture

Oct 31, 2019 06:30AM

Add character to your home and practice sustainability by repurposing, upcycling or restoring old antique furniture items in an eco-friendly way.

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Rethinking Our Stuff: Moving Toward a Circular Economy

Sep 30, 2019 06:30AM

The “circular economy” is all about rethinking the way we make stuff—designing products that can be reused and powering it all with renewable energy.

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Sustainable Scrubbing: Tips for Toxin-Free House Cleaning

Aug 30, 2019 06:30AM

Safe and effective non-toxic, green cleaning solutions using natural ingredients that are good for our health and the planet.

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The Re-Use Revolution: Plastics Peril Drives New Strategies

Aug 30, 2019 06:30AM

The growing plastics crisis has inspired companies to shift away from single-use containers to ones that are reusable with a deposit.

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Eco-Camping: Keeping It Earth-Friendly

Aug 15, 2019 09:21PM

We can minimize our impact on nature while still enjoying it by using such strategies as buying tents made of recycled materials, forgoing single-use plastics, and packing our trash out instead of burning it.

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Floating Solar: Catching Some Rays on the Water

Aug 15, 2019 09:19PM

Installing floating solar panels on only a quarter of U.S. manmade reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of national energy needs.

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Bagging It: New York State Bans Plastic Bags

Aug 15, 2019 09:18PM

The use of plastic bags in the Empire State—23 billion a year that mostly end up in landfills and waterways—will become illegal in March.

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Beyond Sustainability: Regenerative Agriculture Takes Aim at Climate Change

Aug 15, 2019 09:12PM ● By Yvette C. Hammett

Farmers are increasingly exploring inexpensive organic methods to return microbial diversity to the soil, which could help mitigate a warming planet by allowing soil to absorb more carbon.

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Help For Home Gardeners: Extension Agents at Your Service

Jun 28, 2019 11:23AM ● By Yvette C. Hammett

Nationwide, local extension agents offer soil testing and instruction in organic methods, making rain barrels, choosing native plants and a host of low-cost and no-cost services.

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Eco-Friendly Outdoor Eating: Save Resources, Reduce Food Waste and More

Jun 28, 2019 09:38AM

It’s eco-wise to fill our picnic basket with bamboo utensils, plant-based bug repellents, sustainable fish and glass containers.

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Crops in the City: Urban Agriculture Breaks New Ground

Jun 28, 2019 09:38AM ● By April Thompson

Entrepreneurial innovators are tapping into new technologies and markets to grow fresh, healthy food within cities, turning so-called ‘mean streets’ into ‘green streets.’

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Wonder Weed: Hemp to the Rescue at Detox Sites

Jun 28, 2019 09:38AM

Hemp, the no-buzz industrial variety of cannabis, is cleaning nuclear radiation, cadmium, lead and mercury from toxic sites.

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Sunny Solution: Wastewater Turned into Hydrogen Fuel

Jun 28, 2019 09:38AM

A Princeton University team has designed a device that uses sunlight to pull hydrogen from industrial wastewater, which could allow factories to simultaneously treat wastewater and generate fuel.

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From Soil to Gut: Growing a Dirty Healthy Life

Jun 25, 2019 09:00PM ● By Craig Shelton and Dr. Donald Joergens, DC

Our bodies, weakened by poorly grown, nutritionally drained foods, are subject to more debilitating illnesses as we outpace our current “disease care” system.

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