Our dogs and cats are our companions and we naturally want to take care of them. If you are a pet owner you probably give a lot of thought to what you feed your pet. What you probably don’t think about is what happens to the waste they generate once you dispose of it. Most...
Family
Low Carbon Thanksgiving- How Far Did Your Food Travel?
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States and you likely travelled some distance to the table you are sharing with others. How far did your food travel to get to that same table? Most turkeys prepared today were raised in Minnesota or North Carolina. The cranberries in the cranberry sauce came from...
Environmental Examiner
- Chicago's Budget Woes May Cost Its Green Reputation
- The Environment and Economy Are Only Separated by Language
- Permaculture Comes to Chicagoland
- Chicago Asked To Take A Bullet In The Battle Against The Asian Carp
- The Business of the Environment is not an Oxymoron
- Water Treatment Leasing: short term gains with long term consequenses
- Urban Wildlife is closer than you think
- Peak Oil Should Still Worry You: The Hot Air in New Natural Gas Estimates
- Backyard Chicken Movement is growing fast and coming home to roost
- Community Gardens may be a sign of the times but they are in Chicago to stay
Life Less Chemical: Kids & Lice
Do you know what kinds of chemicals you’re using when you groom your children? If your child gets lice and you try to get rid of them using an over-the-counter remedy you need to know two things: 1. Those chemicals sitting on your child’s scalp are essentially insecticides, and 2. They don’t even work....
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