Archive for May 2016
Common Nutrient Deficiencies in a Lasagna Gardens
OK, so we’ve built a supposedly fertile lasagna bed full of organic matter for your new plants. We’ve put in some healthy seedlings and some seeds, and you are watering it just right – not too much, not too little (stick your index finger all the way in to tell – read at the tip…
Read MoreYou are cordially invited to celebrate the life and work of Rachel Carson on Friday, May 27th!
Rachel Carson was a renowned author, scientist, and conservationist. Her book “Silent Spring,” published in 1962, started national conversations and increased public awareness about the effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment. This led to the ban of DDT, new environmental laws, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After her death, she…
Read MoreFrom Appalachia to Alaska: Coal Development and the Environmental Justice Movement
Two Bull Ridge Mine, Alaska. Photo by: Ground Truth Trekking In the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining and coal-industry-related flooding, water contamination, and illness have led to the emergence of a grassroots, women-driven environmental justice movement. But the number of local activists is small relative to the affected population, and recruiting movement participants…
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