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Archive for December 2009

The Year I Went Stark Raving Mad and Finally Made A Difference!

It is true; I have gone stark raving mad. It happened at a time when I least expected it – all my plots and schemes to inspire people with “simple green living” grew into a creative ball of insanity which surpassed epic ”I Love Lucy” proportions. See these insane adventures in the “year in review” photo series below... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 5:05 pm
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Feeding The Hungry - How You And Your Children Can Make A Difference For A Food Pantry

According to AmpleHarvest.org,”an estimated 100 billion pounds of food, enough to totally eliminate hunger, is thrown away annually in the United States.” Be shocked – and then make a difference for your community by stopping the waste. Regularly clean out your food pantry – - if you are not eating the food in your home... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 1:33 pm
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The Healthy Benefits Of Being In Nature - How A Garden Saved My Life

Joe Lamp’l, garden television show superstar and the producer of the new PBS television series, “Growing A Greener World” posted the below “guest post” which I wrote on his Compost Confidential blog site. It received such a positive response, that I wanted to post it here also to let the world know that being in nature really DID... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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How To Install A Rain Barrel - It Is Easy!

How easy is it to install a rain barrel? REALLY EASY! Jim Kleinwachter works with me in the above short video to demonstrate how easy it really is to install a rain barrel. Jim runs The Conservation Foundation’s incredibly successful “Conservation @ Home” program. Rain barrels come in many forms and the particular rain barrel... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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Get Your Child Out In Nature - A Creative Way To Learn About Fresh Food and Fun Bugs

We discovered cabbage worms in our broccoli. Ick. Gross. Blech. Nasty. Then my eight year old and I found that the Cabbage Worm Butterfly (known as the “Cabbage White”) is what the Cabbage Worm Caterpillar develops into. What a fantastic way to get your children out in the garden to learn about nature! You can see... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 11:57 am
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E-Waste Recycling Can Be Done At Home - Help Your Neighbors Learn About Landfill Waste

Electronic waste is currently the fastest growing category of municipal landfill waste. GreenerChoices.org says, “Nearly 3 million tons of consumer electronic waste was generated in 2003 alone, according to the most recent U.S. EPA estimates.” Guess what? YOU can do something about this and it is simple and easy. Hold your own E-waste Recycling Extravaganza... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 11:36 am
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Help Your Community Clean Up the Butt - Taxpayers Are Paying For Cigarette Butt Litter!

Did you know that cigarette butt litter makes an impact economically and environmentally in your community? Daily, as I go about my business, I am constantly shocked by drivers who pitch their disgusting cigarette butts out of car windows and on the sidewalks as they are going from their car to stores and businesses. Doing... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 11:18 am
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Why Water Conservation Is Important to You - Plus A Look At How To Do A Double Rain Barrel Installation

Americans have access to an abundance of water much of the time; having water available at the twist of a faucet so it becomes easy to overlook the importance of water conservation. In the United States, we use approximately 205 billion gallons of water a day for household, business/industrial, and agricultural purposes. Demands on our... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 9:51 am
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Compost 101 - How and Why You Should Compost

Food scraps and yard clippings make up one quarter of the United States’ solid waste piling up in landfills. The book, True Green, says, “When this organic matter ends up in landfills and decomposes without air, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas twenty times more potent than carbon dioxide.” Composting is the way to cleanly... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 29, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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Install A Rainbarrel To Save Money, Water, and Our Stormwater Systems

One of the most fantastic ways to practice conservation, save money, AND water is to use a rain barrel! Clean Air Gardening sells some of the best and easiest to install. Above you see an instructional video showing the basics for one of the rain barrels I have from Clean Air Gardening (and how it... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 29, 2009 at 6:35 pm
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