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The urban chicken movement is growing as more and more folks try to move away from factory farmed food and towards self-sufficiency. Why Chickens? Chickens are pretty low-maintenance. Once you have your coop set up, you just have to make sure they’re fed, watered, and get to run around outside. Most people who raise their [...]
The visitor’s center on the south rim of the Grand Canyon will soon be powered with the aid of solar power. Arizona Public Service is paying for the 18 kilowatt PV solar system through voluntary payments from its customers. Construction of the system is scheduled to begin this month, with completion sometime in March.
One in 12 American’s water supply comes from the Colorado River. Increased mining and drilling for oil, natural gas, and uranium on its shores is threatening that supply. [Creative Commons photo by Wolfgang Staudt] The areas along the river are already suffering from drought, and getting at the resources there uses and pollutes the precious [...]
President-elect Barack Obama is asking every person in the United States to help transform Martin Luther King Day, January 19th, into a national day of community service. Obama is encouraging everyone to act locally to improve your own neighborhood and make an ongoing commitment to help those in need.
