Viridescence - be green!

Following these 10 simple suggestions will help improve the health of the environment. You may feel like your participation is insignificant and won't make a difference. This is not true because combined with and collective of others like you change will happen. 1. Reduce, reuse, and recycle-  doing so helps observe energy and reduces pollution and greenhouse gas  emissions from resource extraction, manufacturing, and disposal. 2. Use water efficiently - conserving water also conserves energy by reducing the amount of watered pumped, treated, and heated     3. Water saving action: Turn off the water when brushing your teeth or shaving 4. Water saving action: Fix leaky toilets, which waste 200 gallons a day (EPA, 2017) 5. Water saving action: Only run dishwashers with a full load - saves 100lbs of carbon dioxide (EPA, 2017) 6. Be green in your yard - compost food waste and yard debris 7. Drive smart - go easy on the brakes, avoid hard accelerations, reduce time spent idling, reduce

A great solution for small scale composting is a worm bin, which is a small container with a tray on the bottom (collects worm castings), a piece of meshed wire (allows the castings to fall into the tray while keeping the worms and undigested material out of the good stuff) and a lid. Kitchen scraps and garden debris are added into the top portion of the bin along with the worms. The worms eat the scraps/debris and produce worm castings. The worm castings are an extra-rich growing medium. You can plant directly into the worm castings, mix them with existing compost or soil, or top-dress fertilize existing plants. To fertilize existing plants, spread the worm castings on the soil and gentle hand-till it in. Worm bins are not an effect large-scale composting method (unless you have several bins). They are great as a supplement to your large-scale compost pile or a solution for small-scale, urban gardens. Worm bins are available pre-made or you can make one yourself. The Natural Resource