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Gardening Nude is an inspirational blog built by Shawna Coronado to encourage greening and community improvement. It's ideas and lessons are simple; improving health, lifestyle greening, and building community will enable readers to live well and hap
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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...
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......
Support Healthy Living Have A Green Fair!
How do you live healthier? How do you learn more about living a green lifestyle and what that means? There’s so much information out there it can be quite confusing. My suggestion is to educate your community by getting awesome......
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......
Hydrangea Love An Entertaining Idea On The Cheap and Green
I might not be Martha Stewart – spending less than $10 for a total entertaining evening in the garden – but perhaps that’s the point. With a very difficult economy on the horizon, it’s time we stopped spending extreme amounts......
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...
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.......
BE AWARE - - Wash Produce With Soap and Water - - How Many Pesticides Do YOU Consume Every Day?
At a recent green conference I was handed a little magnetic guide for my refrigerator. It listed which fruits and veggies have tested the highest in pesticides straight off the shelf and which ones are the lowest. Awesome! This guide......
How To Plant A GREEN and Water Conserving Flowerpot or Container Garden
Every year millions of people plant flowerpots. Although beautiful, one problem with flowerpots is that you sometimes have to water the pots every day, particularly during the hot summer months. My secret for potting plants insures you do not have......
Evil Lurks Where You Least Expect It - The Danger of Six Pack Rings And How You And Your Family Can Make A Difference
Danger lurks where we least expect it in life. Even Darth Vader would be surprised that the danger I am discussing today is not from “the dark force” or giant industrial conglomerates. This danger comes from the simple six-pack ring......
Monday Whazzup 2009 Chicago Flower Garden Show is More Sustainable!
Saturday I got lucky and nude. Well… metaphorically. As a member of the Garden Writers Association, I was allowed to go to the 2009 Chicago Flower & Garden Show as a preview reporter. This was a wonderful experience as I......
Gardening Nude Naked Winner of the Week: Austin Green Art An Organization That Is Truly Making A Difference For the Environment and Their Community
On most Friday's, Gardening Nude The Blog features a special person or organization for the day. This person or org is the "Naked Winner of the Week." All people featured in this category are winners for doing great things for......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday Teach Children To Shop With the Brilliant, Amazing, and Beautiful Reusable Bag
Last week I wrote about my experience with Borders – that I was overjoyed about their new “no bag unless requested” policy. Why? Plastic bags are made from ethylene, a petroleum byproduct. In the United States, approximately 12 million barrels....
Gardening Nude Naked Winner of the Week: Organic Farmers Janet Brown and Marty Jacobson Co-founders of All Star Organic Farm
On most Friday's, Gardening Nude The Blog features a special person or organization for the day. This person or org is the "Naked Winner of the Week." All people featured in this category are winners for doing great things for......
Retailers listen up - -Bag? Who needs a stinkin bag?
Bags. We get them at every store we go to. Heaps and heaps of bags. It takes a lot of energy and resources to make a bag and each year across the globe an estimated 500 billion to one trillion......
How Now Green Cow - Simple Solutions for Our Green Waste Issues
Guest blogger Daniel Shellenberg writes the awesome farmer-goes-green blog known as "AGroGuru" - a great blog focusing on how greening impacts the agriculture community. Today he is my guest blogger and brings interesting insight into how we might fi...
Monday Whazzup - What is a Green Roof?
Chicago, Illinois has been building an interesting reputation as the green roof capital of the world. No kidding. As of 2004 there have been more than 80 public and private green roof projects moving forward. It is particularly interesting considerin...
Monday Whazzup - What To Do With Junk Mail Envelopes
According to the book 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Earth, these shocking facts are related to junk mail: Each year, 100 million trees are used to produce junk mail; 250,000 homes could be heated with one......
Gardening Nude Naked Winner of the Week: Michael Edwards, Living Life Organic and Making A Difference
On Friday's, Gardening Nude The Blog features a special person for the day. This person is the "Naked Winner of the Week." Every person featured in this category is a winner for doing great things for the community and trying......
Gardening Nude Naked Winner of the Week: Naomi Sachs, Nature and Garden Healing Therapy Expert
On Friday's, Gardening Nude The Blog features a special person for the day. This person is the "Naked Winner of the Week." Every person featured in this category is a winner for doing great things for the community and trying......
Green and Simple Tip - Guest Puggy says, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Little Pugsley Ratter Salwitz is our guest green puggy today. Pugsley Ratter's owner, Christina Salwitz is very green conscious. Recently her family lost all recycling and garbage pick up due to the snow storm deemed "Snowmageddon 2008” in Washingt...
Get Yo Green on Tuesdays - SAVE LANDFILLS - Recycle Carpet With Green Kid Crafts
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills. According to the CARE statistics, 5 billion po...
Gardening Nude Naked Winner of the Week: Greg Christian, The Green Catering Super Hero
On Friday's, Gardening Nude The Blog features a special person for the day. This person is the "Naked Winner of the Week." Every person featured in this category is a winner for doing great things for the community and is......
Alltop.com is GREEN - How Guy Kawasaki Guy-Vangelized a Naked Green Gal
It is true - this gardening nude gal has been "Guy-Vangelized." It all happened when I had the nerve to send the Alltop.com CEO an email proclaiming the pro's and con's of Alltop's website. His response was the equivalent of......
Get Your Green On Tuesday and in 2009 A GREEN New Year's Resolution Guide
It is that time again: the time for New Years Resolutions. Here are my top five easiest green and healthy tips which will really help you and your family “get your green on” in 2009. Make a GREEN New Years......
Monday Whazzup - Is There a Green Snowblower?
"Tis the season for snowblowers. Just how green and sustainable are they? After years of debate and justification over the purchase, last season the family finally gave in and bought an electric snowblower. Certainly a less green solution to hand......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday - A Green Teen Activity During Winter Break - Recycle and REMIX!
It is Winter Break - that dreaded time when all parents sigh a collective groan. How do you keep your kids busy for two weeks of no-school-snow-day-filled holiday? I have the answer: RECYCLE! Teens and pre-teens are all about self-expression.......
Green and Simple Tip - Turn Water Off When Brushing Your Teeth!
The simplest and easiest green thing that everyone in the world can do with no trouble at all? CONSERVE WATER AND TURN THE FAUCET OFF WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH! It is so easy a child can learn to do......
