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Adding just one of these suggestions to your holiday celebration can make a difference.
My reusable Built wine bottle carrier's always gotten me compliments - while saving those rather useless little brown paper bags grocery store baggers like to put bottles in. But I just watched a video that now makes my reusable wine bag seem rather shabby.
As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.
Dear Bill: I keep reading articles and hear people talk about lumens from a light bulb and watts from a light bulb. I'm told that if I buy a compact fluorescent lamp, that swirly light bulb, that I have to get the right watts or lumens. What's the difference between watts and lumens on a light bulb?
Dear EarthTalk: I don't understand why many people oppose wind power just because they have to look at the turbines. If you ask me, wind turbines are much nicer-looking than coal-fired, waste-to-energy or nuclear power plants.
Did you know that cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America? And only five states grow the majority of cranberries in our country - Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey?
Q: What's the deal with cloth diapers and should I use them?
I never used to roll my eyes when gardeners talked about their compost, describing texture and smell of their "black gold."
On a small lot tucked between conventional homes on Boise Avenue in Boise, Idaho, Mark Lung is hard at work stacking bales of straw and mixing mud.
Most people use disinfectants to keep from getting sick.
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