When I met Melissa Matarese in the summer of 2017, I felt an immediate bond. We both view sustainable living as the key to a healthy and meaningful future. And we both hope to …
Published!
I'm thrilled to announce that Choosing Sustainability: Your Guide to the What, Why and How is now available in paperback for $22.95. Several independent bookstores local to me are carrying the book. But you …
Happy Sustainable Thanksgiving
Delicious meals. Celebrations large and small. Warm moments with those we love. Those are some of the pleasures most of us anticipate (or long for) as the holiday season begins. But the holidays also …
Time to Vote!
It's Election Day 2018. Do you know where your candidates stand on sustainability? Our personal daily choices give us the power to help create a more sustainable lifestyle and a better world. But wouldn't …
Local = Sustainable. Here are five quick ways to localize your lifestyle.
Eating local has caught on big in recent years. Everyone seems to get that it can reduce our carbon footprint, help support small-scale farmers and give us access to fresh, tasty food. Becoming a …
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The blog is back… with new ideas for living sustainably
Welcome to Sustainable Choices... and welcome back to those of you who followed Fresh in the Delaware River Valley from 2011 until the fall of 2014. Since I left off, I have written a …
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What Does a Resilient Community Look Like?
Residents of Solebury Township, PA, and many other Pennsylvania communities recently suffered through a multi-day power outage following a severe ice storm. Blown transformers and sub-stations caused power surges in homes, damaging heating systems, …
Delaware River Valley Organic Garden Harvest
What a great time of year for edible gardeners in this part of the country. The harvest keeps coming thanks to a still-warm-enough Sun and just enough rain. It’s time to “process” some of …
New Hope Organic Garden Bounty, Mid-Summer
Weeds, beetles, caterpillars, rabbits, groundhogs, excessive heat, downpours, miscalculations and a few failed crops... . By this point in the summer, the average organic gardener may wonder (very briefly) if it's really worth all the effort. Couldn't we just frequent …
Can your yard reverse global warming?
It just might help…if you go 100% organic. Scientists at the Rodale Institute (and other researchers) have found compelling evidence that organic farming helps soil bury ("sequester") the carbon dioxide (CO2) that contributes to global warming. …
