Forget hot-water washing and embrace hanging clothes to dry to reduce energy use and save money.
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Skip the AC; here’s how to keep yourself – and the planet – cool
If we design and manage buildings for passive cooling and adopt some creative coping strategies, we can beat the heat.
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Organizers of sailing regattas make a wind-powered sport even greener
At events, they encourage recycling, offsetting emissions and generating less trash in the first place.
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Hit pause on a Maine sustainable farming seal of approval
Certification based on trusted standards sounds good, but the state’s plan seems more like marketing.
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Supermarkets reject imperfect produce that could be eaten. Crazy!
If standards were relaxed, we’d waste less food and pay less at the store.
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Time has come to care for water like it’s precious
Avoiding water waste will improve your life and your planet.
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A new approach to community food systems integrates conservation-minded land trusts
The two worlds are converging, says Kristen Miale, president of Good Shepherd Food Bank.
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The incredible shrinking lawn: It’s a movement that should grow
Turf grass wastes water, aggravates climate change and pollutes.
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Subsidizing solar power in Maine would cost us each less than $5 a year
And a bill currently in front of the Legislature promises a tenfold increase in solar production for Maine by 2022.
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We live in a wired world, ignoring potential threats from our devices
Our cellphones, Wi-Fi, laptops, tablets may damage our brains.