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A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment

Green Living has been publishing news you can use, mostly related to environmental issues, since 1990. Our regular topics include organic gardening, green building, health, ecocareers and right livelihood, outdoors/sports, socially responsible investing, econotes, questions and answers, book reviews, and features on topical environmental issues.

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Washing one's hands of
the conflict between the
powerful and the
powerless means to side
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– Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
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recent articles

Co-ops Build a Better World

by Erbin Crowell                         1000500 133

In New England and New York, there are an estimated 8,860 co-ops. Co-ops play a particularly important role in sustaining farms, fisheries and rural communities...


An Ecology-Based Education

by David Orr                         1000499 96

If you took fossil fuels out and took the oil out of the human fixture in the twentieth century, we would have educated people radically differently...


The Electric Option

by Stephen Morris                         1000498 97

Our bikes proved perfect vehicles to see how the recovery progress. [W]e watched the rebuilding of our community from the comfortable leather seats of our Pedego electric-assist bikes


The (no fear) Guide to Energy Efficiency

by Dana Rubin                         1000497 92

A set of lesson plans for Late Elementary and Middle School students.


Use Wood Mulch to Build Great Garden Soil

by Barbara Pleasant                         1000495 183

In less than two years, the organic matter content in the chip-amended plots went from near zero to 2 to 3 percent.


Hoop Houses: Eat from Your Garden Earlier and Longer

                         1000494 346

Hoop houses are a great do-it-yourself project that can make it possible for you to garden all year long.


Shweeb: Light Rail for Bicyclers

by Peter Cossey                         1000493 293

The Shweeb is a zero-emission transportation system. Because it is so easy to pedal, the rider will not even emit much more carbon dioxide than he/she would if using a more passive transportation mode




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recent reviews

review: Bill Bryson: At Home

by Tony Miksak                         1000488 556

The greatest possible irony would be if in our endless quest to fill our lives with comfort and happiness we created a world that had neither...


On the Nightstand

by Stephen Morris                         1000455 631

What's new in books: Shelburne Farms, Son of a Farmer, Stories & Tunes


A Bevy of Books

by Stephen Morris                         1000409 684

Books for children, green devotionals, and the New Solar Home


Getting Over the Wall : Assigned homework for the Spring edition

by Michael Potts                         1000382 852

the most important non-fiction book since Beyond the Limits in 1992


Humans Caught in Crossfire in the The War on Bugs

by A.C. Hutchinson                         1000205 787

The War on Bugs documents the consistent and systematic poisoning of humans that has taken place over more than the past century, usually under the guise of progress...



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most popular articles

building:Virtual Green Building Tour

by Sam Rubinoff                         1000358 1082


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by Ken Laing                         9108 1199

If we are dependent on non renewable energy for the production and distribution of our great organic food, stop the tractor...


health:The Rise and Fall of Raw Milk

by Ron Schmid, ND                         1025 1601

Raw milk has been victimized by the same forces that gave us Wonder Bread, processed Amercian cheese, and pasteurized beer


money:Socially Responsible Vermont: Beyond the bottom line

by Stephen Morris                         1043 937

VBSR wins allegiance with a message that business has a social responsibility


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The dashboard of their car is a still life of organized disorganization. Dried seed pods share the space with a plump, toy canary that chirps when you squeeze it...


nature:What Does Zero Waste Really Mean?

by Paul Palmer                         9103 1289

Too many people have convinced themselves that the creation of garbage is an innate activity, even a social right!


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by Linda Pinkham                         9155 953

If you want to move towards a more sustainable lifestyle quickly, and understand more about renewable energy, SEI's online courses are a good place to start.


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Fuel prices have changed everything this summer, not the least of which might be our vacation plans.


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