Happy Tuesday! I just wanted to share a photo of this cool urban garden I saw last weekend. In a previous post, I featured Gainesville Compost founder Chris Cano, who talked about using compost to fuel a wall garden that he was in the process of building. Well, here it is! This is an excellent […]
I must confess that I love to shop. I am not a category-5 shopaholic, but I do enjoy staying in fashion and getting new clothes and accessories often. Since I have been green conscious, I am always thinking of ways I can feed the shopping monster inside, without the guilt of filling landfills and adding to […]
Good news to all those who seek fresh, local food products. The USDA stated on their website that farmers’ markets are continuing to increase each year, with 2011 being no exception. In fact, farmers’ markets increased in number by 17 percent from 2010 to 2011, with a total of 7,175 operating farmers’ markets. Shopping at […]
While most would look at discarded plastics, cans and other materials and think “trash”, two Gainesville residents are starting an establishment that will turn local trash into art. Sarah Goff and Mike Myers are starting The Repurpose Project, an organization that collects materials that would normally go to waste and uses them to create art. […]
After traveling to San Fran on vacation over the holiday, I was super impressed by seeing the city that is a hub for green initiatives! After doing some research, I found out that San Francisco was actually rated the greenest city by a Siemens research study. Here are a few observations I found (and later […]
Although I know all Italian grandmothers shun at the thought of using soy to make meatballs, I can’t help it. I miss my Italian food. I had to. Before I went Veg, turkey meatballs was one of my go-to meals because it was a.) cheap b.) filling and c.) yummy. Using soy is much healthier […]
Following up to one of the first blog posts ever done on Little Green Things, I have not been able to stop wanting to own prints by my favorite artist, Yellena James. However, as a graduate student, I am not exactly made of money…(sad face). Even though I am of the ripe old age of […]
An indoor terrarium can be a good decorative piece and also functions to freshen the air by changing out carbon dioxide for oxygen. Small terrariums function as mini-greenhouse, mimicking an ecosystem where water absorption and precipitation occurs. Plant terrariums hold in heat, as well as moisture and provide you with a ‘natural air freshener’. I […]
This past weekend I took a trip own to Miami. Although Miami isn’t the most eco-friendly place on the planet, I saw something really interesting. The Biltmore Hotel is Miami’s luxurious jewel, with Spanish-style architecture and the the biggest pool in the southeastern United States, it has been a temporary home for many celebrities, including […]
This is part 2 of an interview I conducted with Chris Cano, founder of Gainesville Compost. He tells us how he is setting up Gainesville Compost’s first restaurant garden as well as talking about a community garden he is involved with and explains how the composting process works. Check out Part 1 of the interview […]
