Aug 31, 2020
Researchers exploring the acceptability of microgreens, a sustainably grown plant bursting with nutrients, discovered that subjects found the greens to be fun, colorful and attractive.
Manufacturer Kuraray has introduced a renewable and sustainable starch-based barrier film called Plantic. The plant-based packaging material can be recycled or composted.
Jul 31, 2020 ● By Peggy Malecki
Just as baking and breadmaking saw a resurgence in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, preserving food is on track to be another “old” skill that some of us try for the first time this year.
Jul 31, 2020
Making food scrap diverting easy for everyone through commercial composting using a container-swap model.
Gardeners are invited to create one-minute videos of their gardens and upload to the CEGA website.
Here are some eco-friendly tips to stay cool at home with minimal or zero use of air conditioning, saving costs in electricity bills and strain on the environment.
Jul 02, 2020
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, located just southwest of Chicago, is highlighted in a new national social media series focusing on not-to-be-missed national forests and grasslands. Midewin is best known for its bison herd. TV host and producer of "Travels with Darley", Darley Newman, hosts the series.
Jun 30, 2020
Enjoy articles from our July issue.
Jun 30, 2020 ● By Sheryl DeVore
More than 30 years of data from the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network is showing butterfly numbers in general are declining in the Chicago region. We can help with conservation not only in natural areas, but in our own Chicagoland backyards.
Jun 30, 2020 ● By Julie Peterson
The use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides on lawns damage both the environment and our health. Here are ways to naturally, organically and sustainably grow green grass.
Eco-friendly alternatives pet owners can choose for toys, homeopathic remedies, grooming, food and more for dogs and cats.
May 29, 2020
Locally produced food means fewer intermediaries between the farmer and the consumer, and subsequently less handling of the food from field to table.
Apr 30, 2020
If Australia can grow enough of the puffy, pink Asparagopsis taxiformis seaweed for every cow in the country, they could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent.
Biowaste from durian fruit and jackfruit scraps is a possible candidate to create next generation, high-performance, yet low-cost supercapacitors for energy storage devices.
Apr 15, 2020
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, here are ways you can still safely honor and participate in the 50th anniversary of Earth Day while adhering to stay-at-home orders.
