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Earth Day: Getting Your Garden On

2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford April 22nd, 2009 in Commentary, Diet/Nutrition/Eating, Peak Oil, landscaping.

One day my neighbor Tony popped his head over the fence while I was out back working and said “Hey Man! I see you’re gettin your garden on. Thats cool.” It made me think, that is what the experience is like. Gardening is like getting a groove on with the earth.

The Mike Nowak Show: Confidant to the Nascent Gardener, Organic Ambassador to the World

1 Comment Published by Seamus Ford April 15th, 2009 in Diet/Nutrition/Eating, Recycling, Social Responsibility, Water Ecology, landscaping.

I was thrilled by how knowledgeable Mike Novak and I even got to even share about Low Carbon Home on the radio.

The Environmental Citizen

Toyota COO Acknowledges Peak Oil March 11, 2010
While the rest of the automotive industry and bussiness world are wondering about the long term impact of Toyota’s recent recalls, the company clearly remains focused on the future in ways that the rest of the industry seems to be missing all together. Jim Lentz the Director of Toyota Motor Sales in North America makes [...] […]
Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning March 11, 2010
Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or â€œpercâ€�) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause mens […]