By Wendy Hobday Haugh Imagine a restaurant that recycles its glass, cans, and paper products, uses biodegradable take-out containers, purchases all its green produce locally, composts every kitchen scrap imaginable, serves only fair-trade coffee and made-from-scratch, cooked-to-order food, uses no...
Sustainable Eating for Health, Happiness and Less Cost
Mary Beth McCue RD, LDN, CDNIntegrative NutritionistThere are many methods and opportunities to eat healthy while being penny-wise and "green" during this time of positive reflection on how we impact our environment, our pocketbooks, and our health. Convenient and...
Greener Than Grass
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By Drew Monthie of Ecologic Consulting I have never been a fan of turf grass. For starters I hate mowing and on top of that all 3 species of grasses used in lawns (Bluegrass, Rye and Fescue) are native to...
Green Teen – When recycling is bad!
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by Vanessa Baird I know! I know! You're thinking that I'm crazy for saying that recycling is bad, I mean... people have been saying for years now that everyone needs to recycle, recycle, and recycle! But what if there was...
Driving the 2009 Green Car of the Year
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Sowing Edition Eco-Localizers: Jane LaCivita & Diane Conroy-LaCivita of Harmony House Marketplace
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by Stacey MorrisCOHOES - Jane LaCivita's plan for her Golden Years was unfolding perfectly. It included a newly purchased condo Thailand where she would spend her days kicking back after a career in nursing home administration.Then her cousin-in-law came to...
Sustainable Living – Adirondack Style
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Doug and Aimee Azaert's Sustainable Living at The Glen: Wild Waters Outdoor Center and The Glen Lodge & Market by Persis Granger Doug Azaert grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, and settled in the Adirondacks in 1982, teaching kayaking with...
Saratoga County Bike to Work Challenge – May 15th
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Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network is sponsoring the "First Annual" Saratoga Bike To Work Day Challenge. Companies with offices/workplaces in Saratoga County are encouraged to form Bike To Work Teams for Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 15th 2009....