April 27th, 2009
Hi folks,
Last Saturday was our Great Green Grand Opening for the new Waste Free Living store in Burlington. It was a spectacular spring day in Vermont and lots of people turned out to help us celebrate and kick us off in the right direction: up!
Check out the evolution of the store and some fun pics [...]
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March 27th, 2009
(Painting of the new front entrance by Liza Cowan of Pine Street Art Works)
STOP THE PRESSES: Waste Free Living is getting REAL!
Starting April 1 we’ll have a website AND a real live storefront. We’re thrilled to find a wonderful home nestled in with Pine Street Art Works and AO! Glass where we can offer everything [...]
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March 25th, 2009
Hmm, don’t you just want to go into the greenhouse and roll around on baby romaine lettuce??
Hi folks,
From the NYT comes another article about organic food. The author is saying, hey, let’s be real: the important thing isn’t eating strictly organic, for most American’s it’s about starting with not getting most of our calories [...]
Tags: compost maven, composting, Holly Rae Taylor, Lasagna Gardening, Michael Pollan, organic gardening, Ruth Horowitz, Slow Food, The Little Prince, The NYTimes
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March 20th, 2009
The Compost Maven (Holly Rae Taylor) thanks the Obamas for planting a White House garden, offers her composting services to them, and suggests that they declare a Zero Waste White House as an important next step towards sustainability.
Tags: Barack Obama, compost maven, Holly Rae Taylor, Maryland Blue Crab, Michelle Obama, White House Garden, Zero Waste White House
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