Say Goodbye To Chemicals In Your Shampoo
The kitchen is not the only place in your house where you can reduce unnecessary chemicals and eliminate wasteful packaging. One place that often gets overlooked is the bathroom. There are all sorts of organic bath products available now that don’t test on animals, don’t use harmful chemicals, and use recycled packaging. However, the best [...]
Farm Fresh Eggs Without The Farm!
Recently I made a trip to my neighborhood grocery store in search for organic eggs. To my surprise, the price of a carton of organic eggs was a whopping $4.99- and they had been shipped from another state. I had heard about raising your own chickens. A chicken coop in my backyard I asked? Of [...]
Blooms-Boom or Bust?
Tohono Chul Park – Celebrating 25 Years of Connecting Nature, Art & Culture!
Are you wondering what those late winter rains did for the many germinating annual and short-lived perennial wildflowers native to our beloved Sonoran desert? Then don’t let your curiosity get the best of you – come to Tohono Chul Park on [...]
Water For Our Future Growth
Who’s Green has decided to give water use a little extra attention in 2010. We believe there are many steps, large and small, each of us can take to help keep an ample supply on hand. This is not only for ourselves but also for those who follow. We will continue to provide you with [...]
Campaign for a Sustainable Arizona
For more than 40 years, The Nature Conservancy has been working with local communities, businesses and people like you to pioneer solutions that save the lands and waters that sustain Arizona’s iconic beauty, healthy economy and a rich quality of life.
That’s why The Nature Conservancy is launching a bold plan for transforming conservation in Arizona called Nature [...]
Tucson Botanical Garden – Butterfly Exhibit
OCTOBER 12, 2009 – APRIL 30, 2010
About the butterflies
All of the butterflies in the Gardens’ exhibit are hatched from eggs and live as caterpillars in butterfly farms in tropical parts of the world. When the caterpillars change into the pupae or resting stage, they are carefully counted, labeled, and packed. In the pupae [...]
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Improve your home and save money by planting trees!
Courtesy of B.J Cordova-Tucson Clean and Beautiful
Through its signature Trees for Tucson program, Tucson Clean & Beautiful can provide up to two low-cost trees for homeowners within the Tucson Electric Power service area. Selection varies throughout the year, but commonly available varieties include mesquite, desert willow, willow acacia, sweet acacia, palo verde, ironwood, and much [...]
Continued attack of the litterbug!
Courtesy of B.J. Cordova- Tucson Clean and Beautiful
More than a half-century ago, Tucson resident Annette Richards coined the term “litterbug”, describing in one word the epidemic habit of individuals habitually or negligently discarding all manner of unwanted items on to roadsides, at parks, in our waterways, at venues including movie theaters and sports events, on [...]
