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I'm the Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, a leader in books and conversation on the politics and practice of sustainable living. (www.chelseagreen.com)

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I'm the Community Outreach Coordinator at Chelsea Green Publishing, a leader in producing books and conversation on the politics and practice of sustainable living. In addition to PlanetGreen, I write for The Huffington Post, AlterNet, and our own blog at chelseagreen.com. I live in Vermont, and have 4 cows, 4 pigs, 200 chickens, 2 lambs, 1 dog, and 1 cat

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Makenna's Posts

Can't Find the Perfect Garden Tool? Make Your Own

August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

The following is an excerpt from The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman. It has been adapted for the Web.

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Suburban Root Cellars: Picket Fences Meets Cold Storage

August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

When many envision suburbia, they think of a million gray houses with slanted roofs that all look alike, and everyone inside eats wonder bread and watches television and plays tennis.

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Magic Boxes: Using Cold Frames to Extend Your Growing Season

August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

As “Seaside Gardener” Nikki Jabbour is happy to report, simple strategies for extending your planting and harvesting seasons can be found in the pages of master organic gardener Eliot Coleman’s books.

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How to Make a Self-Watering Bucket Planter

August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

You can make your own self-watering planters out of lots of different kinds of containers. Here’s a way to do it with a couple of plastic buckets.

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Learn Permaculture 101 in Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

Permaculture is one of those gardening techniques that many people–as hard as it might be to admit–might not fully understand. But it’s actually quite simple.

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Back-to-School Resolution: Bring Lunch From Home! (VIDEO)

July 30, 2009 | Posted in Family Living

Your kids are going back-to-school soon–and thus marks the new year. What’s your resolution? Will you try to carpool more? Will you walk your kid to the bus stop? Go to more of their soccer games? Inspire them artistically?

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How I Found My Sweet Spot: Job Advice for 2009 Graduates

3 comments | July 30, 2009 | Posted in Green Jobs, Environment and Society

Spring marks that time of year when twenty-somethings all over the world start to develop anxiety disorders.

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Project: Your Summer Outdoor Solar Shower

July 23, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Summer is a great time for projects. Especially when they’re outdoors. What could be better this summer than an eco-friendly outdoor shower?

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The Future of Food - CEO Says Some Organic Companies Use Feedlots...Who Can We Trust?

1 comment | July 23, 2009 | Posted in Food and Drink

I’m a small-potatoes beginner farmer and writer living in the middle of nowhere in Vermont, who was personally invited to an advance screening of the film Food, Inc. by the CEO of one of the largest organic companies in the world.

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Can't Afford Camp? Start a Worm Farm With Your Kids

July 23, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

When I was little, my mother used to count down the days until summer like it was her job.

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