Let’s do better than Recycling
Recycling is a good thing, isn't it? Not the way it's currently being done. Here's how you can do better.
What should I plant?
You stop by the garden center, the colorful display at the entrance is so enticing. You grab a spontaneous buy. ... but how does that plant fit into your overall garden ecosystem?
How to create your own Good News feed
slide toward "checking the news" -- again and again and again throughout the day. ... Here's how to break the loop: replace that with a Happy News feed.
Who are Visionary writers for a green future?
Ursula Le Guin anticipated a time "when we would be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now ..." Here are some places to find such writers.
What is good mulch?
Nature abhors bare soil. — Emila Hazelip, French Permaculturist Next time you take a walk in a nature space, say, the Santa Monica Mountains, notice the soil surface. Left to her own doings, Mother Nature covers her soil. Shrubs and…
What is good compost?
In the organic gardening world, you’ll often hear “add compost.” But what’s okay compost, what’s good compost, and what’s great compost? To become a better gardener, I invite you to think about soil and compost from your soil organisms’ point…
Change is here
Here’s a blast from the past, which gave me a sense of how far we have come in manifesting The Great Turning. Revisit with me a post I wrote back in 2014: “Change is coming – hold on tight.” Back…
Which Christmas tree is greener?
Artificial trees can last for years, but natural trees can absorb planet-warming carbon emissions before they are cut. So which option is best for the climate? This article, by CNN’s Rachel Ramirez, does the analysis, comparing plastic trees to Christmas-tree-farm…
Garden Planner and Journal for 2022
What do you use to plan your vegetable garden? Up til now, I’d use a handful of documents: a calendar, my what-to-plant-when list, and some random scraps of paper to collect my garden dreams. As I browsed those luscious garden…
How does buying local support a better economy?
Do you buy local? Or buy from massive international corporations? Here's why your decision makes a big difference.
