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Easy Ways to Compost In Urban Environments
Many people living in cities, apartment complexes, or housing communities with little or no yard space think that composting is not possible or practical. However, I will demonstrate that composting is possible in even the smallest city apartment. Mother Nature...
Bread Seva: being part of the solution
Download the "How To Get Started" Guide to learn how you can collect and distribute thousands of shopping carts full of food, for free! How To Get Started Guide
Jeans and the Future of our World
How do we take our used clothes and contribute to sustaining the future of our planet? The answer to this question is evolving in inspiring and powerful ways, from our own (often overcrowded) closets to the massive production lines of the fashion industry. Let’s start...
Communicating With Nature, Part 2.
Communicating with nature came into my life quite naturally. The trees were my friends as a child and have brought me solace as an adult. I thought I would share a short inspiration about how talking with the trees helps me in my spiritual and emotional life, supports...
How To Grow Delicious Tomatoes, Part 2
Spacing When planting tomatoes one of the first considerations is how far apart should I put my plants. Spacing will be determined by the plant variety you choose. The smaller ones can be planted closer together. Those that get pretty big need room to...
What Happens When It Leaves the Curb?
Ever wondered what happens to your recycling once it leaves the curb? Neither did I until March of 2017 when my waste management facility informed me I could no longer recycle most plastics because China wasn’t taking them anymore. It was a huge wake-up call. I hadn’t...
Communicating With Nature
Om Amriteswaryai Namah As part of our blog series on communicating with Nature, I thought I would share with you an extraordinary experience I had talking with a tree a few years ago. I have always had a strong relationship with trees, as a young girl I would spend...
Urban Composting: Making A Red Wriggler Worm Compost Bin
This post is the second of a two-part compilation on composting with red wriggler worms. Making a Worm Bin is much easier than it may seem at first. It is a fun and easy process anyone can do. Below is a step by step process for making a worm bin. To make a Worm Bin,...
Urban Composting: Introduction to Using a Red Wriggler Worm Compost Bin
Hello everyone and welcome. I will be offering a series of urban gardening articles for the Amrita Virtual Academy blog. In this first edition on Urban Gardening & Composting, I offer to you one of several effective ways of composting when you live in an urban...
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