National/World
- Can Clenching Your Fist Improve Your Memory?
- Should you be brushing your teeth with a twig?
- Are there nanoparticles in your food? You may already be eating them:
- ...A man who only owns 15 things
- Know your plastics
- Flame Retardants Associated With Neurobehavioral Problems in Children
- Experts Predict Short-Term Ag Effects From Sandy Storm
- Permaculture ideas
- Grow cage-free tomatoes
- Backyard fish farm
- Grow crops vertically
- Fake Organic farmer gets 2 years in prison
- Sugar feeds cancer
- A guide on how to plant edible flowers in your garden
- Get the Gardening How To magazine for free on your ipad
- 7 tips on how to be a green gardener
- 10 Gardening and Landscaping Apps for iPhone and iPad
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Vertical Tower Garden in Chicago Airport Feeds 10,000+ People a Year
- "Pink Slime" company files for bankruptcy
- Students Show How To Live With Less...
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Beauty of Pollination
- Seafood Watch
- Obama May Soon Ban Agricultural Uses of Some Antibiotics
- Bike Commuting Options
- Can Meditation Fight Cancer?
- Starbucks Opens Evolution Fresh
- What is LEED certification?
- Record Green Jobs in Feb.
- Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet
- Greeks Buy Local
Green Books
- Indoor Plants that Eat Toxins
- Green Book Review: "Herbal Remedies"
- Green Book Review: "Living Green"
- Green Book Review: "Microgreens"
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Green Book: "The Defending Army"We recommend this book to explain the complex micro-systems our body uses to defend against sophisticated viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal invaders on a daily basis, which should help in understanding why a healthy environment, organic food, and herbal supplements can be of such benefit to our natural defensive systems…
- Green Book: "Herbs for the Mind."
- Green Book: "Dodging the Toxic Bullet."
Utah
- Utah communities mark some improvement in air pollution battle
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Park City Council Waives up to $1,000 on fees
Park City Council recently agreed to again waive up to $1,000 on fees related to building permits on projects involving renewable energy systems
- Salt Lake County Signs the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Compact
- Fish Have Too Much Mercury In 2 Utah Lakes
- save 90% on your organic food with Utah CoOp
- CSA for Weber, Utah - Little Weber Farms
- Gardening 365 days a year with an underground greenhouse - created in Provo
- Vegetable gardening 101 - how to get started
- Spring planting season in Northern Utah coming fast
- Highland council updates chicken policy
- Utah orchid society blooms
- Failing marks for Utah water prep
- Sign-up to be a vendor at BYU Farmer's Market
- How to get organic certified in Utah
- Electric car visits Salt Lake City on world tour
- Orchid show at Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake City this weekend
- Community Supported Farming on the rise in St. George
- Morgan country ranked highest for clean air
- Vernal residents upset over new mine
- Become a clean air champion for Utah
- Rocky Mountain Power accepting applications to fund solar, wind, and hydro-electric projects
- Lehi, Utah water back to normal
- Students at Salem, Utah school testing soil for science class
- New community supported farm opening up in Provo, Utah
- Array of alternatives to nuclear power for Utah
- IKEA putting 127,000 square feet of solar panels on their roof in Draper, UT
- Charter school in Bluffdale, Utah using solar panels for the school and for the classroom
- Utah CSA: Nature Hills Farm
- Utah CSA: 3 Squares Produce
- Mayor Ralph Becker Asks for Federal Action on Air Quality
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Green Class: Extend the Growing Season
Upcoming Green Class: “Visit and learn from experienced gardeners how to extend the growing season with hoop houses, cold frames, and other weather-modifying methods; we’ll also discuss which crops grow best in Salt Lake’s winters and maximize garden production.”
University of Utah Annex Building
1901 E. South Campus
Dr. Salt Lake
10am -1pm.
www.lifelong.utah.edu - Utah CSA: Jocob's Cove Heritage Farm
- Best Planting Dates for Seeds for Park City
- Utah Health Insurance Co-op
- Temps May Break Records In Utah
- April 7th: Spring Celebration Youth Program
- April 26th: How to Avoid the Truth About Climate Change
- April 11th: Utah's Changing Climate Regime
- Lecture: Global Climate Change - Past, Present and Future
- Sustainable Farmed Food Program
Solutions
- Want To Forage In Your City? There's A Map For That
- Free online Yoga class
- List of plants that produce fresh air
- machine converts plastic waste into diesel, kerosene, or gasoline
- functional snowflake solar panels
- Tiny off-grid retreat on a coastal island in Maine is almost entirely self-sufficient.
- How a gardening novice tackled urban farming
- Non-GMO Shopping Guide:
- 10 Steps to Remove BPA from Your Body in Less Than a Week
- water from air
- kick starter product for home aquaponics
- Homemade Humidifiers
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10 Ways To Humidify Your Home
without a humidifier…
- 6 Secrets to Properly Washed and Store Produce
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Podcast Review: Permaculture Handbook
Review: Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country.
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hand powered charger
1 minute of hand power is equal to 1 minute on your cell phone.
- $25 a week CSA at Swaner EcoCenter
- New Roof Solar Panels
- Build your own self-watering container
- 10 common plants that repel mosquitoes
- Use a fish tank as a small greenhouse
- Make your own straw mattress
- 5 easy tips to green up your meals
- Indoor Plants that Eat Toxins
- Garden Strategies To Help Bees
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Get Certified Mulch
If you’re going to buy mulch for your lawn or garden this year, make sure to get MSC certified mulch. MSC certified means the mulch does not have hazardous materials, such as arsenic or chromated copper arsenate, in the mulch. Here is the list of MSC certified products:
http://www.mulchandsoilcouncil.org/certification/mulch.php
- Get started with backyard food production by watching this youtube series
- Seafood Watch
- Herbal Mouthwashs
- Solar Crock Pot for $199
KPCW This Green Earth Radio Show
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KPCW: This Green Earth Radio Show
Weekly radio show in Park City, Utah about environmental issues and green living. Tuesdays at 9am. Listen live: Link







