Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Sunday, February 13, 2011

An interesting documentary "The Queen of the Sun", the bees

While still in winter I cannot emphasize more to be prepared to plant many blue and yellow flowers in your yard for our bee friends. And try not to use pesticide and herbicides.
On this website, Spikenard Farm, you can find informations on how to help the bees.

This is an interesting documentary "The Queen of the Sun" soon coming to Cincinnati maybe in April 2011.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Oil spill, an economic and ecological disaster. Time to Act and Clean !

This is not what you would like to hear a few days after the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
As you all know there is an on going spill of oil in the Gulf of Mexico that will affect the economy of the affected USA coast as well as wildlife and delicate ecosystems. It is a real tragedy.
It is not the time now, though, to find who to blame. It is time to take some actions and try to prevent the worst and clean up the mess.

P&G is already moving to the rescue of the animals with Dawn, a soap strong enough to clean the oil, but gentle on the skin of the animals.

And here are some ways you can help too.
International Bird Rescue Research Center
CNN - Impact Oil Spill

Monday, April 12, 2010

Organic lawn care

A lawn  is a very nice part of American home landscaping. A nice place for kids and pets to play. And it is also the place where we waste a lot of water and put a lot of chemicals to keep them nice. In my opinion a vegetable garden or native plants would be better, but as not everyone has the time to maintain a garden at least consider having an organic lawn.

Here you can read more Ohio State University - Natural Organic Lawn Care for Ohio. There are some companies that are offering organic lawn care, but get informed and make sure is not just a marketing strategy with no change in the use of chemicals.
Some resources
EPA - Green Landscaping: greenacres
EPA - Green Landscaping
EPA Orders Scotts to Stop Selling Certain Pesticides
EPA - Lawn and Garden
EPA - Healthy Lawn, Health Environment
EPA - Pesticide, read the label first
Questions and Answers About Water Conservation and Drought in Lawns
EPA - Residential Water Conservation Techniques
EPA - How to Conserve Water and Use It Effectively
EPA - Dos and Don'ts Around the Home
EPA - Water efficient landscaping

Saturday, April 3, 2010

This spring help the Bees, they work hard for us, producing 1/3 of our food, and they are disappearing

Plant some yellow and blue flowers, eat organic and buy local honey to help the BEES. They provide 1/3 of our food and they are disappearing because of pesticides, disease and climate change.
EPA - Pollinator Protection