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December 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Workshop Resources Updated - Worm Bins, Medicinal Herbs, Mushrooms and More!

I just updated the Resources section with new handouts and scripts from the workshops we put on this summer: http://www.ecolocity.org/page/workshops-1.  Check out the page for information on how to build your own worm composting bin, teach a group of students about medicinal herbs, learn about mushrooms, or build your own tumbling composter.

Added by Shannon Brescher Shea on December 27, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Restaurateur's vision: a hub for sustainable food

By Kristen Hinman
Special to The Washington Post

Tuesday, December 14, 2010; 11:50 AM

Scanning the horizon from the hill atop Woodlawn Plantation in Fairfax County, Michael Babin can picture his agrarian ideal. A produce garden…

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Added by Ecolocitizen on December 15, 2010 at 9:59pm — No Comments

Support me in the Climate Ride!

I've signed up for the Climate Ride in May, a 300 mile bicycle ride to raise awareness and funding for climate change solutions.  However, I need to raise $2400 by then, so I would greatly appreciate anyone who can drop a few dollars my way via my fundraising page.

 

In addition, I've started a blog to chronicle the effort, as well…

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Added by Shannon Brescher Shea on December 15, 2010 at 8:53pm — No Comments

The Beekeeper Next Door



Mike Barrett keeps his bees in a hive that sits on the rooftop of his two-story row house in Astoria.





MIKE BARRETT does not have much of a yard at his two-story row house in Astoria, Queens. But that fact has not kept him from his new hobby of beekeeping — he put the hive on his…

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Added by Ecolocitizen on December 9, 2010 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Paid Department of Energy Internships now accepting applications

I work at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the US Department of Energy as my day job. Despite the inherent bureaucracy, I enjoy the job very much and do believe I'm making a difference. So I wanted to let any students know who are looking for summer jobs about our upcoming summer internships. Most importantly, they are PAID! The application opens December 1 and closes January 1, so you have to apply now. Here's the official information:





The Department of… Continue

Added by Shannon Brescher Shea on December 3, 2010 at 10:20am — No Comments

One Women's Odyssey Into The Urban Farming Movement

In search of black and Latino farmers in the sustainable food movement.



I'm stuck on this concept of blending contrasts. It may have to do with being the only brown girl I know interested in farming (although this really shouldn't be a contrast at all); or maybe it has to do with going from D.C. political advocate to farmer-girl… Continue

Added by Gabriel Bandele on December 2, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

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