Monthly Archives November 2014

Bottle Water A Brief History

San Francisco Baned bottled water and led the way to the end of one of the biggest marketing scams ever invented. With a few notable exceptions (like places where fracking is allowed) water in the United States is high quality and safe to drink. We in the Hudson Valley and Capitol District are especially blessed with some of the best drinking water in the world. Consider the largest scale marketing of the most abundant free resources on the planet! Great marketing hinging on our wish to be cool. In the 1970’s Perrier made it’s way to store shelves in my
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Announcing Green Guru Media

Green Guru Network announces its new media arm, Green Guru Media, to help grow your green business communications. We’re bringing clients top rate talent in the areas of Newsmaking Communications, Public Relations, Online Marketing & Social Media. With targeted experience in Sustainable Government and Sustainability Management for over her 20 years we specialize in motivating groups to take action on: Energy Efficiency Recycling and Materials Management Local Food Green Products Land Use Water Solar Transportation Principal Lea Cullen Boyer is perhaps best-known in media circles as a pioneer of the Hudson Valley’s Regional green media movement. Connecting people with resources through Green Guru Network and co-organizing Green Business events like
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Choosing a Contractor For Your NYSERDA Energy Work: What You Need to Know

This is the year to remedy the cold spots in your home, lower your fuel bills and reclaim your interior real estate from Winter. Let the State of New York help you with funding for services from qualified energy efficiency professionals.  These professionals will help you make a punch list of actions you can take to make your home more comfortable. You can use this information to do it yourself or you can choose to take advantage of low cost and creative loans with no up front cost to pay for upgrades. Sounds great?  It is. However you’ll have to
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Winter Storage Tips

From Our Freinds at Just Food Thanks to Jody Bolluyt from Roxbury Farm for pulling together these winter crop storage tips and for allowing us to share them with you. Don’t store apples or other fruits near your root vegetables. Ethylene in the fruit will cause carrots to turn bitter and other root crops to spoil. Onions and garlic should be stored separately or they can flavor your other vegetables. Don’t wash your vegetables until you are going to use them. The key to long term storage is finding the correct temperature and humidity and finding a place without light. No
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How to Mulch Your Leaves on the Lawn

The Village of Irvington’s Green Policy Task force and the Greenburgh Nature Center are led the way with the “Love Em and Leave Em” leaf mulching initiative.  Now New Rochelle, Yonkers, Bronxville and Scarsdale are on board. You can spend more time having fun and less time raking leaves. Check out their great short videos to learn how: Composting 101 Mulching Leaves Mulch in Place for Your Perenial Beds. Mulch Leaves on Your Lawn Mulch in Place on Your Driveway   Want to start your own campaign? No need to reinvent the wheel. Most of the Rivertowns are on board,
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International Buy Nothing Day

Have you become frustrated with trying to buy the perfect “whatever” to capture the beauty of the season? Consider siezing this bonus day off to take your family for a hike. Or maybe a game of Scrabble. A meal you make yourself.  Meet friends for tea, volunteer, draw, compose an incredible rock song with your kids or grand parents. Who knows what mischief you can come up with while your not standing in line, under fluorescent light, with a credit card in your hand, listening to a canned version of Jungle Land? The folks at International Buy Nothing Day believe there are bigger motivations
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