Dear EarthTalk: What’s better for the local ecology, sewers or septic tanks?
You probably won’t have much choice as to whether that home you’re thinking of buying is on sewer or septic. Most likely it’s a done deal, unless the neighborhood is presently all on septic but is considering a petition to the town to [...]
Sometimes, you come across a website you had never seen before but wish you had made yourself. Two days ago I found the website for The ULS Report – The Use Less Stuff Report, which aims to help people use less stuff in order to reduce waste and conserve resources. They have developed an easy [...]
No, it’s not a new Special Forces group in the U.S. military…but it does sometimes occur under the cover of darkness. Coined in 1973 by Liz Christy, “seed grenades” were made as a way of introducing vegetation to empty lots in NYC in order to make the city look better. First made from condoms filled [...]
