http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/gifts-thanksgiving-dinner-host.html Instead of picking up the usual hostess gift, look for eco-friendly alternatives. It may sound like extra work, but with so many green products available, it's more about thinking green as you shop. Instead of picking up the usual hostess gift, look for eco-friendly alternatives. It may sound like extra work, but with so many green products available, it's more about thinking green as you shop. Buy Green Buy Local Do It Yourself Indoor Air Quality Organic Sustainable Flowers Tea Thanksgiving Vegan Wine Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:00 GMT Cara Smusiak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/gifts-thanksgiving-dinner-host.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/local-organic-humane.html There's a human cost to un-green agricultural practices. Why not find out more and take action? There's a human cost to un-green agricultural practices. Why not find out more and take action? Buy Local Pesticides Take Action Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/local-organic-humane.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/powdered-greens-farmers-market.html You leave your home, reusable bag in hand, to take your weekly stroll over to the local farmers market to load up on farm fresh organic produce. There is a slight chill in the air but the weather has yet to make an impact on your life. And suddenly, now it has. Your farmer's market is shut down for the season. For the next 6 months it will be markedly harder to get green greens into your diet. What's an organically obsessed veggie lover to do? You've got a couple of options: You leave your home, reusable bag in hand, to take your weekly stroll over to the local farmers market to load up on farm fresh organic produce. There is a slight chill in the air but the weather has yet to make an impact on your life. And suddenly, now it has. Your farmer's market is shut down for the season. For the next 6 months it will be markedly harder to get green greens into your diet. What's an organically obsessed veggie lover to do? You've got a couple of options: Buy Local Farmers Market Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT Laurel House http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/powdered-greens-farmers-market.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-volunteering-guide.html More than half of American adults - and lots of kids, too - volunteer for various causes. Here's how to make the most of your green volunteering. More than half of American adults - and lots of kids, too - volunteer for various causes. Here's how to make the most of your green volunteering. Buy Local Take Action Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:22:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-volunteering-guide.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/memories-canned-tomato-soup.html If your memories of tomato soup consist of a canned variety which only seemed edible within the confines of a bomb shelter, I urge you to try this homemade local version. If your memories of tomato soup consist of a canned variety which only seemed edible within the confines of a bomb shelter, I urge you to try this homemade local version. Buy Local Farmers Market Local Food Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMT Sara Novak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/memories-canned-tomato-soup.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/locojo-breakfast-muffins-pastries.html As we try and eat more and more locally it seems that some of the foods that we felt we couldn't live without become less and less desirable. Coffee shop pastries that seemed like food porn before begin to appear processed, oversized, and lacking any sort of nutritional value. As we try and eat more and more locally it seems that some of the foods that we felt we couldn't live without become less and less desirable. Coffee shop pastries that seemed like food porn before begin to appear processed, oversized, and lacking any sort of nutritional value. Buy Local Eco-Friendly Foods Local Food Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT Sara Novak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/locojo-breakfast-muffins-pastries.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/meet-gurus-local-food.html Get to know the founders of The 100-Mile Challenge: what has surprised them, which foods are the hardest to live without, and which are the surprisingly easiest Get to know the founders of The 100-Mile Challenge: what has surprised them, which foods are the hardest to live without, and which are the surprisingly easiest Buy Local Carbon Footprint Eco-Friendly Foods Ecological Footprint Local Food Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/meet-gurus-local-food.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/yard-sale-treasure-map.html Saturday comes around and you feel like picking up some cheap used home items, browsing some street-side fashions, or digging through a crate of old books. The place you want to go is, of course, a local yard sale. But how do you know where to go? Paper signs on telephone poles are great, until it rains and the text blurs, or the wind blows turns them into a litter problem. Plus, unless you happen to walk or drive by, you'll never know there's a great sale just down the block. Now, there is a geeky solution for yard sale power shoppers. Saturday comes around and you feel like picking up some cheap used home items, browsing some street-side fashions, or digging through a crate of old books. The place you want to go is, of course, a local yard sale. But how do you know where to go? Paper signs on telephone poles are great, until it rains and the text blurs, or the wind blows turns them into a litter problem. Plus, unless you happen to walk or drive by, you'll never know there's a great sale just down the block. Now, there is a geeky solution for yard sale power shoppers. Buy Local Maps Websites Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT David DeFranza http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/yard-sale-treasure-map.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/100-mile-challenge/challenge-story.html The 100-Mile Challenge: to eat food produced within a 100-mile radius, for 100 days. That's it. Breakfast, lunch, dinner--and drink. Find out how it's done, and maybe try it yourself. The 100-Mile Challenge: to eat food produced within a 100-mile radius, for 100 days. That's it. Breakfast, lunch, dinner--and drink. Find out how it's done, and maybe try it yourself. Buy Local Eco-Friendly Foods Green Challenges Local Food Television Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:30:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/100-mile-challenge/challenge-story.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/save-money-food-coop.html One common reason you might shy away from purchasing only organically grown food is the relatively higher price when compared to conventionally grown and sourced foods. Joining a natural foods co-op can change that, making organic foods more affordable. One common reason you might shy away from purchasing only organically grown food is the relatively higher price when compared to conventionally grown and sourced foods. Joining a natural foods co-op can change that, making organic foods more affordable. Buy Local Green On A Budget Local Food Money Organic Foods Penny Pinching Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT Derek Markham http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/save-money-food-coop.html