sustainability
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
Leaf blowers – a source of pointless pollution and maddening cacophony
Why do we keep inventions around that fail to promote the public good?
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
Sick of car culture, Ken Kurland makes a point of walking – everywhere
Right now the 63-year-old retiree from the Bronx is walking through Maine toward Canada.
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
Homegrown: Sand dollars are a stylish gift from the sea
The sand dollars that Sarah Kulis turns into necklaces are caught in her lobster traps, then dyed and sealed to preserve them.
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
Wild strawberries are here, there and everywhere
Until you need them to make strawberry sorbet, when they're nowhere to be found.
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
How to rehabilitate an abandoned garden
Step One is to wait and watch; you won't know what you have for plants until after a full gardening season has gone by.
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
In Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
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PublishedJune 17, 2018
Homegrown: Got 99 cents? Help the environment and sick children
Purchase a reusable shopping bag at HomeGoods through June 27 and fund cancer care.
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PublishedJune 17, 2018
Demand for underused fish species grows slowly but surely in Maine
The trend may have something to do with a three-year-old Gulf of Maine Research Institute effort to get restaurants to serve less-traditional catches.
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PublishedJune 17, 2018
Lower greenhouse gas emissions with 4 changes in how you consume food
It's a simple matter of watching your budget, your "food miles" and – most important – your consumption of meat and dairy.
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PublishedJune 17, 2018
All hands on dirt: Public gardens around Maine could use your help
Here are a few that rely on volunteers.
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