19 Sep 2011
Gray is Green at AARP Life@50+ Event
AARP is holding its Life@50+ event this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Gray is Green’s Kath Schomaker and Dan Peerless are there. If you are there too, you must come visit the Gray is Green booth #2155. “We...
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14 Sep 2011
Fresh Local Tomatoes All Year Long
“Once you’ve tried fresh tomatoes, you’ll never go back,” Bing Wright tells me. A neighbor of mine in the Catskill Mountains, where frost in May and September is not unusual, Bing grows tomatoes by the bushel in a 20-by-30-foot vegetable...
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12 Sep 2011
Hospitals to Serve Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Does it matter if the chicken you buy for your family is from a farm that uses low doses of antibiotics in the feed? Consider this: Premier Healthcare Alliance recently contracted with Murray’s Chicken of South Fallsburg, New York, to...
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08 Sep 2011
Keep The Milk Cool – Just Pay Less For It
Recently new refrigerator regulations were announced that will cut the amount of energy refrigerators use to a fifth of that used 40 years ago. Think about it–you’d have to own five refrigerators to equal the power consumption of that refrigerator...
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06 Sep 2011
Smog Alert: Polluters Breathing Easier, Not People
“The interstate signs read ‘Smog Alert: Bundle your Errands’ and ‘Smog Alert: Fill up after 8 PM,'” Kath Schomaker, outreach coordinator for Gray is Green, told those gathered at the coffee shop in the Northside Neighborhood of Cincinnati on a...
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31 Aug 2011
Sustainable Seafood Shopping Guide
Photo credit: Katie Stoops When you’re poring over a menu or peering at your fishmonger’s fillets, how do you know which fish to pick? Seafood is a heart-healthy choice, but it’s important to avoid any that may be contaminated with...
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29 Aug 2011
Bob and Irene Were Farmers
Photo credit: National Weather Service, NOAA Bob and Irene were farmers in upstate New York. To me, they weren’t hurricanes–they were dear family friends. Actually, they sold their farm to my husband in the late ’70s, and in the years...
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24 Aug 2011
Keep Your Drinking Water Safe
Photo credit: Joost Nelissen Do you need a home water filter? While it is true the United States has some of the best drinking water in the world, a disturbing report conducted by The New York Times revealed that one...
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22 Aug 2011
How Can Anyone Be Against Clean Air?
“It’s why I do what I do,” says Kath Schomaker, outreach director for Gray is Green, as she sets off on a trip this week and next to several midwestern states to meet and talk with seniors about the Clean Air Promise...
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17 Aug 2011
Drowning in Junk Mail? Our Guide to Going Paper-free
How much of the junk mail that you get every day goes straight into the trash (or hopefully at least the recycling bin!)? If you’re like most of us, probably close to half of it, or around 20 pounds annually....
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