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Truck Farm: the Concrete Jungle’s Mobile Garden

Truck Farm: the Concrete Jungle’s Mobile Garden

I am intrigued with the creative way concrete jungle dwellers are finding ways to grow gardens whether it’s through yardsharing or fire escape farming, and now, Truck Farms.  Film makers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, the creative minds behind King Corn and The Greening of Southie are proving that you can garden anywhere with their [...]

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#Ecomonday Twitter Suggestions - Vol. 5: @Treehumper @EarthIndustry @AmazonPilgrim

#Ecomonday Twitter Suggestions - Vol. 5: @Treehumper @EarthIndustry @AmazonPilgrim

As summer is wrapping up I’ve been running around crazy so I haven’t had a chance to connect with last week’s #ecomonday recommendations to get their picks for this week so I’m going to resort to some shameful self-promotion.  This week I’m going to recommend you follow the Twitter accounts for two projects that we [...]

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Sunday Funnies: Kitty Kleenex

Sunday Funnies: Kitty Kleenex

This article from Treehumper explores Kimberly-Clark’s efforts to save trees by replacing their traditional paper based Kleenex tissues with kitten based tissues.  While the move was considered a huge win by Greenpeace, now PETA is getting bent out of shape.  Check out Treehumper for all the details on this hilarious environmental story and for gripping [...]

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Eat Real, Eat Local

Eat Real, Eat Local

This illustrative video was produced for the Canadian “Eat Real, Eat Local” campaign, targeted at getting Canadian’s to support local agriculture, but the message is universal:  Eatling locally grown food is healthier, more environmentally friendly and better for your local economy.

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DIY: Recycling Your Candles

DIY: Recycling Your Candles

What do you do with those old candles that have burnt down to almost nothing, or who lost their wicks?  You could toss them or you could turn them into new home made candles like Cara Hall.  Cara demonstrates on her blog the Failed Feminist how to recycle your old candles into new candles like [...]

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PACT Earth Friendly Underwear

PACT Earth Friendly Underwear

What Are You Wearing Under There?  Underwear, and if it’s PACT, it’s some eco-friendly underwear.

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#Ecomonday Twitter Suggestions - Vol. 4: @Michael_GR @DerekMarkham @SeanDaily

#Ecomonday Twitter Suggestions - Vol. 4: @Michael_GR @DerekMarkham @SeanDaily

This week’s #ecomonday picks from Olivia Zaleski, Karl Burkhart are two I can really get behind.  First Olivia recommends Michael Graham Richard, a guy who’s been blogging about green issues since 2005.  Karl recommends our very own contributer Derek Markham and I added another great green blogger, Sean Daily…

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DMB Promoting Green with SO MUCH TO SAVE

DMB Promoting Green with SO MUCH TO SAVE

As part of the Bama Project, the Dave Matthews Band is offering a cool incentive called “SO MUCH TO SAVE” to remind concert goers to recycle.  According to the band, over 1 million people will attend DMB shows this summer, and they explain: Imagine if each fan recycled just one can at each show. That’s one [...]

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DIY Upcycled Wine Bottle Gas Lamp

DIY Upcycled Wine Bottle Gas Lamp

Upcycle an old wine bottle into an eclectic porch gas lamp… While I haven’t tried this DIY yet I think it’s my new favorite. Erik Anderson of Gerardot & Co. (a team of branding experts, creative marketers and designers) came up with this DIY when he was looking for a Tiki Style lamp to fend [...]

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Far Foods Carbon Footprint Labels

Far Foods Carbon Footprint Labels

So you are buying organic and mostly local, that’s pretty good, but if you live in New England like me come winter time local produce is a little harder to come by so end up buying tomatoes from… China!? The fact is there’s no reliable and easy way to know where your produce is [...]

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