Lupus and other autoimmune diseases linked to the use of pesticides (Beyond Pesticides, October 30, 2009) A recent study shows that women who use insecticides are at elevated risk for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The results of the yet unpublished study were presented on October 17, 2009 at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Pesticide linkage report.

Joan's Famous Composting Worms! Read this great outline of how worms can work to make beautiful, rich compost from our household waste. A rind is a terrible thing to waste!

Welcome to Green Living
A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment

Green Living has been publishing news you can use, mostly related to environmental issues, since 1990. Our regular topics include organic gardening, green building, health, ecocareers and right livelihood, outdoors/sports, socially responsible investing, econotes, questions and answers, book reviews, and features on topical environmental issues.

 

http://www.rodale.com/ is the site for Rodale News, the earliest pioneer of organics and environmentally sensitive publishing.

TAKE A BITE OUT OF GLOBAL WARMING by selecting to grow organic foods in your backyard. This reduces carbon dioxide emissions by up tp 68%. Find out more about how to lessen your environmental impact through growing and purchasing the right kinds of food athttp://coolfoodscampaign.org/

BE SUSHI SMART the next time you eat at your favorite Japanese restaurant or purchase a fresh cut of fish at your local market! At http://montereybayaquarium.org/ you can download a fish form that shows you the best categories of sustainable fish to purchase or order when you are eating sushi.

JD

 

When it comes to "green living" we're all about keeping it local.

Nobody on our greatgrandmother.org team owns a multinational corporation where we can nuance the finer points of Cap and Trade or reduce our corporate jet flight hours. So, we do what we can in our own neighborhoods, our own households.

We're more about carpooling, composting, and crunching cans (my 7 year old's idea of recycling!) I call it the three Cs of environmental sensitivity.

Green Living Journal comes to the Upper Valley! If you haven't picked up a free copy of Green Living, a Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment, you might want to. I first started reading it a couple years ago when I picked up a copy at the Putney Co-Cop Market in Vermont. Good for gardening, energy, food, and nature. You can visit them online at http://greenlivingjournal.com/index.php

Living Green online magazine informs and educates readers about green practices, eco-friendly products, and sustainable solutions—for the home, the workplace, and within our communities. http://www.livinggreenmag.com/ And Living Green's article on green cleaning, called THE ART OF CLEANING, has some super recipes on making your own natural and nontoxic BODY CLEANSING solutions at http://www.livinggreenmag.com/food.html So, not only can you keep your home clean, but your tummy as well.

Eating more broccoli can reduce emissions! According to NYTimes columnist and author Mark Bittman, if a family that usually drives a car 12,000 miles per year switches from its beef-laden diet for just ONE DAY each week to a vegetable-based diet, that family would reduce its emissions to an equivalent of driving 1,160 miles per year.

At greatgrandmother.org we're fond of saying that while city folk mow their lawns we in New Hampshire cut our grass. Either way, the American lawn is hurting our environment. Consider these well-researched facts: each acre of lawn uses the same amount of fertilizer as ten acres of farmland. U.S. lawns consume 270 billion gallons of water per week. On a weekly basis, that amounts to the same level of water consumption of 38 cities the size of New York! And running a power mower for one hour produces as much pollution as driving a car for 350 miles.

Here are some helpful Web site links that you might find interesting:

www.eatwild.com

www.ewg.org

www.greenlivingjournal.com  

www.healnh.org  

www.localharvest.org

Northeast Organic Farming Association

www.rodaleinstitute.org/new_farm

    www.vtearthinstitute.org