The GreenRoost Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is your kid green?
Simon & Schuster may be able to help with that. They have a new eco-friendly line of children’s novelty and story books aimed at parents and children looking to learn more about the environment.
It’s more than just a name - the books are made from recycled materials, are printed with vegetable [...]

True or False:
1. Bats are warm-blooded and have hair, which they keep clean and tidy, like cats.
2. Bats are mammals.
3. Female bats give live birth, usually to only one young (”pup”) per year.
4. Female bats can identify their pup among hundreds, coming back every night after feeding to nurse and care for.
5. The life expectancy of a [...]

What is it, I wonder, that connects so many artists so closely to nature?  Or maybe it’s that those who love nature are artistic?  Possibly it’s got something to do with being able to see the beauty in things, potential beyond what meets the eye…
Anyway, a work friend sent me pictures of some of Heather [...]

Last year in winter my husband’s business partner in Amsterdam has sent him a box of tulip bulbs. (When I think of Amsterdam, tulips and bicycles are the two things that come to mind.. tulips are a huge part of their history and culture, but more on that later).
I’ve planted some bulbs, gave away some, [...]

A while ago I bought a fairly large-sized gift for a friend’s baby shower. I brought the present home - and then remembered about the gift wrapping.
Coincidentally, just a few days prior to that I came across some facts on all the waste created by gift wrapping - close to 50 football fields of trash a year in the US [...]

I don’t know if it’ll get you into heaven, but it can’t hurt, right?  (If you believe in that sort of thing.)
Sierra Club has given us seven ways to “green” our Earth Day:
1.  Get out and DO something - then tell us about it!  Tell ANYONE about it…pass along your enthusiasm, sense of accomplishment, and [...]