Green Scene: This week's environmental news
BULLETIN BOARD Radioactive sunshine: Governor McDonnell’s uranium work group—tasked with studying the potential ups and downs of proposed uranium mining and milling in Southside Virginia—has had its ground rules altered. Now the group is required to allow more opportunities for public input and to make summaries of its findings available throughout the process. Good, but [...]
Green Scene: This week's environmental news
Growing together; the future of fracking in Virginia's biggest national forest; Joel Salatin's new book
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Green Scene: This week's environmental news
One of the best things about vacation is that it uproots us from our familiar habits.
Green Scene Blog: The energy future in Virginia
Appalachian Voices’ Tom Cormons says Dominion’s 15-year plan isn’t right for Virginia.
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Green scene: This week's environmental news
Last weekend, visiting my family in southwestern Pennsylvania, I saw something shocking.
Green Scene Blog: How efficient is your house?
Sign up for a home energy review–it cost just $25–and find out.
Green Scene Blog: The nature right here
A Charlottesville mother argues against the idea that nature is "out there" somewhere.
Green Scene Blog: Why care about the caddisfly?
StreamWatch director Rose Brown explains why the caddisfly is a creature worthy of our attention.
Green Scene Blog: GMO free groceries
Dietician Wendy Vigdor-Hess lays out a strategy for keeping GMOs off your plate.
Green Scene: This week's greenie news
Local groups are involved in opposition to a very large coal-burning power plant proposed for Surry County. It’s estimated that it would contribute to as many as 200,000 lost work days, due to downwind residents’ health problems, over its 60-year life span. (File photo) Life churns along, and with it a mixed bag of environmental [...]
Green Scene Blog: Ways to help now
Go to a public meeting on uranium mining, or volunteer for the Eco Fair. Your choice.
Green Scene Blog: How to hunt morels
Mark Jones, local mushroom expert, tells us all about the wild culinary treat: morels.
Green Scene Blog: The homestead emerges
Garden, livestock and people are beginning to form a system.
Green Scene Blog: A power plant hangs in the balance
Appalachian Voices’ Mike McCoy schools us on Virginia’s largest proposed coal plant.
Green Scene Blog: History of streams
A StreamWatch volunteer explains why it matters where a stream has been.
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C-VILLE Kids! Great local outings for kids
Sure, unstructured time is great for kids—whiling away the hours banging on pots, giggling at penguin documentaries or rolling down hills. But now and then, even the most schedule-averse parent is bound to feel the need for an outing. Whether for exercise, education or just plain fun, an Official Activity of some kind might be [...]
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C-VILLE Kids! Sow fun: Gardening with your little one
Few things are more wholesome than children in the garden. Growing plants with your kid has it all: fresh air, science, and life lessons on everything from patience to self-reliance. (Plus, eating dirt is said to boost the immune system.) But how do you actually get your kids gardening? Grow the fun stuff. Pick crops [...]
Green Scene Blog: Forward to nature
Author Richard Louv, the nature deficit disorder guy, explains why not to be a Luddite.
Green Scene Blog: Path of least resistance
Mark Jones, local farmer, on one of the core principles of permaculture.
Green Scene Blog: Plastic hangers and other stuff I don’t need
Rose Brown on what the Zero Garbage Challenge means for disposables.