Green Kitchen Remodeling Kirsten Ritchie is Director of Sustainable Design with Gensler. An innovative problem-solver sought by clients to address emerging environmental and sustainability topics within the context of competitive advantage, Kirsten has managed the SCS Environmental Claims Certification Program. She is the Chair of ASTM Task Group on Environmentally Preferable Products, serves on the Technical [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged benefits of green kitchen, compostable materials, free ventilation, green kitchen, less exposure to toxic chemicals, natural daylight, storage on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged factsheet, green your life on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greening your Life Factsheet Share this with friends and family! http://www.coopamerica.org/PDF/fsGreeningYourLife.pdf
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged buy green, environmentally friendly, organic on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to Buy Green and Not Get Fooled Many of the planet-friendly claims on labels are meaningless, misleading, or downright false. Here, the words to look for — and a chart that answers your biggest questions. Environmentally conscious consumers are reshaping the U.S. marketplace, and maybe you’re one of them. Forty-two percent of Americans are [...]
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged all-natural compost, butterflies and bees, buy recycled, community garden, earthworms, epa greenscapes program, gardening tips, grown your own food, harvest rainwater, native, water with care on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
10 Green Gardening Tips Keep it realYou know what they say about Mother knowing best? Well, Mother Nature never needed to steal sips from a chemical cocktail of pesticides, weed killers, and chemical fertilizers to keep her act together. Nix the poisons and layer on some all-natural compost, instead. Call in beneficial insect reinforcements to wrestle pesky [...]
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged animal shelter, biodegradable poop bags, cats, dogs, go green, holistic, organic foods on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dogs and Cats Go Green We just saved a beautiful puppy, Banjo, from the dog pound and I wanted to see how we could raise our little Banjo green! Here’s what I found. Help your dogs and cats to go green, and you will benefit them as well as the environment. Holistic dog and cat [...]
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged accumulate less, bubble wrap, environmentally-friendly cleaning products, green moving, new home, newspaper, recycling, used boxes on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green Moving Since the recent purchase of our new home, we have been thinking about moving and packing. How can we move and be environmentally friendly at the same time. The following post has great tips for moving and more for being green in your new home! This seems obvious, but don’t accumulate as much [...]
Fayetteville High School Rain Garden Meeting
Posted in Meeting Dates on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first Fayetteville HS Rain Garden Meeting will be this Tuesday, June 23rd at 6:30PM at the Visitor Center in Fayetteville. If you’d like to know more aboutthe project or help in any way please attend!
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged adverse side effects, bug sprays, burt's bees, buzz away, deet, environmental defense, essential oils, guide to insect repellants, headaches, lemongrass, mosquitos, rashes, repellants, rosemary, tea tree on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mosquitos are Back! The fast approach of summer has many of us reaching for mosquito repellants that include DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), but this chemical protection can come at a high physical price. Children are especially susceptible to DEET’s adverse side effects, which can range from rashes and headaches to mood changes and difficulty breathing. Try [...]
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green Wine Consumption The American Association of Wine Economists estimates global greenhouse gas emissions from wine production and distribution to be 5,336,600 tons—roughly the same amount that one million passenger vehicles would emit in a year. What Can You Do? The good news is that because shipping wine typically involves moving lots of heavy glass [...]
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged bike, Father's Day, mother nature, nature rocks, recyclebank, swim, walk on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Father’s Day out with Mother Nature Father’s Day is coming. Uh Oh…what to do, what to do? We love our dads, but shopping for dads is notoriously difficult. Finding the perfect Father’s Day gift for my dad is certainly challenging. I can either a) buy him something he’d absolutely love that’s way out of my [...]
