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This is one of the best videos I've ever seen!
I will be having a booth at the Green Festival this coming weekend. I'm all set up and ready to sell recycled glass accessories. Booth #460. Let me know if you want a free ticket.
Incredible news: the President just delayed the decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, effectively killing the project!
This is an amazing victory for our movement, and a demonstration of people power in action. But we can't back down now -
Calling all Contra Costa Green Businesses! You may be eligible to receive public recognition for your environmental excellence.
Applications for Acterra's 2012 Business Environmental Awards are now available.
Eligibility
Any private or public business e
On November 5th, 2011 your local Veterans will be accepting donations of frozen turkeys and nonperishable food items for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
8AM - 2PM
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Fairfield
Green Remodel Forum has recently started a blog on the website. The first post is about a green remodel project in Pleasant Hill. The owner, Cathy Terry, is keen to take all green measures. Her timing is also perfect to take advantage of the Energ
I just used the beloved Alhambra Valley Olive Oil in this amazing Chicken Marbella recipe from Silver Palate cookbook. Was out of olives (where can I buy Alhambra Valley Olives?) and used currants instead of prunes.
Serving it with lightly broiled as
On January 17, 2011, Dr. Don Huber, an internationally-recognized plant pathologist and Professor Emeritus at Purdue University, sent a private le
http://www.nontoxic.com/nontoxic/scentfreeorganizations.html
The toxicIty of personal care products as well as of course paints , particle board, emf from cell phones and carpets and pesticides in food and chemicals in water all hinder the brain deve
It takes time for disrupted soils to be
LEAF is a cutting-edge program that inspires children to engage with ecological systems and supports teams of students as they collaborate to change the way their school communities impact the environment. Now is the time for our youth to be leaders
I just learned about these guys at the Green Festival in SF and got my first delivery of wonderful (and very affordable) organic fruits and vegetables from their farm in Davis. This is a cool, family-run company. A bit from their website:
Farm Fresh T
These are the tough freeze warnings – just when everything is soaked with rain. A few precautionary tactics:
1. Christmas lights on the citrus trees and around tender plants / pls ensure waterproof or GFCI connections for outdoor plugs
2. Frost fabric
3
The 9th annual Green Festival returns to the San Fransicso Concourse Exhibition Center on Saturday, November 6th and Sunday, November 7th. The theme of this year's Green Festival, billed as the nation's largest sustainability event, is "Engagement" a
This perspective beautifully written by Justin Van Kleeck inspires me to focus on abundance and harmony rather than scarcity and conflict - freeing!
