Compost

Can This Toilet Save The Planet?

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.20.2012

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With Earth Day, on April 22, just around the corner, companies are scrambling to release their most environmentally-friendly products. In the race to ...

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Making the Earth Our BFF

Patricia Draznin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Digital Technology, Recycle, Compost, Ecosystem, Environment, Green, Earth Day 2012, Reusable, Pollution, Carbon Footprint, Comedy News
Patricia Draznin

With Earth Day hurtling toward us faster than you can skin a free-range carrot, we consider our nation's progress in cleaning up the ecosystem that we've been trashing for decades. Here at the Oh Zone, we did what any skilled researcher would do to find the answer. We asked Siri.

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Weird Weather Gardening

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Compost, Noaa, Climate Change, Plant-Hardiness-Map, Water Conservation, Gardening, Organic, Global Warming, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Gardening is already a risky venture. Late spring frost, droughts, plant diseases, insect pest... the list goes on for what can and often does go wrong. But what now? Weather seems ever more extreme, more erratic.

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Composting's Dirty Little Secret

| Posted 05.07.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By William Harless California's next big step in recycling - composting its meat scraps, ...

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WATCH: How To Conquer The Compost Bin

Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Ecorico, Video, Microbes, Compost, Composting, Environment, Home Composting, Environmentalism, Compost Bin, Giselle Achecar, Latino Voices News

About 8 years ago, I got a compost bin. I was on my way to doing my part. And I failed miserably. For whatever reason, it didn’t happen for me. So ...

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Labels Matter! What's in Your Compost & Your Food?

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: GMO Health Risks, Farmer's Markets, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening, Organic Food, Compost, Genetically Modified Food, Gardening, GMO Alfalfa, Family Farms, Labelgmos, GMO's, Food News
Annie Spiegelman

Ready to get genetically engineered foods labeled in your supermarket? You've come to the right place!

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Meatless Monday: Give Back, Don't Throw Out

Ellen Kanner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Epa, Robert Engelman, Growing Power, Beets, Worldwatch Institute, Waste, Compost, Thanksgiving, Will Allen, Chard, Food, Green Holiday, Green News
Ellen Kanner

America may be the land of plenty but we don't have enough to squander. And yet, we're brilliant at it.

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Got Dirt? Give Thanks

Maria Rodale | Posted 01.24.2012

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Maria Rodale

by Wendy Gordon, pioneer in the green consumer movement. Thanksgiving dinner is a rare American meal, and not just because it's an annual event cele...

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Gifts That Keep On Living

Avital Binshtock | Posted 01.16.2012

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Avital Binshtock

The problem with most holiday presents is that they're just so... lifeless. Not these.

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Hipsters Didn't Invent Urban Farming in Detroit

Daniel Klein | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Detroit, Daniel Klein, Perennial Plate, Compost, Brother Nature, Urban Farming, food52, Food News
Daniel Klein

There's a lot going on in Detroit. After years of decay, excitement is growing around urban gardens. Previously abandoned lots are being turned into f...

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Are Pesticide Residues In Compost Damaging Plants?

Posted 11.28.2011

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From Organic Gardening: Imprelis Imperils? Since 1999, gardeners have experienced serious problems with herbicides that do not readily break dow...

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Self-Igniting Fires In Texas

Posted 11.06.2011

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An extreme drought may not be the only problem facing residents of Texas this summer. KXAN in Austin reports that firefighters responded to a brush fi...

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Astoria Characters: The Wheelchair Gardener

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Astoria, Wheelchair, LaGuardia Community College, Kaman Fong, Hong Kong, Two Coves Community Garden, Astoria Characters, China, Tai Chi, Astoria Houses, Grocery Store, Compost, Methane Gas, Italy, Bronx, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Kaman Fong, along with other gardeners, is working on a waste-to-energy project she conceived that is designed to turn compost into low-cost and clean, sustainable energy.

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Brief From Bonnaroo: Tennessee Trash

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Waste Management, Trash, Eminem, Bioplastic, Bonnaroo, Wanda Jackson, Downcycling, Aunt Martha, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Tennessee Trash, Plastic Bottles, Clean Vibes, Hydration Stations, Reuse, Recycling, Recycle, Arcade Fire, Compost, Plastic, Tennessee, Reduce, The Black Keys, Rock the Earth, Loretta Lynn, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Bonnaroo 2012, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s in Tennessee can sing a bit of "Tennessee Trash," a comic and catchy PSA that was sponsored by the State Department of Transportation to discourage littering.

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Compost California

Beth Spotswood | Posted 09.17.2011

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Beth Spotswood

How many Bernal Heights dinner parties have you attended where, when you've asked your host how to dispose of your half-eaten plate of quinoa, he responds, "Just toss it in the compost bowl"?

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Are There Toxins In Your Compost?

Mother Jones | Posted 08.06.2011

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Last month, at a vast composting yard owned by a Northern California waste and recycling company, Recology, I watched a load of lawn and food scraps f...

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Urban Chicken-Keeping and Staying on the Neighbors' Good Side

Megan Paska | Posted 06.12.2011

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Megan Paska

I accepted a long time ago that I am likely a homeowners worst nightmare.

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Debating Cutlery? Can't We Do Better?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan A. Schein

In a move that can only be described as picayune and small-minded, a program designed to make the House cafeteria greener has been eliminated.

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Weekly Mulch: Activist Tim DeChristopher Convicted of Two Felonies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was convicted yesterday of two felony counts. DeChristopher was o...

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Composting in California: Come Get your Bag O' Crap!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annie Spiegelman

Well, now I can add "interviewed a crap farmer" to my esteemed resume, while checking it off my bucket list. My parents will be so proud.

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Eat Healthier, Spend Less: How To Boil Your Garbage

The Sweet Beet | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Sweet Beet

This is a "how-to" that covers two of the most common New Years resolutions: Eat Healthier and Spend Less. Food scraps(that might otherwise be thrown...

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Astoria Characters: The City-Slicker Chicken Farmers

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Deciding to raise chickens in an apartment that's smaller than a chicken coop isn't something Jules Corkery and Robert McMinn are doing on a whim.

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10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Newman

This year's holiday tips offer more ways to make your Thanksgiving meal an opportunity to support sustainable agriculture, reduce your water use and go on a low carb(on) diet.

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Astoria Characters: The Crusading Composter

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island City Greenmarket, Bucky Buckaw, Stephanos Koullias, Nancy Ruhling, Astoria, Sunnyside Greenmarket, Brooklyn Grange, Compost, Western Queens Compost Initiative, New York News, Tent, University of La Verne, Pea, Hudson Valley, Little Red Wagon, Farm, Two Coves Community Garden, Staten Island, String Bean, Kalymnos, Nonprofit, Williamsburg, Fossil Fuels, Certified Master Composter, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

In a good week, Stephanos Koullias will collect nearly 1,000 pounds of other people's excess edibles.

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What Do iPhones, Coca-Cola and SunChips Have in Common?

Gwen Ruta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gwen Ruta

The ruckus over Frito-Lay's recent decision to pull some of the compostable bags it uses for SunChips snacks is missing the point.

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