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Illinois Residents Take Weed Spray Issue Into Their Own Hands
As reported here last month, a group of Illinois residents successfully fought a plan to spray local playing fields for weeds. To show they’re serious, those same folks are offering to pull the weeds by hand to satisfying the aesthetic expectations of the community at large: http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/news/8526419-418/park-board-rounds-up-volunteers-to-weed-fields.html.
Continue reading...The Compost Champs
24. October 2011
I had six cubic yards of compost delivered today that needed spreading across my lawn. Not to worry, I had plenty of help . . .
Continue reading...Leftover Toxic Pesticide Incites Anger in Maryland
7. October 2011
In Maryland, where we have more SafeLawns followers than any state outside of New England, folks are asking us to get involved in a growing controversy surrounding the planned use of the toxic methyl bromide on a Chevy Chase golf course: http://chevychase.patch.com/articles/methyl-bromide-is-unwelcome-in-chevy-chase. Here are the issues: 1) Methyl bromide is in the process of being phased out [...]
Continue reading...Lawn Games for Life Campaign Gaining Momentum
5. October 2011
MOMENTUM IS BEGINNING TO BUILD for the Lawn Games for Life campaign we’ll be launching in 2012. Centered around the book I have co-authored with actress Victoria Rowell, the events will include public talks, Lawn-A-Thon festivals, games demonstrations, a media campaign and outreach to schools and municipalities. “Use the lawn, don’t just look at it,” [...]
Continue reading...Study: We Really Are What We Eat
23. September 2011
This is somewhat off the lawn topic, but it got my attention as it potentially relates to the safety of genetic engineering of plants that become foods — either for us or the animals that we eat. I know I grew up hearing from my grandmother that “you are what you eat.” Now, a scientist in [...]
Continue reading...Yes! Scarborough, Maine, Bans Lawn Pesticides on Public Property
22. September 2011
We were watching this one closely, having participated in many of the early debates. Last night, in what can only be called a “landslide” vote and public outcry, the town of Scarborough, Maine, removed synthetic pesticides from public property: http://www.theforecaster.net/content/s-scarborough-town-council-092311.
Continue reading...New Book Announcement: Toss, Kick & Run
7. September 2011
Lawn Games Book Represents Change of Pace for Pesticide Activist FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS NOW I have focused my energies through the SafeLawns Foundation to educate folks about how to grow lawns naturally. Beginning in 2012 I’m thrilled to announce my career emphasis will alter slightly with the publication of a ground-breaking book tentatively titled: [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Video Tip: Fighting Lawn Grubs that Become Beetles
19. August 2011
A few weeks ago we blogged about a new product, Azasol, available for the fight against lawn grubs and other insects: http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2011/06/fight-japanese-beetles-and-lawn-grubs-with-new-neem-formulation/. In this week’s video tip for NBC, we demonstrate how to use the product: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=168995.
Continue reading...Lawsuit Works To Ban GM Crops From Southeast Wildlife Refuges
17. August 2011
Early this month, Safelawns reported about the genetically modified crops being grown in our national wildlife refuges, an egregious disregard for the very intent of a “sanctuary”. Environmental groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and early this year secured a ban against genetically modified crops in northeast refuges. The USFWS failed to [...]
Continue reading...Canadian Artist/Activist Working To Save B.C. Forests From Glyphosate
15. August 2011
When James Steidle isn’t photographing the landscapes around his British Columbia home, or creating some practical piece of wood art, he’s applying his creativity toward another, passionate cause. Founder of the website, Stop The Spray, B.C., Steidle has made it his personal mission to inform people of the damage glyphosate- the active ingredient in Roundup- [...]
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1. November 2011
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