Photo courtesy Food Bank for Westchester Food Bank for Westchester grows crops that are nutritionally dense and long-lasting. In my cosmopolitan county, it’s hard to imagine that 200,000 go hungry daily. Douglass DeCandia, 25, is a young neighbor who is working to address this problem with the Food Bank for Westchester by growing produce to feed […]
Courtesy Nissan The Nissan Leaf topped Kelley Blue Book’s green-car list for 2011. The editors from Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new- and used-car information, recently released its list of the top-10 green cars of 2011. This annual list comprises a variety of fuel-efficient vehicles along with detailed EPA-estimated fuel economy numbers and commentary […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Milagro got dressed up for the Norco Horseweek Parade. Every year in my town of Norco, Calif., we celebrate Horseweek. This is a week of fun equine events, kicked off by a Saturday-morning parade. Unlike the other parades held in Norco throughout the year, this one features only horses. Horses being […]
I’m crazy about azaleas and rhododendrons, so I’m particularly appreciative of the Rapallo municipal gardening department this time of year. They’ve scattered huge potted azalea and rhododendron plants throughout the city center this week.
Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock The Green Sports Alliance hopes to influence the sports industry’s sustainability practices, from the pros down to little league. As Seattle Mariners pitchers begin to throw out the first balls of the season, fans will have more to cheer on than just the home team. The baseball club has collaborated with other sports […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Elvis the peacock took up temporary residence in the yard of our urban farm. This morning at dawn, when I went outside to feed the horses, I heard the usual chorus of roosters crowing all over town. But I also heard something else I hadn’t experienced in a while: the low […]
Courtesy Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/ Thinkstock When choosing plants this spring, try to find disease-resistant varieties in order to reduce garden-related stress. Starting a garden in the spring can bring loads of rewards throughout the gardening season, but can be intimidating for the urban dweller without loads of experience under his belt. Along with the fruits of […]
Photo by Rick Gush The cascading purple wisteria reigns here in Italy. It’s full-blown spring now in Italy, and things are blooming like crazy. I helped my friend use a weed eater on his olive groves this week, and though I cut down a lot of grass, I mostly mowed down fields of full blooming […]
Photo by Judith Hausman When I make the Sephardic version of charoset (pictured left) with apricots, dates and almonds, my family wants Grandma’s more familiar recipe (pictured right) with apples, walnuts and wine. The Jewish holiday of Passover is celebrated with a ritual meal called a seder. A number of foods are part of the […]
Courtesy eVgo Electric-vehicle owners in Texas can now charge up their cars at public charging stations springing up in Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth areas. Electric vehicle owners in the Dallas/Fort Worth area can now stop to “fuel up,” so to speak. Over the weekend, NRG Energy, Inc., opened the first privately funded eVgo (ee-vee-go) […]
A feisty male house finch has taken to fighting with his reflection in the ladies’ room where I work. Sometimes I feel incredibly lucky. Not only do I live in an amazing urban-farming community, but I also work here, just a couple of miles from my house. The property where I work is around a […]
