Green Living

Your Garden Solution

Joe Manotti and Seppi Garrett, co-owners of Your Garden Solution, began square foot gardening almost out of necessity.

Mobilize for Earth

Pledge a Green Act for Earth Day 2012

This Earth Day, help mobilize the Earth by attending and supporting one or more of these local Earth Day 2012 events.

PASA

Transforming Agriculture in Pennsylvania

For 20 years, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) has worked to transform agriculture and food systems in Pennsylvania and beyond.

What is Green and What is Not?

A public relations feeding frenzy over marketing to the growing demographic of people that value healthy, ecological, sustainable values has resulted in an overload of so-called “green” information.

Fresco Green

Helping Central Pennsylvania Build Sustainably

Fresco Green Building Supplies operates as a turnkey education service center, featuring green building design, construction and materials.

Earth Day Events

Check out some of these local events to help celebrate Earth Day.

Fredricksen Library Hosts Heirloom Seed Saving Workshop

Diane Ott Whealy, author of Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver and co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange, will appear at the Fredricksen Library for an Heirloom Seed Saving Workshop.

New Location for Fresco Green

Fresco Green has moved its original Lancaster location into the Fresco Green Scene – The Eco-Lifestyle Store, in Lancaster City.

Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light Hosts Conference

Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (PA-IPL) will hold its annual conference and meeting, Power for Pennsylvania: Climate Change and Faith-Based Action at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg.

Let’s Get Dirty Certified Permaculture Course

NGOZI, Inc., in partnership with the Harrisburg Department of Parks, Recreation and Enrichment and the mayor’s Health, Wellness and Recreation Initiative, will host Let’s Get Dirty.

Clutter-Taming Tips

Save Time, Money and Sanity

Feeling overwhelmed by “stuff”? You’re not alone—70 percent of Americans feel buried by clutter. Our professional organizers share tips for getting around common clutter-based roadblocks.

Going Electric

Tech Advances May Drive Eco-Transportation Mainstream

Clean and sustainable mobility is within reach, and the pioneering policies of local governments can help accelerate the transition from gas-powered to electric and hybrid vehicles.

Recycling Everyday Refuse

What Happens after the Blue Bin is Emptied

Ever wonder what happens after your blue bin is emptied? All that recyclable plastic, aluminum, glass, paper and cardboard helps the environment, because it reduces landfill—but it’s also transformed and repurposed for a second, useful life.

Backyard Gardening

Whether this is your first year growing a kitchen garden or your thumb glows green from years of use, it’s possible to quickly turn dreams of bountiful organic harvests into a reality.

The Dirt on Cleaning

To safely power through household dirt and bacteria without using questionable chemicals, try these green cleaning tips.

A Conversation with No Impact Man

From November 2006 to November 2007, New York City author Colin Beavan, his Prada-wearing wife Michelle and 18-month-old daughter, Isabella, went on a yearlong reduce-recycle-reuse odyssey to cut down on their daily ecological footprint.

Economic Security

Buying at Home Keeps America Strong

Skip Nonstick Pans

High Heat Emits Toxic Particles and Gases

Earth Ambassadors

Filmmakers Activate Environmental Awareness

Strange Sanctuary

Old Factories Offer New Hope for Wildlife

Big Improvement

Small Changes Add Up to Large Cut in Carbon Emissions

Indoor Plant Alert

Certain Green Can Be Mean