Over Watering

Over Watering...

Over Watering Summer’s biggest sustainability crime is the practice of over watering plants and flowers due to incorrectly installed or adjusted sprinkler systems. Poor  sprinkler planning, deteriorated sprinkler equipment condition, faulty irrigation lines, and eroded areas...
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Stop Junk Mail

Stop Junk Mail...

A big part of the sustainability model of green living boils down to prevention of excess paper products and consumer waste long before it gets to the landfill. if you see a lot of stuff cycling directly from the mailbox to the trash bin, consider some steps to take. if there are...
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Read Your Way to Recycling Junk

Read Your Way to Recycl...

newspaper   One of the ways you can stay motivated with your recycling effort is to scan a  lot of varied periodicals and websites to look for ideas about what to do with found materials for re-use  and repurposing. This might be found in some surprising places. Today’s mass...
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Composting: The Dirty T...

Clean water tables have less toxic pesticides Ashes to ashes, worms to worms. Shakespeare or somebody said something like that. The dirty truth about composting is that it involves…worms. Those little cans of discarded refuse and kitchen scraps have immortal yet banal destinies....
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How to Shop Organic...

Farmer's Markets Shopping organic goes against a lot of the shopping habits we were bought up with. Most people have learned to shop prizing perfect packaging and uniformly formed food that has been chemically treated and grown using pesticides to keep the appearance fresh and...
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Green Resume Opportunit...

newspaper If you think your resume is just fine as it is, take another look. See anything green on there? Green is the new network of power and resume screeners know to look for actively involved sustainability projects and re-use, recycling and eco-friendly prospects. Does your...
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Greenopia...

Greenopia is the website that is the urban dweller’s guide to living in Los Angeles. While some parts of the United States have advanced programs and local business awareness of green business and dining establishments, and other city search options. Greenopia asks for a registration...
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How to Shop Green

How to Shop Green...

path to green living Do You Know How To Shop Green? When was the last time you went to the Freecycle pages when you needed something? When was the last time to decided to see if something that was broken could be repaired with a little trouble and research instead of pitching it and...
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Got Yard?...

It’s time for summer, and that means bragging rights for the yard and entertainment area are looming large. But green concerns and water sustainability indicate the all-points bulletin landscaping rampage may not be in order. Small changes and big impacts are the trend this...
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Recycle Lookouts...

Want to recycle but just never seem to find anything that appeals? Recycling works backwards. Re-use means you transform something old or used into something new. But the chicken has to come before the egg at some point. You can’t re-use stuff when you don’t know what to look...
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