Energy efficiency around the home is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to help conserve energy around the globe. Replacing aging appliances, re-insulating walls, and recycling are just a few of the ways everybody can get involved with conservation and eco-friendly habits. Though some of these may seem like they will require planning and [...]
By getting thousands of residents excited about using their green thumbs, Newark, N.J., is turning its vacant lots into prosperous, blooming gardens. Because the city’s urban gardening program is coupled with a leaf composting project, it helps reduce landfill costs while beautifying plots of land that were once eyesores, said Frank Sudol, manager of the [...]
Turning the fruits of a recycling program into tangible results has proven hugely successful for the Chicago Park District and the city’s residents. Chicago’s 563 parks are now being covered in garbage. But it is in the form benches, playground barriers and other items composed completely of plastic donated by residents in the city’s Plastic [...]
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