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With increasing gas prices an increasing number of people are turning to bicycles for short distance trips around their hometowns. By riding bikes, carbon emissions and pollution are reduced, people are healthier, and less people in cars reduces traffic creating a better environment for everyone.

There are several ways to promote bike riding in a community. Incentives are always appreciated and programs started by employers to encourage people to ride to work are effective. Employers can provide secured storage for bicycles during the day and locker rooms, and possibly even showers, for employees to (more…)

Home composting is one of the easiest ways to embrace the green movement in your daily lifestyle. The concept is simple: recycle food waste and transform it into fertilizer. Composting not only creates a nutrient rich fertilizer to, it helps reduce waste in landfills.

The first step in composting is to determine which foods you can use and which you can’t. Compost friendly foods include:

• coffee grounds
• fruit and vegetable scraps
• egg shells
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