Community Orchards
Communities all over the world are reclaiming unused public space and planting them with Community Orchards & Gardens. This idea has really taken off in recent years as folks have faced tough financial times, and also as more people want to eat fresh local produce. Here in our own...
And Furthermore…More About Plastic Pollution
Another major source of plastic waste is, of course, bottles for stuff like shampoo and dish soap. I have another beef against most shampoos, besides the bottles, which will be the focus of this particular little rant. Our skin is our largest organ. It is, on average,...
Plastic Insanity
A few years back I stumbled across a most horrific discovery….the man-made sea of floating plastic crap in the Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And then it got even more mind boggling, it wasn’t the only one of these obscenities. There are four more of these...
Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty!
Sedgwick, Maine is making history by declaring all local food transactions of any kind free and legal. According to the website FoodRenegade.com, Sedgwick is the first city in the U.S. to free itself from the constraints of federal and state food regulation. Published reports say the town has...