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Though gardens seem inherently green (literally, at least) that may not always be the case. From pesticides to over-watering, gardens can be a strain on the environment, as well as your back. But, when created with some consideration towards ecological harmony, gardens provide enjoyment, color and food, without disrupting nature’s delicate balance. If you’d like [...]
Climate change, developers, and logging are blamed Since the winter of 2006, when a state of emergency was declared for 18 counties in the state, Western Washington has experienced increasingly dramatic annual flooding episodes creating a state of emergency in growing numbers of counties each year. For the past three years here, the number of [...]
SAB Ltd, is funding water saving projects to compensate for its potential water consumption of 14 billion litres a year in South Africa. WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is facilitating the “water neutrality” process with a South African Government Project to ensure that this is not just a multinational greenwashing. SAB Ltd is the South African [...]
Two activist groups are teaming up and petitioning Barack Obama to plant an organic victory garden on the White House lawn! [Creative Commons photo via Eat the View] They’re calling the White House “America’s House” and asking the new administration to lead by example. They see a food garden on the White House lawn as [...]
Stanford University received $100 million in donations for alternative energy research. The funds will allow the school to expand their research aimed at making renewable energy as economically feasible as oil and natural gas. [Wind Power. Creative Commons photo by Bryan Siders] The school’s annual budget for researching alternative energy is $30 million, so this [...]
