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10 Christmas Surprises You Won’t Find On My List

christmas tree by wolfsavard

Despite the growing green awareness, there are still plenty of wasteful and just plain unnecessary things on sale this holiday season, gifts which will sadly soon be discarded into the landfill. I’m left wondering what the true cost of gifts like these is for our Earth. Would people still buy them [...]

Black Friday Duck Shopping

White Duck in the Water by Pingu1963-very busy!

While many spend their hard-earned cash on Black Friday by lining up for stuff on sale, and others are set to protest consumerism with Buy Nothing Day, I plan to shop for some ducks and support sustainable agriculture.

Why Ducks?

I’m thankful for the life I have with what [...]

Local Thanksgiving, Kansas Style – part 2

Pumpkin Pie by Jason Riedy

In Local Thanksgiving – part 1 I covered snacks and starters, meat, and drinks. It’s time to think about veggies, sides, and desserts. Yum!

What kind of desserts can you create from foods grown in Kansas. Will you have to fore-go cranberries? Read on.

Veggies to Grace Your Table

The growing season is [...]

Local Thanksgiving, Kansas Style – part 1

Wild Turkey by Patricia Drury

Kansas really has the best food. Now maybe you’ll not agree, but, before you shout me down, take a look at the feast of local food available for a Kansas Thanksgiving. When you get to the end, then you can tell me if I don’t have your mouth watering. Oh, [...]

5 Questions With Will Johnston from GrowAndMake.com

As we look at growing green communities we need to find ways of closing the loop – dealing with waste as an asset by recycling – and ways of carrying out sustainable manufacturing as well as using products which can save energy and water. I love Wendy Gabriel’s Four Questions series. When I decided to [...]