by Michelle Lasley | Dec 7, 2009 | The Green Life
NRDC: Trashy Habits — Reducing Your Waste. So, everything is about the “Green Life” these days. Linux themes, many blogs, and even some green washing. One of my favorite sites for information is the Natural Resource Defense Council. And, it looks...
by Michelle Lasley | Aug 19, 2009 | Food, The Green Life
I’ve noticed lately two things: 1) there are a lot of tips to show you how to build a green lunch and 2) there is a lot of talk about how organic food doesn’t hold any more nutrition than conventional food. The discussion that could happen based on these...
by Michelle Lasley | May 15, 2009 | One a Day, Outside the Home, The Green Guide, The Green Life
Apparently people like mulch! This blog has seen a steady increase in hits since I posted the ‘free mulch’ tidbits several weeks ago. So, I thought I’d take this opportunity to preach to the choir about some mulch benefits: Mulch keeps the soil...
by Michelle Lasley | Oct 6, 2008 | Outside the Home, The Green Life
The History While putting the Tolman Guide together, we learned that poplar trees are great soil remediators. They take up toxins from soil, cleaning the soil. I already knew that sunflowers do the same thing, and in ten years sunflowers, when planted on a brownfield,...
by Michelle Lasley | Sep 21, 2008 | Food
A lot dealing with sustainability answers the question, “How can I do for myself?” A major component of sustainability is keeping things local, and what’s more local than supplying for yourself from your place on this earth? Whether it be an...
