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...
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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
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!
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
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
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
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....