Tag Archives: environment

Green your Memorial Day weekend

However and wherever you are celebrating Memorial Day, try these tips to make the celebrations more environmentally friendly.

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Artists Against Fracking sing ‘Don’t Frack My Mother’

Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Artists Against Fracking sing, “Don’t Frack My Mother.”

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Keystone XL pipeline isn’t the only target

Twenty-nine Vermont towns oppose using a pipeline to carry tar sands oil. How does this affect York County? Three words: Keystone XL pipeline.

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Rent out your car, save the environment

Can you rent out your car and save the environment? The CEO of RelayRides thinks so.

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Be less wasteful this Thanksgiving

The resources needed to produce one turkey for this Thanksgiving — per pound — “are equivalent to driving your car 11 miles and taking a 130-minute shower at 4 gallons per minute,” according to the National Resources Defense Council.

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Hottest month in recorded history brings back green living ideas

We felt the temperatures rising, and now we know July 2012 was a huge record-breaker, being the hottest month recorded since 1895. This isn’t good for the environment, as the heat is already affecting crops and livelihoods. How do you keep your routine green?

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York Free Store sets up shop

The York Free Store in a new initiative by county residents where items can be donated or “bought” for free, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the last Saturday of each month at the Friends Meeting House.

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Move over Mower! event set for Aug. 4

Move over mower! An urban garden frolic is set for Aug. 4 in downtown York to teach residents about sheet mulching and its benefits for the environment and the wallet.

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Spoutwood Farm offers ‘A Fierce Green Fire’ showing

Spoutwood Farm will offer a sneak peek at the documentary film “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” 7 p.m. July 25.

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Five books to help with green living

Whether inside or outside this summer, reading these five books about the environmental impact of people is a great way to pick up new green living habits to save the Earth.

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