In honor of Earth Day, I share with you one of my favorite poems by e.e. cummings: i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am [...]
September 3 was “Tomato Time” at the Belmont Farmers’ Market. As part of our celebration of the tomato harvest, we created an “Art at the Market” tent. Jeanne brought the art supplies, and Heli organized the tent, table, and chairs. We encouraged market shoppers to join us in artful pursuits, offering a variety of paper sizes [...]
I’ve been inspired this year to paint at our farmers’ market in Belmont. Interestingly, it was my participation in the current art show at the Belmont Gallery of Art (“From the Garden to the Kitchen to the Table”) which planted the initial seed of inspiration. The art in this year’s show relates to all aspects [...]
The federal government has a very useful website for small businesses: http://www.business.gov You’ll find all sorts of resources for: building a small biz community asking questions & discussing issues starting a small biz registrations, licenses, & permits legal compliance expanding your business I was checking out the green biz practices this morning (thank you Jessica [...]
http://www.unep.org/wod/ Apparently, the idea for a World Oceans Day was first proposed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Remember that ground-breaking gathering? This link brings you to the United Nations Environment Programme for an overall summary of WOD. http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.asp?ct=pr Press releases: marine litter, protecting our oceans, online marine study system. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/san-francisco-ocean-film-festival.php If only [...]
Earlier today, I posted this query on Twitter: Has anybody read new book on eco-fashion “Green Designed: Fashion” http://bit.ly/FxasV My cool, eco-conscious friend, Norah, contributed 2 interesting posts on FaceBook (thanks Norah!): –”Two young women in NYC who created solar panel purses that charge your cell phones and iPods and laptops as you are stylin‘…” [...]
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