We learned yesterday that the web site for our film, A Chemical Reaction, was hacked on Tuesday, Nov. 10. We're doing all we can to get it back up and on-line . . . not that we're web experts! And not that we're paranoid, but it's certainly curious timing that our site was hacked the day after the U.S. Premiere of the film at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival . . . ...

"Riveting" "Enthralling" "The most important movie ever made about community activism!" These were just some of the comments Monday night after the official U.S. Premiere of A Chemical Reaction at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. More than 160 people attended. "People were glued to their seats, for both the movie and the question-and-answer period afterward," said the director of the prestigi ...

This article from San Diego, Ca., provides an interesting analyis: www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/11/08/science/865bees110809.prt ...

We learned tonight that our film won the Independent Spirit Award of the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. The premiere is tonight at 7 p.m. Please spread the word. ...

About 25 people turned out for the Thursday matinee screening of A Chemical Reaction in Orlando as a part of the Orlando Film Festival. The facility was amazing and the festival folks were very kind and accommodating. Most everyone in attendance seemed to be either media covering the festival, or folks from the green industry who read this blog. At the end of the film, we were promised several positive revi ...

I'm constantly asked the question: Is Roundup really dangerous? In this article a Canadian physician lays out the answer quite clearly: http://www.midnorthmonitor.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2160916 ...

I have to say I was honored when I saw this blog from an organic lawn convert: http://organiclawnadventures.blogspot.com/ ...

The University of Florida recently released research that begins to shed more light on the connection between pesticides and colony collapse disorder in bees. Beyond Pesticides posted this article today on its web site: (Beyond Pesticides, November 3, 2009) Research by scientists at the University of Florida (UF) links Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the widespread disappearance of honey bees that has kille ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Organic Leaders to Present Madison Lawn & Landscape Conference Open to all landscape professionals, government officials & the public. MADISON, WI. —The Midwest Organic Lawn Care and Landscaping Conference will bring the nation’s preeminent horticultural leaders to the Midwest for a first-of-its-kind two-day symposium focusing on environmentally acceptable solutions for an evo ...

I receive oceans of these sorts of emails each week to my personal account. Either folks don't know about the blog, or they're too shy. I just have to share this one, though: Hi Paul I have told so many people about you and your book. I wanted to let you know my story. I am a girl and have no idea how to take care of a lawn. Never even cut my own grass. I had a new lawn put in. I let the lawn go because the ...