June 2015 Articles Online
Front Cover 1 Do You Understand What This Means? 1 Fracked gas is worse than coal 1 Three Down – Two to Go Editor’s Page 2 C-PACE moves closer to reality in NH News and Happenings 3 GMP to offer … Continue reading →
Category Archives: June 2015
Flowers You Can Eat
By Jessica Barber Goldblatt A sprinkling of colorful flower petals in a salad, a tiny bouquet of Johnny jump-ups on a birthday cake or a sautéed daylily bud in a stir fry. Edible flowers are a fun and easy way … Continue reading →
WARNING!
Tainted Plants at Many Retail Garden Centers! Staff Article In April 2015, we heard some good news from the Toxic Action Center: that Lowe’s has finally committed to get rid of bee-killing pesticides! The results from a strong network of … Continue reading →
Roundup Troubles
By George Harvey Here is yet another example of a potentially dangerous product that has been widely unleashed on the unwitting public and the environment before it has been proven harmless. In late March we got word that the World … Continue reading →
Eating to Cool Off
By Linda Prout Yin foods cool us off and yang foods heat us up, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This is good to know when temperatures reach triple digits or you are uncomfortably hot. It’s also helpful in winter … Continue reading →
SUMMER FUN from the SUN
A Solar-Powered Stage in Warner, NH By N.R. Mallery The Jim Mitchell Community Park, in Warner, New Hampshire, opened to the public on October 10, 2010, through the efforts of the non-profit MainStreet Warner, Inc. This Park was inspired and … Continue reading →
WasSUP?
Stand-Up Paddling, That’s What. By Roger Lohr Stand-up paddling (SUP) is now the newest contagious water chic. Statistics for stand-up paddling, which is among the fastest growing forms of recreation, is 70% male and a median age of 37. There … Continue reading →
Solar Sal
By Joanne Coons Solar Sal, a 40-ft solar-powered boat, is a great example of a project that had the participation of a broader community. In this case there was not only a dedicated group of friends and helpers, but also … Continue reading →
Electronic Crack
By Larry Plesant We’ve all heard comments that smartphones, which moving forward we will refer to as rectangles, being “electronic crack.” Well the scientific data is coming in, and it turns out that the electronic crack remark is spot-on. Here’s … Continue reading →
Is 2015 the ‘Year of the Ticks?’
Reasons and Repellents By Green Energy Times Staff We should not let tiny biting creatures keep us from enjoying summer. Nevertheless, with the high tick population in the northeast and the diseases they can also carry moving into the area, … Continue reading →