Big juicy kiss from Green Scene to you
We find evidence on every block that locals care about the planet.
Cash for flunkers, and letters smudged with coal
Green Scene takes on fossil fuels in this week’s news.
Board of Supes votes against nudity
Developers have let graded sites remain bare for months while soil washes away. That just got tougher to do.
Green reads for the eighth month
Bisphenol A on home canning lids, plus some happier news from the world of green.
More nailbiting about home heating oil tanks
Is there an underground tank leaking near your house? How would you know?
How not to advertise to Green Scene
Yesterday marked at least the third time I have found a flyer for Kleen’n'Team on my vehicle after parking it downtown.
Let summer be summer, sans A/C
Air-conditioning has become – even for some folks in Florida – a luxury to be shunned.
When the veggie tide cometh, get thee to a cannery
It’s a lovely time of year, when you open the fridge and see two and a half cabbages, eight summer squash, two giant bags of basil, four (four!) cucumbers…
Learning green at the Albemarle County Fair and beyond
It’ll be a busy couple of weeks for those of us trying to green up our brains.
Charlottesville, Albemarle win $500K for energy program
Charlottesville and Albemarle are the winners of a $500,000 grant competition run by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance.
More noise about the Wilderness Wal-Mart
At the Wilderness, Wal-Mart holds the reins. They should take the opportunity to pull out.
Composting at warp speed
At the risk of sounding like a weirdo, I will relay my excitement. Here goes. Dude!! Our very own worms!!
On the bus with peppers and worms
Emily Nelson and Graham Evans, two local artists, will be driving around in an old school bus, powered by waste vegetable oil, with a garden on top.
Tanks on the corner, gas in the well
When you learn what this Albemarle family’s been through, you think "What amazingly rotten luck!" Then you learn more…
Green reads for iris season
Hello, friends and neighbors. We’re here to talk about good green reads.
Garden update: Pest control mostly working
So far, so good with no-spray methods keeping bugs at bay.
Perriello scores a few more eco-points
Tom Perriello’s looking to get the love from the Fifth District’s energy crowd.
Dumps, recycling, and reusable bags
This week, we have a lot of local stories that ultimately come back to waste.
Earth Day events: the green tide
If you’re looking for some ideas to pack your Wednesday with eco-friendliness, look no further.
Hating rain is not eco-friendly
If you are complaining about the rain, please stop and reexamine your thinking.
A light touch on eco-travel
Tourists can go to the Virginia Green site for, it’s said, green travel ideas. But what they’ll find there is vague and the puzzling.
A series of unfortunate buildings
Brookwood is the city’s ugliest development, bar none. It’s one of the saddest exampes of siting I’ve ever seen.
Greenwashing example of the day
Beware, friends. The most banal products are engaged in a strange kind of sabotage. Here is an item I spotted today…
One tree in the green-marketing forest
So last week we enjoyed a bottle of wine with dinner, and then I noticed a bit of heavy messaging on the cork.
Backyard salad, pre-chilled
Out at my place, we’ve been eating fresh salads from our garden. It’s really easy to grow this winter stuff.
Golden shovels and greener buses
Yesterday afternoon, I was out on Avon Street Extended for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Charlottesville Transit Service facility.
