Archive | September, 2009
Harvard College Expands Organic Lawn Program
After the Boston premiere of our movie, A Chemical Reaction, a student from the Harvard newspaper sent me this article from their paper. The college is expanding its organic management program from one acre to a more campus-wide approach. Here’s the article: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529215
Continue reading...Should Roundup be Banned Altogether?
26. September 2009
With the EPA’s recent review period recently ended for Roundup and other similar products, several groups are calling for a de-registration of the most commonly used non-selective herbicide. Check out the story from BeyondPesticides.org here: www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2452
Continue reading...What we Can Learn from Canada and Connecticut
24. September 2009
This is the text of an article I originally published in People, Places & Plants magazine in 2006. The message, contained within the movie, A Chemical Reaction, is still timely today. At the time scarcely anyone in the United States noticed. In May of 1991 the small town of Hudson, Quebec, located just west of Montreal, [...]
Continue reading...What Do You Think of Our Movie?
24. September 2009
We were delighted to see our film, A Chemical Reaction, get a great plug on the Sundance Channel where the blogger is asking for opinions. If you’ve seen the film or the trailer, please let them know what you think: http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/09/a-chemical-reaction-comes-to-the-film-festival-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-2600
Continue reading...JUST 1 DAY TO BOSTON!
22. September 2009
Our film, A Chemical Reaction, will have its premiere Wednesday at the Boston Film Festival. We hope to see you there, or at one of these other screenings soon. Boston Film Festival 09.23.09 @ 3PM (Kendall Square Theatre) Wine Country Film Festival 9/27/09, 8 p.m. Napa River Inn Camden (Maine) International Film Festival 10.03.09 @ 3PM (Farnsworth Art Gallery, Rockland) New [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday, Angie
20. September 2009
I promise I won’t do this every month, but since so many of you have sent along great such great wishes, I thought I’d post this shot of Angie with her big sister, Aimee, on her 1 month birthday.
Continue reading...EPA to Reward Water Conservation
17. September 2009
Wendy Bounds of the Wall Street Journal broke another story today about an EPA plan to reward water conservation in new home construction. Part of that plan involves lawn reduction, which automatically has Scott MiracleGro denouncing the idea as “unscientific.” Check it out: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203278404574416990861394378.html
Continue reading...Dr. Greene to Host California Premiere of A Chemical Reaction
17. September 2009
WINE COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL Documentary Explores Lawn Pesticide Safety Issues SONOMA, CALIF. — As ubiquitous in the United States as lawn mowers and rakes, weed and insect killers are often thought to be as benign as a garden hose. Not so, according to one of the nation’s leading pediatricians featured in a documentary movie set for its [...]
Continue reading...Imidacloprid: What You Must Know Now
17. September 2009
Pesticide Implicated in Widespread Bee Deaths While environmental activists including the SafeLawns Foundation claimed a temporary victory Wednesday, Sept. 16 in the emerging battle concerning the widespread use of imidacloprid in Worcester, Mass., beekeepers and many other observers across North America are deeply concerned about the precedents being set in the rural community. As the threat of [...]
Continue reading...Activists Stall Worcester Pesticide Plan
16. September 2009
Under pressure from SafeLawns, the Pesticide Action Network and especiallly the Toxics Action Network — which testified in person — authorities from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture delayed a vote on whether or not to allow extensive soil drenching of imidacloprid across 15 square miles of Worcester, Mass. Check back by noon tomorrow for an [...]
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
- Citing Guilty Plea, Wildlife Federation Ends Agreement with Scotts
- Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- SafeLawns T-Shirts & Lawn Signs Now Available
- Good Morning America to Showcase Natural Pesticides
- Use New Neem Product for Grub Control
- As Wildlife Federation Defends Its Greed, Scotts Continues to Assault Our Sensibilities
- Elisabeth Beaubien: howdy Paul, sodium laurel sulfate... perhaps no...
- Karina Zedalis: Many school & municipal sports fields are heav...
- jack: One sign is not enough. On our soccer fields, the...
- Tom: I just got unwanted service from Scotts. They spr...
- The Weed's Network: Great environmental eductation Paul. Thanks. Dav...
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