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- @WorldComposting Excellent! Thank you for taping at least one end of the batteries. This greatly reduces our work t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago
- @Tygemstones Good question! No, we do not take textiles for recycling, except for our annual denim drive. I have re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago
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- Hopefully Maryland will ban this toxic pesticide this session #MDGA19 twitter.com/nytimes/status… 13 hours ago
- RT @PhilShoots: After a long sleep what’s better than Pollen bathing! First BBs this year seen today! Buff-tailed Bumblebee B. terrestris (… 14 hours ago
- RT @AnitaNorburn: Please leave dandelions. Insects love them. 💕 https://t.co/vDTLKOhNRY 14 hours ago
- RT @chesbayprogram: The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary: a body of water where fresh and salt water mix. It is the largest of more than 100 es… 14 hours ago
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Category Archives: water
Support Your Local Dead Zone?
It’s that time of year when farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands are popping up all over. I like to go to the Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Sunday mornings to scope out the products and farmers. And I like that … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, local food, organic foods, water
Tagged Bethesda Farmers Market, chemical farming, chesapeake bay, farmers markets
13 Comments
Save the Dandelions
Society evolves, albeit sometimes slowly. I am 49 years old. There are things happening now that I would not have predicted when I was young. Aside from the fact that gasoline is unleaded, DDT is banned, and there is more … Continue reading
Posted in environment, home, Lawn, water
Tagged algae, chemicals, Chesapeake Watershed, dead zones, fertilizers, lawn care, Save the Dandelions
7 Comments
Scott Fights Scotts
There’s a creek that runs through my neighborhood. I walk it frequently. I consider myself the unofficial keeper of this creek, as I uproot invasive mustard plants and pick up dozens of bags of trash along a mile stretch of the … Continue reading
Posted in bugs/animals, environment, home, Lawn, Living, nature, water
Tagged algae, creeks, fertilizer, lawn, lawn chemicals
48 Comments
A Long Unicycle Ride
One of the bright spots these past few years for the environment has been the awareness and change towards saving seafood species. Greenpeace deserves a ton of credit for this. Since recently launching their seafood sustainability ratings of retailers, they … Continue reading
On Tap
I was in DC a few weeks ago and saw this truck. It made me think about how we in the US have been duped by corporate interests into thinking that tap water is unsafe. I don’t think people realize how … Continue reading
Posted in energy, environment, MOM's Organic Market, trash, water
Tagged bottled water, tap water, The Story of Bottled Water, Water
29 Comments
The Absence of Negatives
A reporter recently called to ask me about the recent Stanford study which claimed that organic foods are not more nutritious than conventional foods. I told him that while there have been studies indicating that organic foods are more nutritious … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, GMOs, MOM's Organic Market, organic foods, water
Tagged animal cruelty, GMOs, organics, pesticides, stanford study
5 Comments
The Changing of the Tides
This story headline [“One billion cans of certified- sustainable tuna heading to supermarket shelves“] recently came across my inbox. Many large conventional retailers have also started to support sustainable seafood. A shout-out goes to Greenpeace, who really spearheaded this effort … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, nature, sustainable seafood, water
Tagged Environment, Greenpeace, sustainable seafood, tuna
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