Thursday January 6, 2011

an exercise in mindful living

If you’ve started down the path of “greening” your home or making your lifestyle more eco-friendly you may have noticed how easy it is to get caught up in minutiae. Maybe you’ve faced dilemmas like, I

Categories: blog environment food/drink health news Tags: farming food justice

Tuesday January 4, 2011

landscapes of extraction and e-waste recycling

Right on the heels of last night’s post about Manufactured Landscapes comes this, from Manhattan User’s Guide:

J Henry Fairs‘ extraordinary, consumptively beautiful, sickening photos of our ailing planet are gathered in a new book The Day

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Tuesday January 4, 2011

every thing you own was made by human hands

Or at least parts of it were and then they were assembled, packaged, transported, and sold by humans. And every thing you (and I) have in your possession required energy – extracted and refined fossil fuels

Categories: blog environment health Tags: e-waste mining recycling

Sunday December 5, 2010

expounding on hot grease

In a shipping container in the backyard of Roberta’s restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn is the home of Heritage Radio Network – an internet radio station dedicated to spreading the good food gospel. My friend Nicole Taylor

Categories: blog environment health news Tags: air quality books compost permaculture plants

Wednesday November 10, 2010

green books campaign review

This review is part of the Green Books campaign.Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By

Categories: blog books environment Tags: animals camping foraging improvising nature outdoors wilderness

Tuesday October 19, 2010

raganella’s adventures in nyc

When I’m not working on my next workshop idea or helping clients choose (or make) healthier household products, I’m off in the wild. The wild of the city that is. Recently we (my boyfriend & I)

Categories: blog environment Tags: brooklyn/nyc exploring foraging fun nature outdoors

Thursday October 7, 2010

composting in tight quarters

Do you feel a pang of guilt every time you throw away food scraps? Are you looking for a way to have a positive impact on your local ecology? Do you want to create rich, healthy

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Thursday September 9, 2010

farm city, here i come!

I’m super excited to be participating in the Farm City Fair this Sunday (9.12), part of the larger 2-week-long Farm City event. I’ll be leading a worm composting demo and tabling all day alongside the NYC

Categories: blog environment events food/drink Tags: brooklyn composting farming fun worms

Monday August 9, 2010

REMINDER: clean & clear workshop

Come join me on Monday, August 16 at a delicious cafe in Brooklyn for an engaging and interactive evening!

In collaboration with GreenEdge NYC & Sun In Bloom~

Let me show you how easy it is to

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Wednesday July 28, 2010

real help for haiti – UPDATE

There are only 5 days left to reach the goal for Hands That Feed on Kickstarter (read more about the project below). The thing with Kickstarter is, if they don’t make their goal, they don’t get

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