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Pollinator-Friendly Yards: Gardening for Wildlife with Native Plants

Jul 30, 2021 06:30AM ● By Betsy S. Franz

Create a pollinator-friendly yard with these gardening and landscape tips for choosing native plants, mowing less often, and avoiding pesticide use.

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Growing Food Security: The Benefits of Urban Gardening

Jun 30, 2021 06:30AM ● By Laura Paisley Beck

Urban and localized gardening can bring fresh, organic, healthy, sustainable and affordable food to nearly every household, creating a resilient food system.

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Traveling for the Planet: Sustainable Ways to Explore the World

May 28, 2021 06:30AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

How to be green when choosing hotels, modes of transportation, places to shop and dine, and other travel activities to make your tourism sustainable and eco-friendly.

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Sustainably Stylish: Eco-Fashion that’s Kind to the Planet

Apr 30, 2021 06:30AM ● By Kajsa Nickels

The “fast fashion” of cheap designer knock-offs is costly to the environment, but sustainable fabrics, resale shops, and creative mending can provide eco-friendly, stylish options.

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Local Earth Day Events

Mar 31, 2021 06:35AM

Check out some local Earth Day 2021 events happening in Arizona

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‘Herbally’ Clean Homes

Mar 31, 2021 06:35AM ● By Kathleen Gould and Madalyn Johnson

Ever ask yourself what is in all those household cleaning products? Most of us can’t even pronounce the chemicals contained in them. Ever wonder why it is recommended that we wear rubber gloves to protect ourselves when using these products? And what do they do to our children and our beloved pets? Here are some natural DIY recipes to clean your home.

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Climate Change and Our Health: The Human Costs of a Warming Planet

Mar 31, 2021 06:30AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

The warming of the planet poses immediate dire consequences for human health. Here are ways to prepare, adapt and mobilize for climate change to build resilient, thriving communities.

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Healthy Home: How to Detoxify a Living Space

Mar 31, 2021 06:30AM ● By Yvette Hammett

Ways to detox our homes by purging them of toxins—gases, inhalants or fumes—in the indoor air, cleaners, kitchenware and water that may be contributing to a harmful environment.

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Down to Earth: The Promise of Regenerative Organic Farming

Feb 26, 2021 07:30AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

Regenerative organic farming holds great promise to rebuild soil, draw carbon from the atmosphere and ultimately grow healthier food.

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Hemp-Derived Cannabidiol: A Primer on the Latest Research

Feb 26, 2021 07:30AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

The latest research on the proven health benefits of cannabidiol (CBD), the effects on anxiety and depression, how to get started, ways to administer and more.

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