Exploring ways to live green, local, slow and in touch with nature.
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Organic Seeds Warm Up the Season
It’s been a beautiful winter weekend in the Delaware River Valley. Friday night's light snowfall left a dusting of powder on bare branches, turning stark grey woods into delicate lace work. Seasonally cold, if only for …
Greening Your Cleaning
Eco-friendly household cleaning products If you're trying to stay on top of warnings about various household toxins, you may sometimes get a mild case of green exhaustion. It's tempting to tune it all out for a while …
Greening the Lunchbox: Six Easy Steps
Whether you’re packing school lunches or brown-bagging it to your job, the lunch box can be a Pandora’s box of environmental hazards. Here are a few alternatives for making lunch more sustainable. 1. Reusable sandwich bags. …
Organic and local on the winter menu
Local mixed greens with organic beets and goat cheese If you live in the Delaware River Valley -- or any place with four seasons -- you know it's more challenging to eat local and organic …
Sustainable resolutions for 2013
Every year at this time, thousands of writers are tasked with finding a fresh spin on the annual New Year’s Resolution article. Meanwhile, those of use who still believe in resolutions make lists that we know …
A Moment of Silence
Nearly a week out from the tragedy in Newtown, CT, the event continues to affect many of us with the impact of a personal, family loss. Perhaps particularly for parents and grandparents, the “facts” of that …
Slowing Down the Holidays
It always happens this time of year. The season that’s supposed to be about giving, sharing and spending time with the people we care about starts to feel like something else entirely. As we …
Going green, local and sustainable this holiday season
Is "sustainable holiday" an oximoron? Is it really possible to block out all those messages to over-consume everything from gifts to food to libations? Would the holidays even be as much fun if we …
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Green Energy at Home Redux
Please note that in the most recent post, "Greening Our Energy Future Can Start at Home," the link to the NJ Board of Public Utilities was not live. That problem has now been fixed. The correct url …
Greening Our Energy Future Can Start at Home
Talked to your friends lately about the importance of renewable energy? If so, those conversations may have focused on the need for more government investment or a stronger pro-renewables energy policy. What can easily …
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