Who says you can’t take it with you?

Did you know that Americans waste roughly 40% of our food supply? Or that global greenhouse gas emissions from food waste accounts for 8% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions? According…

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Raising the Bar

The results are in and we have a clear winner. If you want a “green” clean, use a bar of soap and skip the liquids.  Using a life-cycle comparison,…

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Food on the Go

After a long road trip, is your car littered with coffee cups, soda bottles, sandwich and candy bar wrappers? How many boxed lunches have you eaten at work meetings…

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Learning the 3Rs

Ready to live more sustainably? Well, its time we go back to school and learn the 3R’s: REDUCE – REUSE – RECYLE This is the “Waste Hierarchy” and it can guide…

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Finley’s birthday gift takes root in Kenya—18 trees for 18 years

Today is Finley’s birthday and we’re in Nairobi, Kenya honoring the day with the Green Belt Movement, one of Finley’s first two grantees. Together with the GBM we began…

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Announcing the 2018 Grant Recipients—4 years of grants totaling $150,000!

To soak in nature. To be moved and inspired. We are grateful to Finley for sharing this powerful feeling and for helping all of us to work together to…

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Good News on Earth Day!

Our final ‘Birthday to Earth Day’ post—before we announce our grants later today—is from Coleman, Finley’s big brother, and gives a little well deserved encouragement for all the efforts…

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Weed killer be gone

Spring has spring, and so have the weeds.  Unfortunately, it also means that the annual assault from glyphosate, sold under the brand name Roundup®, is gearing up. The chemical, which…

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Inspiration, education, and getting your hands dirty!

Today’s post is from a dear family friend,  and Finley fan (as you will see), Grace Pezzeminti. Whenever my uncle invited my father to go deep sea fishing, he…

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Veggielution!

Today’s post is from Finley’s cousin, Emma Eaton.  Emma is about to graduate with her World Health major! Last summer I had the privilege of working as both a farm…

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