Category Archives: GREEN Tips
Do your part to control pollution
Summers always pose a difficult choice for us, especially in the Southwestern desert, because as the temperatures rise so does our use of electricity and the potential for ozone and dust pollution. There are several simple things we can do to help combat these potential dangerous situations and help us avoid the dreaded “High Pollution [...]
The what, where, when and how of composting
The answer to the why part of the composting question is the easiest to address. Americans throw out around 25% of the food we make and table scraps account for 12% of the trash in our landfills. It is a waste to waste this waste, especially when you can put most of it to a [...]
CSA article
A new revolution has begun. The rise of CSA is upon us! No, it is not the Confederate States of America but a co-op group called Community Supported Agriculture; a union if you will, of local farmers and consumers who work together to plan, grow, harvest, distribute, and consume locally grown produce, eggs, and meat. [...]
The CSA has risen!
No, it’s not the Confederate States of America but Community Supported Agriculture. We here a lot of talk about supporting local businesses to help lower our carbon footprint and we just discovered a fresh way to do that. We joined a local CSA, Crooked Sky Farms, located in Glendale, AZ and meet them once a [...]
Green Kids
I have been reading alot about how to raise “green” kids, “green” parenting and educating our children to grow up green. There are some very innovative ideas covering a wide variety of subjects from recycling, to composting, to reusing “trash” for art projects and many, many more. We know we need to educate them on the 3 R’s, CFL [...]
Replace the Plastic but “RTB!”
It’s encouraging to see more and more people ditch the plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable bags. It’s also encouraging to see more and more retail outlets offering some type of bag for customers to purchase. Unfortunately there still remains a problem with this process. Well more than one problem but until big grocers [...]
Breath a little easier, naturally
In our effort to make our homes more eco-friendly and energy efficient we have sealed up our homes to prevent cool air from escaping in the summer and warm air seeping out in the winter, and in doing so have trapped indoor pollutants in our living and breathing space.
I don’t mean to be an [...]
