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On June 3 Ritz is orchestrating a huge “School Garden to School Cafe” event where the teens will be cooking and serving 450 healthy organic meals with vegetables grown by them from seeds on classroom walls and in containers. Well, that’s one mighty fine way to make sure that high quality vegetables get eaten right in the Bronx! No surprise that Ritz was recently awarded an EPA Environmental Quality Award.

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Solar panels on the White House? It may not be the case yet, but new vocabulary and a new campaign may change that.

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Originally published by our friends at Cooking Up a Story.
Dan Forgey, farm manager at Cronin Farms in South Dakota, has been using no-till management for more than 17 years. Over that time, Forgey has developed a keen understanding of how his farming system works and where new challenges and opportunities exist. Several years ago, Forgey [...]

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Neshamah Weiss is a middle school student in Brooklyn, NY.  Her mother, Regina Weiss, made her read this book.  Here’s her review.
Have you ever thought about how things you use in your everyday life could affect weather patterns?  Reading Anna Lappé’s book Diet for a Hot Planet, I had to ask myself questions like “Why [...]

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Generating energy usually requires tremendous amounts of water, while treating, heating and moving water from place to place takes a huge amount of energy. Unfortunately, few water managers and energy planners view this connection as an opportunity to work together.

The conservation of these intertwined and vital resources – water and energy – is not typically coordinated – but when it is, it’s a winning strategy.

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