Restaurants, Green Products Big Losers as Pessimistic Consumers Cut Back
Some 58% of Americans feel that the economy has reached a low point and nearly half (47%) think it will stay this way for a while, prompting spending cutbacks on nearly everything - from charitable contributions to dining out to beauty and grooming products, according to the November/December 2008 Insight Report from MarketTools, Inc.
The report, which focuses on US economic conditions and how they will affect spending in the coming months, foretells an economically turbulent holiday season and spending reductions for the longer term.
The Garden Patch Grow Box ($29.95 each) could be the perfect planter for you. It comes complete with fertilizer, easy instructions and planting guide. Tough UV construction lasts a lifetime. Just add plants and potting mix. 30"L x 15"W x 12"H. Green or Terra Cotta. USA made.
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"Sustainable Gardening" takes viewers through the steps of drawing and then installing mixed borders filled with plants that are not just beautiful but environmentally friendly, low-maintenance, and easy on the budget.
This video series will show how to create a sustainable garden. Expert gardener Susan Harris takes viewers through the steps of drawing and then installing mixed borders filled with plants that are not just beautiful but environmentally friendly, low-maintenance, and easy on the budget.
By RANDALL DICKERSON Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The tomatoes are done for the year, the corn is in the freezer and the applesauce is being put up. So what do gardeners do now? Anticipating the winter seed catalogs like a child waits for Christmas, gardeners — an increasing number of them first-timers — dream about vegetable varieties they have yet to grow. Ag experts and sales numbers indicate there’s a renewed interest in home gardening.
Peter Senge and Bryan Smith - "The Industrial Era is ending. Its extraordinary successes—advances in literacy, life expectancy, human rights, and technology—have propelled us headlong into a myriad of side effects: food and water shortages, cyclonic destruction, prolonged drought and rising sea levels. To delay acknowledging the need for lifestyle and business changes—'The Necessary Revolution'—risks our very survival.
This is the completed box, growing Miracle fruit & Mango (cuttings) with capsicum, alpine strawberries, butternut pumpkin, and broccoli.
This cost nothing apart from some hydroponic mix.
Change Agent: You
Tom Szaky, cofounder of eco-friendly fertilizer company Terracycle, on the most powerful thing you can do to persuade big businesses to give you more green and responsible product choices.
How to Make Compost
John Schaeffer from Gaiam Real Goods shows you how to make compost at home — even in the city.
Organic Mixtures - Sustainable Organic Gardening, Green Living and Natural Health
Peter Senge and Bryan Smith - "The Industrial Era is ending. Its extraordinary successes—advances in literacy, life expectancy, human rights, and technology—have propelled us headlong into a myriad of side effects: food and water shortages, cyclonic destruction, prolonged drought and rising sea levels. To delay acknowledging the need for lifestyle and business changes—'The Necessary Revolution'—risks our very survival.
