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Stop Throwing Your Disgusting Cigarette Butts On The Ground Our Earth Is Not Your Ashtray and Taxpayers Are Paying For It!
Did you know that cigarette butt litter makes an impact economically and environmentally in your community? Daily, as I go about my business, I am constantly shocked by drivers who pitch their disgusting cigarette butts out of car windows and on t...
Harry the Pug Says Save Money! Here Are Five Tips for Reducing Indoor Water Usage
Did you know the average American uses almost 100 gallons of water per day? This includes drinking, washing clothes, washing dishes, flushing toilets, food preparation, bathing, as well as watering lawns and gardens. Surprisingly, the United State...
GAIAMs Kitchen Compost Pail A Great Way to Encourage Garden Composting A Video Review
Composting is one of the easiest ways to create incredible soil for your garden which requires very little or any amendments. Compost is “black gold” and the first step to composting is getting your kitchen bi-products inside your home out......
College of Dupage Students Make A Difference With A Rain Garden
Educating the community on the benefits of having water conservation oriented gardens is critical to help the storm water system in the United States experience less stress. Students from one College of DuPage classroom in Illinois are working to hel...
College of Dupage Students Make A Difference With A Rain Garden
Educating the community on the benefits of having water conservation oriented gardens is critical to help the storm water system in the United States experience less stress. Students from one College of DuPage classroom in Illinois are working to ...
Save Money and the Earth Turn Off That Light Switch!
Switching off the lights both at your home and business could save you a whole lot of money and do good for the earth as well. “Residential lighting consumption was about 215 billion kWh, equal to about 15% of all......
Save Money and the Earth Turn Off That Light Switch!
Switching off the lights both at your home and business could save you a whole lot of money and do good for the earth as well. “Residential lighting consumption was about 215 billion kWh, equal to about 15% of all residential electricity consump...
Show Your Children Nature I Spy A Green Leaf Bug
Katydid’s can be heard all over the Eastern United States as well as the Midwest, but rarely do we see them because of their incredibly wonderful camouflage. Today my nine year old daughter and I got lucky and spotted one......
Show Your Children Nature I Spy A Green Leaf Bug
Katydid’s can be heard all over the Eastern United States as well as the Midwest, but rarely do we see them because of their incredibly wonderful camouflage. Today my nine year old daughter and I got lucky and spotted one on the front window, w...
The Field Museum Teaching How Soil Connects The World In A Sustainable Way
Healthy soil is more than just dirt we clean off our shoes after gardening; it is a living ecosystem in itself, full of an amazing variety of creatures necessary for healthy plant development. One teaspoon of healthy soil contains as......
The Field Museum Teaching How Soil Connects The World In A Sustainable Way
Healthy soil is more than just dirt we clean off our shoes after gardening; it is a living ecosystem in itself, full of an amazing variety of creatures necessary for healthy plant development. One teaspoon of healthy soil contains as many as 5 b...
Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Conservation Science Center Saving the Planet With Research and Conservation!
On the cover of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s (CBG) map and garden guide it says, “Plant Science Will Save The Planet.” After visiting The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, I agree that educating the public......
Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Conservation Science Center Saving the Planet With Research and Conservation!
On the cover of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s (CBG) map and garden guide it says, “Plant Science Will Save The Planet.” After visiting The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, I agree that educating the public on this ...
The Morton Arboretum On The Cutting Edge; Beer Bottle Glass Sustainable Paving
Once again The Morton Arboretum is on the cutting edge with sustainability; utilizing recycled glass as a path product. “Building paths from recycled beer bottles is another wonderful example of our progress towards a more sustainable experience fo...
Recycle your CDs and DVDs Keep Your Technotrash Out Of Landfills
Shockingly, 30 billion Compact Disc’s (CDs) and Digital Video Disc’s (DVDs) are created every year; many of them only to end up as landfill. The CD Recycling Center of America says it is time we recycled them instead! Here’s the......
Car Trash What Do You Do With It? Heres a Green Recycle Tip!
See the photo above – that would be me at least 50% of my life – in the car. Just call me “The Taxi” It’s true; Americans spend a lot of time in their cars due to our hectic modern......
A Yellow Pages Rant Whats With The Phone Book Company SCAM? Americans Go Digital and Save Our Resources and Our Landfill Space
Once again I have received the damned Yellow Pages Phone Book. I do not want these books - I have not used a phone book in nearly five years. Ever. Not even once in five years! Usually I toss the......
How To Install A Rain Barrel The Conservation Foundation Helps Demonstrate How Easy It Is to Install A Rain Barrel
How easy is it to install a rain barrel? REALLY EASY! Jim Kleinwachter works with me in the above short video to demonstrate how easy it really is to install a rain barrel. Jim runs The Conservation Foundation’s incredibly successful......
WATER The Chicago Field Museum Educates on the Importance of Earths Most Precious Resource
Water. Earth’s most precious resource. With only six countries holding nearly half of the world’s fresh water supply, you can imagine the importance of our educating our children and neighbors on why we should be conserving water. The Field Museu...
Why Water Conservation is Important Plus a Look At A Tip On Double Rain-Barrel Installation
Americans have access to an abundance of water much of the time; having water available at the twist of a faucet so it becomes easy to overlook the importance of water conservation. In the United States, we use approximately 205......
Monday Whazzup Attractive Rain Barrel Makes A Splash
Dear Gardening Nude Chick, I cannot find an attractive rain barrel! Help! Signed, Frustrated in Frankfort = = = = = = = = Dear Frustrated, Thanks for the email. I have a wonderful solution for you. Rain barrels can......
How 14 Days In The Yucatan Made Me Realize The Value of Planet Earth Part 3
Sweating from the 90 degree heat, we silently descend into another world – a deep cavern below ground. Gripping the rope carefully, we rappel forty feet down through a narrow hole in the ground, feeling the cold cave air assault......
You Can Reduce Crime In Your Community By Going Green With Landscaping and Sharing Plants
Want to reduce crime and encourage greener living in your community? Share your plants and help others to landscape in your neighborhood. Research conducted by the University of Illinois Landscape and Human Health Laboratory team has been doing on th...
Ladybird Johnsons Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas Green and Beautiful!
What do you do when you are in Texas, it’s 110 degrees outside and you want to see something green and get closer to nature? Go to Ladybird Johnson’s Wildflower Center just outside Austin. Above you see Tom Myer, President......
How 14 Days In The Yucatan Made Me Realize the Value of Planet Earth Part 2
Visiting the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve was one of the most interesting and powerful experiences I have ever had with nature. Sian Ka’an is recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme and is considered a World Heritage Site. My....
How 14 Days In the Yucatan Made Me Realize the Value of Planet Earth Part 1
Summer is here and most of us are looking forward to a respite from our life. The summertime getaway. Might I suggest a green solution? Take an eco-trip. You will see beauty, have an adventure, and learn about our world.......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday Compost 101 How To Compost
Food scraps and yard clippings make up one quarter of the United States’ solid waste piling up in landfills. The book, True Green, says, “When this organic matter ends up in landfills and decomposes without air, it produces methane, a......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday Use a Rain Barrel to Save Money and Water Plus Help Our Stormwater Systems!
One of the most fantastic ways to practice conservation, save money, AND water is to use a rain barrel! Clean Air Gardening sells some of the best and easiest to install. Above you see an instructional video showing the basics......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday Food Waste Is A Serious Problem Do Something About It At Home
This is what I saw several weeks ago when I went to clean up breakfast. Wasted food. I am sure you are wondering why six or seven bites of bread crumbs really makes a difference, right? It makes a difference......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday An Indoor Bokashi Meat and Milk Composter Review
Clean Air Gardening sells this cool Indoor Kitchen Composter which composts more than traditional veg material, it also composts meat and milk. While I have practiced outdoor composting for several years, I have never done indoor composting and was c...
