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Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #31 – Sustainability: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities

The first World Summit on Sustainable Development (1992) in Rio de Janeiro produced the Agenda 21 manifesto and other international goals for the protection of the planet.
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Added by Christine Hunt on August 17, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #30 – Businesses and Portfolio Investments: “How Green Is It?”

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities

The financial and business environment continues to be volatile, uncertain, and “soft.” However, two recent gatherings in Omaha, of global and national action-minded individuals from energy and community sustainability experiences provided
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Added by Christine Hunt on July 19, 2010 at 8:22am — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #29 - Urban Chickens – Small Beginnings for Local Foods

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

If you’re interested in growing your own food, you might want to consider eggs from your own chickens too.

Community Crops, which has for years coordinated community gardens and offered classes on gardening and cooking, has a new class on urban chickens.

Here are some of the basics:

Lincoln city ordinance allows two chickens without any fees. Owning three or more… Continue

Added by Christine Hunt on July 6, 2010 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #28 – Here’s Your Chance to Help Update Comprehensive Plan

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

Local government will soon launch a year-long community dialogue to update the Comprehensive Plan of Lincoln and Lancaster County.

This is of special interest to citizens with a conservation attitude because last year the plan’s preamble was revised by the planning staff and the City Council to include for the first time the goal of sustainability. Here’s what that new language… Continue

Added by Christine Hunt on June 25, 2010 at 10:26am — No Comments

Thaddeus Fonck Composter on Woot!

Today 6/11/2010 you can purchase an Ecomposter with Spider Base for $99.99. Looks like it makes composting easy for beginners. Makes easy rolling to keep compost turned. http://www.woot.com/ Continue

Added by Thaddeus Fonck on June 11, 2010 at 11:46am — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #27 – Meeting of the Minds 2010 Convenes in Omaha, a First for the Midwest

Written by W. Cecil STEWARD, FAIA, PRESIDENT; JOSLYN CASTLE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

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Added by Christine Hunt on June 6, 2010 at 9:27pm — No Comments

Thaddeus Fonck Raised Box Gardening and Water Conservation

I love growing things. I am not good at remembering to water. I am especially NOT good at remembering to turn OFF the water. This can cause high water bills and minor flooding. That's all I will say about that as my wife and my therapist recommend not re-living those memories.
Last year I made my first attempt at raised box gardening. Because the soil in our garden area
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Added by Thaddeus Fonck on May 13, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Kim Richard Smith Introducing I=E

Introducing I=E
A personal economic and environmental impact theory:

I = E, where “I” represents the amount of an individual’s income, and “E” represents the extent of negative impact one’s activities have on the natural environment.

I (personal income) = E (negative environmental impact)


General Interpretation:

I=E recognizes economic growth as the principal culprit involving our environmental sustainability problem, and personal income as a mea

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Added by Kim Richard Smith on May 6, 2010 at 10:04pm — No Comments

Kim Richard Smith The fundamental argument

In recent years, we have been confronted with evidence of a looming environmental catastrophe. Apparently, the nearly seven billion of us are consuming resources faster than the Earth’s ability to replenish them. Symptoms of overconsumption include global climate change, the destruction of ecosystems, a reduction in biodiversity, and overall worldwide environmental degradation. We have also seen the world economy, key to life as we know it, teeter on the brink of collapse. Wages have been red

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Added by Kim Richard Smith on May 6, 2010 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #26 - Sustainable Landscaping . . . The Logical Choice

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

The recent Earth Day celebration helped raise awareness of the numerous environmental challenges before us, ranging from air and water quality, to resource shortages, habitat loss, and climate change. The good news is that we have the ability to successfully address these challenges.

The first step is to evaluate each of our activities, with the purpose of discove

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Added by Christine Hunt on May 5, 2010 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Marcia Claesson Celebrate Arbor Day - History & Ideas for Family Activities

Do you know how and where Arbor Day started?

Arbor Day was created by J. Sterling Morton, a journalist who lived in Nebraska City in the 1800s. Mr. Morton and the other pioneers who traveled to Nebraska found that they missed the trees they had back east.

Read the entire article here:

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Added by Marcia Claesson on April 26, 2010 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Marcia Claesson Beneficial Insects for the Garden

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Added by Marcia Claesson on April 26, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #25 – Earth Day 2010 Aims to Educate, Empower and Celebrate

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

Forty years ago, a group of concerned citizens gathered to demonstrate their environmental issues on the first ever Earth Day.

1970 was a colorful year, including the end of the Chicago Seven trial, the Apollo 13 drama, the U.S. invading Cambodia, students gunned down at Kent State and Jackson State, massive antiwar marches, Nixon mobilizing the
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Added by Christine Hunt on April 19, 2010 at 9:27pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #24 - … But Wait A Minute, Will It Be Sustainable?

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

One of the criteria for determining whether a community is becoming, or has achieved a stature of, a “sustainable community” is its willingness to engage in open and accessible civil, civic debate over the appropriation of its resources – be they environmental, human/social capital, technologies, economic and financial, or conditions of government and policy. These are the principa

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Added by Christine Hunt on April 3, 2010 at 6:09pm — No Comments

Amy Dostal Repower America Volunteers Needed - 40 Days to Earth Day Action!

On September 20, 1969, Senator Gaylord Nelson announced plans for a nation-wide environmental teach-in. “I am convinced,” he said, “that all we need to do to bring an overwhelming insistence of the new generation that we stem the tide of environmental disaster is to present the facts clearly and dramatically. To marshal such an effort, I am proposing a national teach-in on the crisis of the environment to be held next spring on every university campus across the Nation.” The first Earth Day w

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Added by Amy Dostal on March 29, 2010 at 7:21pm — No Comments

Andrea Davis The Bucolic Plague and the Goat-eaters

It seems that urban livestock is catching.

We have recently added a group here on the Green Scene for people who would like to raise their own chicken… Continue

Added by Andrea Davis on March 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Andrea Davis Lincoln's 40th Annual Earth Day Celebration!

This week's blog is a short, sweet collection of some of the main events we've heard about here on the Lincoln Green Scene. Earth Day 2010 will be celebrated by the City of Lincoln between Saturday, April
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Added by Andrea Davis on March 23, 2010 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #23 – Greens Want To Reverse Wasteful Throwaway Culture

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

Even if you are trying to be green, chances are you have used and thrown away at least one disposable product today.

According to Giles Slade, author of the book, “Made to Break,” Americans invented the very concept of disposability, products designed for cheapness, single use and short-term convenience.

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Added by Christine Hunt on March 21, 2010 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Andrea Davis Prairie Fire: Cranes in Nebraska

This weekend, I visited the Rowe Sanctuary, and I loved the experience.

But this month's cover story of the Prairie Fire, I thought, does more than due justice to the cranes, the organization behind their survival, and the partnerships that thrive in the sanctuary itself (please click the image):

Cranes in Nebraska: The most regal of birds has a long history in the Cornhusker State


By Alan J. Bartels

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Added by Andrea Davis on March 16, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Christine Hunt LGbD Green Column #22 – City’s Sustainability Coordinator Loves Green Challenge

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, Presid
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Added by Christine Hunt on March 11, 2010 at 8:57am — No Comments

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