Archive for 'News'
Study Finds Organic Foods are More Healthy
The French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA) released a study last week that outlines a number of health benefits to eating organic food. This comes on the heels of a UK study that said just the opposite. According to the AFSSA study, organic foods are not only more nutritious, but they’re safer. You can check [...]
Posted: September 17th, 2009 under News.
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Seed Banks and the Future of Food
I’m not sure what it is about Seed Banks, but I love hearing about these fantastic facilities that are storing the world’s seeds. Maybe it’s that idea of archiving all of that biodiversity…it feels like such a noble thing. Maybe it makes me feel a little safer knowing there are folks out there [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2009 under News.
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First 60 Seconds of the No Impact Man Film!
I know, I gush about No Impact Man on here quite a bit, Can you blame me? Colin Beavan is one of my heroes, and he just put the first minute of his documentary on You Tube! head on over to Glue and Glitter to watch!!
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under News.
Tags: documentary, film, No Impact Man
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Indie Craft Experience – This Weekend!
[Photo via The Indie Craft Experience]
The Indie Craft Experience is just two little days away, and I could not be more pumped! The show is Saturday and Sunday from 11a-7p in beautiful Centennial Olympic Park. Not only will there be amazing crafts for sale, ICE features great live music from DJ Zano and [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2009 under News.
Tags: Atlanta, ICE, summer
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How to Grow 100 Pounds of Potatoes in 4 Square Feet
If you know me, you know that I love a potato. I could really eat potatoes pretty much every day and not get sick of them. In fact, my pops and I were just talking tonight about how we both love cooking with the mighty potato.
So! You can imagine my joy when I [...]
Posted: April 16th, 2009 under News.
Tags: food, gardening, potatoes, Re-Nest
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MARTA Facing Service Cuts
This is going to affect thousands of people in Atlanta, many of whom don’t have an alternative way to get around town.
The General Assembly voted down Senate Bill 120, which would have allowed MARTA to tap into $65 million in capital reserve funds. Since the system receives absolutely no state funding, it relies heavily on [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2009 under News.
Tags: Atlanta, MARTA, public transportation, transit
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Roots of Climate Denial
Wow, this podcast made my jaw drop:
[via Planet Save]
Posted: March 29th, 2009 under News.
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And in the Good News Department…
Atlanta’s Brown Middle School teamed up with Trees Atlanta and Atlanta Audubon to launch a pilot environmental education partnership. I just love seeing kids learning good habits. I feel like this sort of thing helps shape environmentally responsible grownups! You can read all about the program over at my post on Ecolocalizer!
<3,
Becky
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Natural Living, News, Sustainability.
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CRAFT’s March Mending Month
I can’t believe I haven’t posted about this before today! Did you know it’s Mending Month over at CRAFT?
My favorite tutorial they’ve done so far is the one on darning from Arwen O’Reilly Griffith, and not just because she titled it Darn It! She shows you how to darn a worn blanket, a [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2009 under News.
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New Year’s Resolutions
[Creative Commons photo by Vicky Sorsby]
SuperCute! did a guest post over at Indie Fixx about New Year’s resolutions! Check it.
Posted: January 1st, 2009 under News.
Tags: 2009, Indie Fixx, New Year's Resolutions, resolutions
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