Articles that might inspire you.....What you can do....
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www.nytimes.com
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"Why Bother?" Great article by Micheal Pollan from the NY
Times, April 20, 2008. ***
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www.rmi.org
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Rocky Mountain Institute. "Cool Citizens: Everyday Solutions
to Climate Change: Household Solutions Brief" describes how
homeowners or renters can lighten their impact on the earth's
changing climate by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases
from households. PDF.
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www.wildflower.org
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Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
offers a searchable database of more than 7,000 native
American plants.
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www.nrdc.org
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NRDC. You can help keep bees healthy by making your yard and
garden colorful, diverse and pesticide free. Here are some tips
from NRDC on how you can be Bee friendly.
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www.newyorker.com
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"Turf War" Americans can’t live without their lawns—but how
long can they live with them? Excerpt from book
by Elizabeth Kolbert
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www.cityofbremerton.com
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Rain barrel instuctions-make your own.
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www.michaelpollan.com
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"Why Mow? The Case Against Lawns" by Micheal Pollan.
NY Times Magazine. May 28, 1989. Old but appropriate.
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www.safelawns.org
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Safe lawn's mission is to educate society about the benefits of
environmentally responsible lawn care and gardening. How to
videos and tips.
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www.eartheasy.com
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Earth Easy. Non-Toxic Home Cleaning Tips, Substitutions and
Safe Formulas to make from scratch.
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www.campaignearth.org
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Monthly Challenge Program provides one new thing to
implement into our lives each month, slowly guiding us along a
path toward sustainability. For even the busiest of folks. A
"one step at a time" approach.
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www.throwplace.com
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Throwplace is a site where global users may list goods they wish
to give away to others. Registered Charities, Businesses or
Individuals are able to search the site and make requests for
items of interest. Items listed on Throwplace are not for sale—
they are to be donated.
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www.simpleliving.net
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Simple Living Network, newsletter, community forums, study
circles, tips.
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www.newdream.org
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Center for a New American Dream, non-profit works with
individuals, institutions, communities and businesses to conserve
natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture
and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and
consumed.''
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www.freecycle.org
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Freecycle Network is made up of 4,682 groups with 6,459,000
members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely
nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff
for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping
good stuff out of landfills.
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www.optoutprescreen.com
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OptOutPrescreen.com is a centralized service to accept and
process requests from consumers to "Opt-In" or “Opt-Out” of
firm offers of credit and/or insurance.
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www.catalogchoice.org
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Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It
is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook
Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, and the Kendeda Fund.
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