Welcome to our ongoing project, LJWorld.com/Green. In this section, we'll be introducing you to people who live a green life. We'll be sharing anecdotes about how our journalists are making their lives more "green" and we'll be giving you tools to help make your own life "green."
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- Green families tout clutter-free lives
- San Diego Web editor cuts belongings to 100
- June 10, 2009
- One day last year, Dave Bruno looked around his house and realized that for a man who had spent years trying to live simply, he had an incredible amount of “stuff.” “It got me motivated to come up with this harebrained idea. Is it possible to exist in American suburbia and truly not have a lot of excessive stuff?” he said.
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Green reader blogs
Want to share your Green thoughts and tips with other LJWorld.com readers? Go to our blog section and post to the "Green" blog group.
Blog: Eco-challenge
Serving Lawrence's bounty
Wednesday, September 3Dinner party pulls from local fare and offers closure for 100-mile diet
Blog: Rolling along
Another year, another ride
Thursday, July 2Where oh where will this old man take his traditional birthday ride?
Blog: Life Cycle
Seeking sustainability suggestions
Friday, September 5Would you please take a moment to share your ideas and priorities regarding sustainability in Lawrence?
"Home and Away" and "River City Weekly"
Episodes of Free State Studio's "Home and Away" and "River City Weekly" programs that highlight environmentally friendly themes.
Kansas City's green efforts
Leaders from different aspects of the city discuss Kansas City's efforts to be environmentally friendly.
Meet the EcoHawks
Meet some of the KU engineering students, who recycled a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle, turning it into a hybrid that burns biodiesel, uses electricity and gets 54 miles per gallon.
Green Living
Green sites
- The Green Guide — National Geographic's guide to conservation and smart purchasing.
- The Environment at MIT — MIT's environmental guide includes tips for a more sustainable office.
- Environmental Living — A lifestyle site focused on the home and organic food.
- Big Green Purse — Diane MacEachern follows green news and gives environmentally friendly tips.
In depth
Top stories
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- City collects 11,000 tons of yard waste
- Program saves $215,000 in landfill costs, gives residents cheap option for compost
More Green
- Ideas on giving items second lives
- June 30, 2009
- With a bit of ingenuity and effort, many everyday items can have a life well beyond their intended use. Reusing bags and containers not only extends the product’s utility, it also delays the item from joining the solid waste stream.
- Saving green by going green
- June 28, 2009
- One Lawrence resident is finding that being kind to the earth can be kind to her pocketbook.
- Great green gifts for Dad
- June 20, 2009
- Father’s Day is just around the corner. Got a father who’s hard to please? Never fear, here’s a list of green Father’s Day gifts perfect for all kinds of dads, from sports nuts to tech-heads.
- Western Extralite hosts open ’green’ house
- June 16, 2009
- Western Extralite, a Kansas City-based electrical and voice/data product distributor, is moving its Lawrence operations into a new green-friendly building at 3225 Ousdahl Road.
- Wal-Mart cuts back hours at recycling center
- 04:02 p.m., June 12, 2009 Updated 03:36 a.m.
- Wal-Mart is cutting hours at its community recycling center in Lawrence, as the world’s largest retailer welcomes assistance from City Hall to help stem losses amid a collapse in revenues from recycled materials.
- Couple turn scraps into rich compost
- Local residents find process easy, cheap
- June 11, 2009
- It was an easy decision. Jeff and Loretta Severin knew they wanted to compost. They say they generate little trash other than the fruit and vegetable peels left over from meals made in their Lawrence kitchen.
- Reusable bags gaining ground on plastic
- Lawrence store managers see huge increase in usage of environmentally friendly option
- June 11, 2009
- It isn’t hard to figure out why using a reusable bag makes sense. There are tons of data on how unhealthy and costly it is to use plastic and paper bags. Lisa Foster, founder of California-based 1 Bag at a Time, reminds shoppers that free paper and plastic bags are not free.
- SLUG turning consumers into gardeners
- June 11, 2009
- Roommates Kelly Rushing and Jessi Howell are the proud parents of a cute, little vegetable garden. The Lawrence residents are constantly showing off the pretty plot of land at their home, south of the Kansas University campus.
- Master gardeners help fill food pantries
- June 11, 2009
- A Lawrence gardener is beginning to see the fruits of her labor and master plan to help curb hunger in Lawrence. Last summer, Cynthia Haines had some extra zucchini and didn’t want it to go to waste. She decided to donate it to a local food pantry.
- Our trash: ‘You couldn’t even imagine’
- Alternatives to landfill urged
- June 11, 2009
- We are wasteful. Just ask the folks who collect trash every day. They see it all.
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