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The Best Plates, Ever

Verterra makes plates and bowls completely from fallen leaves and water. No kidding! They are compostable, reusable, microwaveable. Check them out!

International Day of the African Child

June 16th is the International Day of the African Child. In 1976 in Soweto, South Africa, thousands of African school children took to the streets in a march to protest the inferior quality of their education. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down. To honor the memory of those killed and the courage of all the children who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16th every year since 1991.

In honor of this day, head over to Global Girlfriend and give a one-time donation to provide school uniforms for girls in rural Africa ($25), send an AIDS orphan to school in Zambia ($20). or providing school meals for African children ($20). You can even give $36 to the WhizzKids HIV Prevention Soccer Camp for African Kids.

How does the Iowa Stored Energy Park (ISEP) Work?

The Iowa Stored Energy Park is a fantastic idea from the Hawkeye State where wind is plentiful. So plentiful, in fact, they are building a wind power generator to power municipal utility companies all over the state. Cool!

The actual compost starter

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Yard and garden clippings, and some wood chips from some stumps we had ground up last year. The wood chips have been over the garden all winter, so it might be half compost already!

My New Composter

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This is a 90-gallon Feelgood composter that I ordered from HomeDepot.com. It was very easy to assemble, and not to bad to get started. We'll see what happens!

Reusable Bags

Try these great biodegradable compostable plastic bags. Sandwich sized and trash can sized. I'm sure this is the wave of the future. You can get them at ReusableBags.com