Entries from May 2008

Food Hierarchy

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

“Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.”
- David Suzuki
I like things to be laid out and clear. I want to know what the best plan of action is. I know that what is considered the ‘best plan’ […]

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Tags: Food · Green Living · Home and Garden · Local Food · Organic Gardening · Suburban Living · Sustainability

Nature Journal: Backyard Wildlife

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

We all have this deep-rooted fascination with the wild. It’s as simple as feeding squirrels and pigeons on a park bench for some people.
- Nick Jans

Maybe it is pushing it to call a squirrel “wildlife”, but technically, they are. This house is about eight years old and we saw the first squirrel in our backyard […]

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Tags: Backyard Habitat · Home and Garden · Nature · Nature Journal · Suburban Living

Caught in the Web.

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

House Approves Bill to Help our Nation’s K-12 Schools Go Green!!
Washington, DC - The House of Representatives has passed legislation that will provide nearly $7 billion in grants to help our nations’ K-12 schools go green. Called the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 3021), the bill, sponsored by Ben Chandler, will […]

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Tags: Green Living · Suburban Living · Sustainability

Nature Journal - Purple Bunnies

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I always forget how purple the gardens are as May ends and June makes her grand entrance. Early in May, the crocuses come up purple and yellow, then the chives bloom purple, then the comfrey adds it’s hairy blooms, […]

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Backyard Habitat

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive
and even spiritual satisfaction.
- Edward O. Wilson

Habitat - the environment where a plant or animal naturally lives - is all around us. The problem is, as we go about our business, we destroy natural habitat. If your subdivision has all the streets named things […]

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Tags: Backyard Habitat · Green Living · Home and Garden · Nature · Organic Gardening · Suburban Living · Sustainability