Consumers are Powerful because Buying is Voting!

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi As consumers, we have a great responsibility in the choices we make every day. 

Consider The Praying Mantis for Pest Control

“Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find.” -Quoted in Time If you are uncomfortable with wasps or spiders helping you with garden pest control you do have another option. The Praying Mantis is a natural born killer

Happy Earth Day 2011

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” ~Native American Proverb Earth Day is here again and what are you going to do? If you are not sure what to do we have a few ideas and so does the Earth Day Network! Go to the Earth Day […]

Benefits of Cellar Spiders

“If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.” – American Quaker Saying I have to say I learned something new during Monster Bug Wars on the Science channel. Apparently, Cellar Spiders are awesome! Why? They are really great at killing other spiders, including Brown Recluse and Black Widows which are very […]

Significance of Soil

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt We finally watched, Dirt! The Movie, a documentary about the wonders and importance of soil. It’s one of those films I believe everyone should see because […]

Respect Your Garden Helping Wasps

I was just outside drinking my coffee and noticed my little wasp helpers buzzing around our plants eliminating pests.  I thought this could inspire you to try nature’s way… Let them “Bee” Sometimes while trimming bushes or weeding, I’ll look up and will be staring directly at an angry wasp which I have disturbed by […]

Inspire

“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes Greetings fine people! We wanted to create a site where we could share what we do creatively as well as what we do for our environment which, to us, are very interconnected. […]