Archive | November, 2009

Interested in Showing Our Movie? Here’s What You Need to Know

30. November 2009

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We’ve been absolutely thrilled with the number of groups interested in showing our movie, A Chemical Reaction, about the first town in North America that ever banned lawn and garden pesticides. Given that, however, we need to clarify a few things: RELEASE TIMING — Right now, we are still limiting screenings to film festivals and selected [...]

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Calling All Events

27. November 2009

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Do you have an educational event related to organic lawn garden or natural gardening? If so, please send them our way and we’ll post them on the new calendar spot on our blog.

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Former Chemical Applicator Comes Clean

25. November 2009

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“What to hell was I thinking?” That was how a former kingpin of the chemical lawn care industry opened his interview with us this past week. Though we cannot divulge the name of the individual until later in 2010, he did consent to being filmed for the movie A Chemical Reaction. During December, his comments will [...]

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Thoughts on Our Movie

24. November 2009

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As we prepare our media kit for the spring flurry of film festivals and other screenings of A Chemical Reaction, we had some fun pulling together some of the best quotes of the last few months: “Fascinating. Enlightening. Frightening. A Chemical Reaction kept my audience rapt with attention! This film should be required viewing.” — Greg [...]

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Dr. Alan Greene’s New Book

22. November 2009

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Though the topic — children’s nutrition — is a bit off topic for this blog, I still wanted to bring a new book to your attention. Feeding Baby Green, by Dr. Alan Greene, comes from a great friend of SafeLawns. Alan, one of the nation’s leading pediatricians, appears several times in our movie, A Chemical [...]

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Community Action Works: SafeLawns Helps Block Soil Drenching of Bee Killer

22. November 2009

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You may recall that SafeLawns took at leading role in Worcester, Mass., several weeks ago when government officials in that area were proposing to drench soil with the bee-killing pesticide known as imidacloprid. Those of us involved celebrated a victory today when this article appeared in the Worcester newspaper — stating that soil drenching is no [...]

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Strange Creatures in the Leaf Pile

21. November 2009

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ou never know what you’ll find with the leaves during fall cleanup.

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France High Court: Monsanto Lying About Roundup Safety

21. November 2009

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Remember when the manufacturers of Roundup used to market the product as almost instantly biodegradable? They tried to tell us the Roundup would be virtually gone from the soil within a week. Recently, the highest court in France found the manufacturer, Monsanto, guilty of lying: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8308903.stm. The fine was a paltry $22,000, which I’m sure the [...]

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2010 Movie/Speaking Schedule Rounding into Form

21. November 2009

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Now that I’m officially back in from the road for the remainder of 2009, it’s time to focus on next year. Numerous details are still being worked out, but our 2010 spring schedule is taking shape nicely. In many cities, I’ll be speaking about natural lawn care and landscaping and showing the movie. In others, [...]

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Dogs, Cats and Pesticides

20. November 2009

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A report hit the newswires today about two dogs killed almost instantly in an area sprayed by pesticides, just a day after I posed this question to the former owner of a lawn chemical franchise company: “Did customers ever call you complaining that their dogs had died?” His answer: “All the time . . . [...]

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