AmericanTown's Heroes: Furniture Sharehouse Helps Make Houses Into Homes
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View ArticleEarth Talk: Environmental benefits of vegan leather vs conventional leather
Dear EarthTalk: What is vegan leather made from, and how does it compare with conventional leather in regard to environmental impact? -- K.
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You may have heard about the Basket Brigade as an idea made popular by Anthony Robbins, but basket brigades were common during the Civil War when cour
View ArticleEarth Talk: Environmentalists and Social Media
Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways environmentalists are using social media to further their causes? -- S.B. Envi
View ArticleAmericanTown's Heroes: Ride for Reading Delivers Books to Kids on Bikes!
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View ArticleEarth Talk: President Obama's Environmental Legacy
Dear EarthTalk: Now that his second term is winding down, what will President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy look like? -- M.D.
View ArticleAmericanTown's Heroes: It's Polar Bear Plunge Season!
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View ArticleEarth Talk: The Trump presidency and the environment
Dear EarthTalk: What are environmentalists doing to prepare for a Trump presidency? -- R.E. Many different interest groups are worr
View ArticleAmericanTown's Heroes: Parrots for Patriots Helps Veterans
Polly want a cracker? How about Polly want a loving home with a veteran? Parrots for Patriots is an organization that works with the Department of Vet
View ArticleAmericanTown's Heroes: Random Acts of Kindess Offer Warmth
Remember when you were young and you had to wear a hat, gloves and a scarf before you could leave the house to go play in the snow? Your Mom or Dad wa
View ArticleEarth Talk: Vegan Product Recommendations
Dear EarthTalk: Do you have any recommendations for vegan health and beauty products? -- J.T. The problem with many common personal car
View ArticleAmericanTowns Heroes: Citizens Get A Lesson in Gardening And Community Building
Not everyone has a green thumb, but for those who do, coaxing healthy plants from soil and seed is easy. For those who don’t, there are books and vi
View ArticleEarth Talk: What new in eco-friendly light bulbs?
Dear EarthTalk: What new in eco-friendly light bulbs? Is it true that incandescent bulbs are back in a much more efficient form? -- B.B.
View ArticleRooftops Newsletter: Waste Not, Want Not
In this space we generally focus on big waste, that is, we report on the work that we are doing through our What A Waste® projects at Senior Nutri
View ArticleAmericanTown's Heroes: Accountants Help Seniors With Taxes
If being kind and generous to others makes one happier, than people who volunteer or who give their time to help others must be among the happiest in
View ArticleEarth Talk: Is alternative energy still the next big thing?
Dear EarthTalk: Is alternative energy still the next big thing for American venture capitalists? -- J.M. A decade ago, in the wake of A
View ArticleEarth Talk: The Trump Administration and the environment
Dear EarthTalk: I’m concerned about the impact the new administration will have on the environment, especially the calls to bypass renewables and ra
View ArticleEarth Talk: Food Waste and Composting
Dear EarthTalk: I’d like to get into turning my food waste into compost for my garden, but I don’t want a stinky pile of table scraps lingering in
View ArticleEarth Talk: The EPA and the environmnet
Dear EarthTalk; I would like to know what good the EPA has done for the environment? -- M.W. Without the U.S. Environmental
View ArticleEarth Talk: The great environmental visionaries of our day
Dear EarthTalk: The environmental movement was built on the philosophies of people like Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson. But who
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