Green Living
Living green event set Friday in Richland
A zero-waste potluck and a living green information sharing event starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Richland’s Howard Amon Park, between the elephant slide and Richland Community Center.
Green Living
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GREEN LIVING
ACME Studio Eco-Pen worthy of using, then composting
Leave it to a Hawaiian-based company to give environmentally conscious folks one less thing to feel guilty about when it comes using up something destined for their nearest landfill. It's called the Eco-Pen.
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GREEN LIVING
Expanding waistlines, memory loss may be linked to high-fructose corn syrup
Feeling fluffy? Wondering why that once-trim waistline is only a faint memory?
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GREEN LIVING
Growing reasons to appreciate pulse crops
Pulse crops include dry beans, dry peas, lentils and chickpeas. This remarkable food group can help humans in myriad ways because it is non-perishable, inexpensive and extremely healthy.
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GREEN LIVING
Volunteers needed for Amon Basin restoration project
Gail Everett, Richland's environmental education coordinator, sent out a news release detailing three upcoming events tied to restoration projects in the Tri-Cities.
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GREEN LIVING
Southridge complex to use BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors
Waste Management of Washington has given six BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors and recycling kiosks to Kennewick for use at the new Southridge Sports and Events Complex.
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GREEN LIVING
Using sugar to charge your cell phone?
Talking on your cell phone, uh, oh, batteries going dead -- no worries, just pick up that can of pop laying there, shake it, and if there's some left -- just pour it in the phone!
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GREEN LIVING
Seattle considers bold step to curb waste
The city of Seattle is thinking of reducing the number of trash pickup days .
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GREEN LIVING
Native plant workshop set for Richland
RICHLAND -- Benton Conservation District is sponsoring a free "Designing Your Heritage Garden" workshop.
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GREEN LIVING
Earth Month offers time to grow greener
By Gail Everett, Special to the Tri-City Herald


