Archive for November, 2007
Buy Local Food – Save the Environment
Nov 24th
Do you know how far the apple in your kitchen traveled before you picked it up at the grocery store? According to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, apples in American grocery stores typically travel 1,726 miles before reaching your kitchen! Just think about the fuel needed to transport produce like this across the country More >
Organic Container Gardening – Healthy Plants With A Limited Amount Of Space
Nov 24th
If you would love to grow healthy, fresh vegetables & vibrant, beautiful flowers but have limited space, organic container gardening can be the answer you have been looking for. This creative type of natural gardening can be done just about anywhere & it can even be easier than maintaining a traditional garden plot. Here are More >
Lighting – The Advantages of Solar Power
Nov 23rd
In the modern world there is hardly a house, a street, a business or a transport facility that doesn’t make use of electric lighting. Even though electricity is often seen as a panacea for all environmental ills, a lot depends on how the electricity is generated. Electricity generated by fossil fuels will still create carbon More >
Global Warming & Education Abroad
Nov 23rd
Not that long ago, a major concern amongst university administrations & student recruiters in the UK & Australia was the effect the increased threats of terrorism against those countries – & the US – would have on the numbers of students who wanted to do advanced academic work in those countries. Right. Would parents wanting More >
The Marketing of an Inconvenient Truth
Nov 22nd
I usually cover topics related to the marketing of products & services in this column. However, I am dedicating this column to the marketing of An Inconvenient Truth, a movie about global warming, which is a phenomenon that is impacting our ability to continue living on earth. Al Gore put together a brilliant plan for More >
Why You Should Feed Your Dog Organic Dog Food
Nov 22nd
Organic dog food is the best option if you really need to rely on commercial preparations. Commercial dog foods usually contain high levels of sodium, preservatives, artificial colors & other additives that are toxic to your pet. Organic dog food products provide a guarantee that the product is natural & doesn’t contain these toxic additions. More >
Organic Gardening with Perennial Vegetables
Nov 21st
All organic gardeners love the time of year when the last frost have been, the soil is warming up & the daffodils alert us to the fact that spring is here. It is time to start planting your annual vegetable garden. But what a fantastic supplement to the garden would it be if there were More >
Harnessing Power from Water Energy
Nov 20th
Water is one of the most common chemical compounds on earth, & the oceans provide 75% of the surface of the planet. It is essential to life, & finding water on other planets is one of the major goals of science experiments performed by NASA. Water energy, through the use of waterwheels, was the first More >
Breathe Green for Life
Nov 20th
‘Green’ seems to be the color, or the word, that is getting a lot of attention lately. Many magazines & most newspapers carry articles & ads titled with key words such as green or green building. These terms bring to most minds the picture of homes or commercial buildings that have been designed to conserve More >
Maintaining the Compost Pile
Nov 18th
Maintaining the compost pile doesn’t have to be a lot of work. Basically any pile of organic pile will eventually rot into fertilizer. It’s just a question of how long it takes. One key to maintaining your compost pile is to get it off to a good start in the first place. This means locating More >