Articles tagged “Buy Local”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Mark Their Place without Marking the Planet By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 20 2008 With the spring party season in full swing, everyone is in the market for tons of paper products. Add a spring touch by cutting the base of huge local berries and then cutting a slit in the top to hold your recycled place card. + READ MORE

Is the Farmers' Market an Endangered Species? By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 20 2008 We here at Planet Green are always encouraging you to shop locally and at farmers' markets, but according to the Toronto Star there is a problem with the burgeoning local food movement: there aren't enough farmers. + READ MORE

5 American Eco-Friendly Bars, Clubs & Restaurants By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 14 2008 Bars, clubs and restaurants are all going green these days. What differs is in what ways and to what extent they're going green. Here are 5 eating/drinking destinations around the country taking different, but often overlapping, approaches to eco-conscious customer demands and their own sense of environmental engagement. + READ MORE

Wearing Sustainability on Your Sleeve By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty May 14 2008 One of the 7 foundational habits of highly effective people is thinking win-win, which is also one of the working mantras of sustainability. Indeed today many of us want to live more sustainable, more eco-friendly lives, but we want to look good too. + READ MORE

Protect Your Family From Pesticides By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 29 2008 Even seemingly innocuous lawn-care pesticides post unacceptable health hazards for your family. Find out why the tiniest members of our family are also the most vulnerable, and how you can protect them. + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

Take a Trip to the Farmers' Market By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 11 2008 My local farmers' market wasn't quite as bustling as Covent Garden, but it was still pretty busy for early April.If you have questions for a farmer about his farming practices or the varieties of produce he grows, he may have a bit more time to talk at this time of the year.During the height of the growing season my... + READ MORE

Five Simple Steps That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 9 2008 Annabelle and Holter do their best to show eco criminals the error of their ways. Of course, no car is the best car to drive into a more sustainable lifestyle, but while leaving the car at home might not be an option, driving a hybrid or a car that gets superior gas mileage is the way to go for both your pocket and the... + READ MORE

Eat Häagen-Dazs, Save Bees By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Mar 26 2008 Thanks to Haagen-Dazs, eating ice cream is a good start to helping save the dwindling honeybee population, which we rely on for one-third of our food supply.Increase native bee populations by planting bee-friendly plants such as lavender, jasmine, rosemary, violets, thyme, and sunflowers. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Make the Most of Those Parsnips By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 12 2008 Here it is, the absolute depth of winter as far as cooking in Canada is concerned.Maple Parsnip SoupServes 8 3 tbsp butter1 lb parsnips, chopped2 medium onions, chopped2 cloves garlic, minced6 cups chicken or vegetable stock1/4 tsp ground nutmeg1/2 cup evaporated milk (I used light cream)1/3 cup maple syrup2 tbsp Dijon... + READ MORE

Get Recession Ready: Use Your Rebate Money Wisely By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jan 25 2008 So the House, Senate, and President have hammered out a deal to print out 50 billion for an economic-stimulus package that will send out cheques for up to ,200 per family. In one study comparing two bookstores in Austin, Texas, economists found that 3 out of every 00 spent at Borders stayed in town, compared... + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: 10 Ways to Tighten Your Belt in the Kitchen By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2008 Recession is in the air, so we are offering up some tips on tightening your belts.Plan meals that will stretch through the week: If you make a spaghetti sauce one night, make enough to use in another meal. + READ MORE

Use Less Stuff: 10 Little, Big Things You Can Do By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2007 Free Range Studios and Annie Leonard, the co-coordinator of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), have made a 20-minute short about the underbelly of our production and consumption patterns, as well as how they tie up with a large number of environmental and social issues.Buy green, buy fair, buy local,... + READ MORE

Have a Green Thanksgiving By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 9 2007 The Web site Greener Choices.org has outlined, clearly and concisely, what the terminology surrounding organic products mean.Fruits and vegetables Certified organic and biodynamic produce is grown without genetic modification, synthetic pesticides or use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.Look for organic and... + READ MORE

Support Your Local Small-Mart By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2007 A lot of Main Street retailers and services have gone out of business when challenged by the big boxes,often noting that they can buy stuff cheaper at Wal-Mart than they can from their suppliers. Buy local-imperfect choices: It is better to buy local-non-organic produce than it is to buy non-local organic food flown in. + READ MORE