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Ten New Year's Resolutions For Your Consideration

Here are 10 ideas for improving your health and environmental impact this year.

Pediatricians say: Reduce those pesticide exposures!

The American Academy of Pediatrics says that pesticides can be harmful to children. The Town has provided information on athletic field pesticide use. Do you want to change Town practices?

Environment

What Are You Going to Do When Plastic Bags Are Gone?

Not yet, but maybe soon. And these suggestions will help you do it well.

Parks and Recreation Commission Decision on Barrington Environmentally Safe Turf (BEST) Proposal is Unfortunate. But They May Have Misunderstood the Proposal.

The proposal to be presented to Town Council in August is described. And I'm asking your opinion on whether this is important to you or not.

What Not To Do With Grass Clippings

or, how Miss Smarty Pants messed up her compost pile in one fell swoop.

Trash, Volunteering, and Responsibility

Another volunteer opportunity passes, and with it the opportunity to learn about community, responsibility, and selflessness.

They Are What You Eat - Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and the Failure to Protect

EDCs can affect fetuses and babies at very low exposure levels and current regulatory programs can't quite figure out how to protect you. You need to do it.

How do Romney and Santorum Feel About Our Country's Public Lands? Not Much. Read on...

This piece, "The Trees are All Right", by Timothy Egan (New York Times, March 8, 2012), exposes the candidates' sad views about our public lands. Reprinted in full.

Before You Squirt That Bottle of Roundup®, You Need to Read This...

Glyphosate, a familiar herbicide, has gone from revolutionary agricultural product to reviled symbol of corporate greed and short-sightedness, and may be the tobacco of this decade.

Patch's House & Home

Time to Start the Garden -- Almost

You can grow tasty, nutritious, and un-chemicalized food with your own two hands in your own yard. What’s not to love?

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