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The Green Phone Booth: Green(er) Gifts for the Gardeners on Your List
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Green(er) Gifts for the Gardeners on Your List. Green Bean looks toward the holidays with a shovel in hand. It is that time of year again. While I am all about less gifts, less consumption, more experiences, if you really want to buy me or any other gardener a present this year, here is what people with dirt under their nails appreciate:. 2) Seeds or Plants from Your Own Garden. 3) Coupon for a Project:. Hint, hint, honey! 4) Coupon for a Work Day:. This is a gift even kids ...
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The Green Phone Booth: Innovative for the planet; kind of on the small side
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Innovative for the planet; kind of on the small side. The Conscious Shopper test drives the Nissan Leaf. When I heard that Nissan was coming to Raleigh as part of the Drive Electric Tour, you better believe this greenie jumped at the chance to test drive the new all-electric Leaf. Here are a few choice iPhone photos from the event:. The battery pack, located underneath the car. The Leaf's roomy trunk. What did I think? 32,780 price tag (with the $7,500 federal tax incentive, the...
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The Green Phone Booth: Why You Should Share Green Good News with Your Kids
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Why You Should Share Green Good News with Your Kids. Recently I've been reading and writing about. How to Raise a Wild Child. By Scott P. Sampson. The chapter on "The Rewilding Revolution" included a passage that grabbed my attention:. Stories that demonstrate how people are working to solve the problems, and how youths can be part of this critical work." (emphasis mine). After tragic events. I also often point out that sometimes we are dealing with habits and situations tha...
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The Green Phone Booth: Unpaving Paradise: How to Start a Wildlife Garden
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Unpaving Paradise: How to Start a Wildlife Garden. From the bean of Green Bean. I make my home on the San Francisco Peninsula - on the crust of Silicon Valley. Here, where orchards and oak trees once mingled, houses shoulder together, the occasional hedge and obligatory fence dividing the land. Chickadees had a brood of 4 babies whose rubber duckie-like squeaks filled the backyard. 1) Just Add Water. We have far more birds come to our birdbaths than to our two feeders or elsewher...
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The Green Phone Booth: Replacing your face wash with raw honey
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Replacing your face wash with raw honey. It's true. I wash my face with honey. Although I am in my 30s, I am frequently frustrated by skin that looks like it belongs to a highschooler. Over the years, I've tried pretty much every wash on the market and haven't really found anything to help. If it cleared up my skin, then it dried out badly. I didn't dare use a moisturizer, though! Moisturizer brought the breakouts that "necessitated" the face wash in the first place! I keep ...
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The Green Phone Booth: When rain took on a new dimension
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Sunday, August 19, 2012. When rain took on a new dimension. In which raindrops falling on Truffula's head became a (re)discovered resource. Back in the day, I loved to read. I read on the couch. I read in the car. And in the summer, I read. out on the driveway. in the rain! What I didn't know then was how I'd also learn to (re)love rain in the forecast. It's not "bad" weather (except when I'm in the midst of my public transportation commute! I'm also more in tune with the seasons. Before the winter f...
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The Green Phone Booth: Droughts and the Water Crisis
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Droughts and the Water Crisis. Most of the US is currently under a drought, including my state, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is mostly under an extreme drought. With a tiny bit under a severe drought left and a growing area under an exceptional drought, which is the highest level. Oklahoma is currently under a state of emergency as well a statewide burn ban, due to the drought. That summer we had to be put under a water emergency at one point, yet people still didn't follow the rules.
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Green Bean Chronicles: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014. 9 Ways to Shop Local for the Holidays . And Beyond. A banner hangs across the main street of a local town. Last year, I tried for a Nothing New Christmas. But this year, I admit that I am buying a bit more. That said, I am trying to make my money count. Did you know that "$45 out of every $100 spent at small businesses stays local." Only $15 out of every $100, by contrast, stays local when you shop at national chains. There are many more reasons to buy local. To name a few.
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