Bird’s Eye View

With spring coming, migratory birds will soon arrive in our backyards. A native garden, feeders and birdbaths are great ways to host our feathered friends but we can also…

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Crush, Don’t Flush

Is your bathroom cabinet full of small orange-brown bottles with leftover medicines from your last bout of the flu or dentist visit?  Especially now, with so much worry about…

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The True Cost of that Pot of Gold

On this St. Patricks Day a fitting way to go ‘green’ is to learn a bit about that magical stuff at the end of the Leprechaun’s rainbow.  Few gifts…

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Get Growing!

Would you like to grow your own food but don’t know where to start? Don’t have any space? We have two words for you: Potatoes. Containers. All you need is…

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Reuse, reuse, reuse

Today’s post comes from one of Finley’s closest high school buds who also happens to be part of the family.  Morgan is posting from Oregon where she attends…

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Stop and Smell the Flowers

In this photo Finley is stopping to smell the – local, in-season – flowers. What better way to spread happiness than flowers… but is your bouquet really a token of…

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Plogging for the Planet

I bet that Finley would be plogging if she could. The term “plog” is a combination of “jog” and the Swedish term “plocka upp” which means to pick up….

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A Force of Nature—Happy Birthday, Finley

It’s Finley’s Birthday today, and so we begin our ‘Birthday to Earth Day’ gift to her—daily posts of things each of us can do to make the planet a…

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Wish Really Hard, and then Take Action—$50,000 in Grants Announced Today

Wish Really Hard, and then Take Action—$50,000 in Grants Announced Today Thank you to all of you who have taken part in Finley’s birthday gift this year through reading and…

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Whole World in Our Hands

When it comes to fighting Climate Change, we as citizens need to become movers, shakers and Green Leapers! Here are some ways to put your beliefs into action. First off,…

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