In the grocery store: Look for labels like “grassfed,” “pastured” and “animal welfare approved” for meat, eggs and dairy products. Be wary of labels like “natural,” “humanely raised,” “cage free” and “free range,” which have shallow implications for environmental and ethical practices. Seek out local and certified organic produce, meat and dairy whenever possible. For […]
Green
Posted inNews
Ho Ho Heave Ho
Your dear old Christmas tree wants to go back to the good green earth it came from. Come, compost! Come, energy! So get on it, before Valentine’s Day smooches in to mock you and your tree. You can drop your tree off for recycling at one of the places listed below, or call for curbside pickup. […]
Posted inNews
Ballots in the Mail; Voter Registration Deadline Looms
The ballots are in the mail. The Humboldt County Elections office today sent out ballots to the more than 34,000 county residents who will be casting their ballots by mail this time around. Following national and state trends, nearly 46 percent of Humboldt’s 75,053 registered voters are now signed up to exercise their civic duty by […]
Posted inNews
A Different Sort of Green House
Green buildings are the wave of the future. And our local schools are catching that wave with students from Arcata and McKinleyville high schools Humboldt Regional Occupational Program building trades construction class involved in the planning, design and every phase of the building process of a just-completed green home in McKinleyville. The kids and their […]