What is good compost?
In the organic gardening world, you’ll often hear “add compost.” But what’s okay compost, what’s good compost, and what’s great compost? To become a better gardener, I invite you to think about soil and compost from your soil organisms’ point…
Change is here
Here’s a blast from the past, which gave me a sense of how far we have come in manifesting The Great Turning. Revisit with me a post I wrote back in 2014: “Change is coming – hold on tight.” Back…
Which Christmas tree is greener?
Artificial trees can last for years, but natural trees can absorb planet-warming carbon emissions before they are cut. So which option is best for the climate? This article, by CNN’s Rachel Ramirez, does the analysis, comparing plastic trees to Christmas-tree-farm…
Garden Planner and Journal for 2022
What do you use to plan your vegetable garden? Up til now, I’d use a handful of documents: a calendar, my what-to-plant-when list, and some random scraps of paper to collect my garden dreams. As I browsed those luscious garden…
How does buying local support a better economy?
Do you buy local? Or buy from massive international corporations? Here's why your decision makes a big difference.
Disenfranchisement
We can't solve our "environmental" issues without resolving racism and economic disenfranchisement
How to grow a garden in an apartment or rental
Just because you're in an apartment or rental doesn't leave you out of the gardening fun!
Community climate action — the Cool Block initiative
The Cool Block initiative is coming to L.A.! Will you be part of it?
How do you sort out what’s really sustainable?
Explore the concept of "discernment," how to sort out which proposed solutions are bogus, versus which are true solutions.
6 Things you can do now about global warming
Here are six important things you can do, right now, about global warming. Includes a free checklist at the bottom of the post.
