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The Mvskokee Food Sovereignty Initiative has instituted an annual Food Sovereignty Symposium.

At this year’s event, Sally Auger and Diane Wilson presented Dream of Wild Health, a visionary program in Hugo, MN. On a ten-acre farm, youths and families are nurtured in body, mind, and spirit. Through three youth programs, kids and teens learn about responsibility, [...]

Auld Lang Syne is on my mind today, not only because it’s what is traditionally sung at midnight, but because of what it means.  Auld Lang Syne is sung at this time because it symbolizes endings and new beginnings.  The noise and bustle of the holidays is over and we are entering a hopeful new [...]

Continuing this mini blog series about everyday actions regular people can take to help create sustainable environments, here are five more tips!
1. Are you still using that old leaf blower?  Raking is much better for the planet, not to mention your health!  The same is true for a push mower instead of a gas-powered or [...]

Here are five more easy actions to live more sustainably!
1. Stop phone book delivery.  YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is a movement against unsolicited phone book delivery.  Sign up to remove your home or office from receiving telephone directories (beware phony sites; you should see a photo of a mountain at the top of the correct page) .  If [...]

Everyone’s talking green.  It’s on the news, in magazines, in newspapers, and on countless websites.  There’s a lot to know and a lot to be considered, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist, have a green thumb, or let your hair grow and start giving everyone the peace sign.  It’s very easy to [...]

It has been reported that Aramark Higher Education is instituting a program at college campuses this school year that will divert more than 2 million disposable food containers from landfills.  In the same spirit, here are a few suggestions on how to green your kid - or yourself - on the way back to the [...]

Last week I got to see an eye-opening program on PBS about the disappearance of bees worldwide. It was a very informative  show about a situation that everyone who’s gotten used to eating more than just a few kinds of grain should know about.

At the time of the production of this program, Silence of the [...]

Check out the timeline of tasks from the August/September issue of Mother Earth News. Look up the date of your first killing frost (FKF), if you don’t already know it, and you’re ready to go!

12 – 14 weeks before FKF:

Direct-sow last plantings of fast-maturing, warm-season vegetables such as snap beans, cucumbers, and summer squash. Also [...]

Cell phones are ubiquitous accessories these days, almost appendages for some of us. Have you ever considered the impact your constant connectedness could have? For instance does your provider do any of the following:

- Donate regularly to Greenpeace, Defenders of Wildlife, Doctors Without Borders, and Natural Resources Defense Council?
- Oppose drilling in the [...]

Here’s an innovative approach to ‘reduce, reuse, recycle.’ Hair stylist Phil McCrory noticed how quickly otters’ fur absorbed oil during the Exxon Valdez disaster. After testing how much oil clippings from his hair salon could absorb, he created the oil remediation mat, marketed as OttiMat. He discovered that a machine designed to make carpet pads [...]