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Growing Food Security: The Benefits of Urban Gardening

Jun 30, 2021 10:10AM ● By Laura Paisley Beck

According to Feeding America, more than 35 million Americans faced food insecurity in 2019. That number is expected to increase substantially due to the pandemic, which disrupted the food supply chain in ways that most Americans have never seen. The good news is that urban and localized gardening can bring fresh, healthy, organic, sustainable and affordable food to nearly every household.

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Growing Food Security: The Benefits of Urban Gardening

Jun 30, 2021 09:30AM ● 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 09:30AM ● 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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A Do-Good Dozen

Apr 30, 2021 01:14PM

Local retailer shares favorite sustainable brands for women, family, children and home fashion

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Local Environmentalists Decry PPE Pollution

Apr 30, 2021 12:43PM

In December, marine conservation organization OceansAsia estimated that 1.5 million masks entered the world’s oceans last year. And in April an ABC News report noted that New Jersey’s Clean Ocean Action environmental group “removed 1,113 masks and other pieces of virus-related gear from New Jersey beaches last fall.”

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

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM ● 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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Climate Change and Our Health: The Human Costs of a Warming Planet

Mar 31, 2021 09:30AM ● 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 09:30AM ● 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 09:30AM ● 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 09:30AM ● 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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