What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed last week:
Aquaponics: A farming revolution? – Green Acre Organics is on a mission to start a "farming revolution". If you would like to learn more you can attend one of their free monthly farm tours which are held the first Saturday of every month.
EarthTalk: Staving off global warming with land conservation – According to The Wilderness Society, American forests capture about one-tenth of the greenhouse gases put out by U.S. cars, factories and other sources.
Biodegradable sanitary napkin made from invasive plant helps solve lack of access to feminine hygiene products in Kenya – Swedish students set out to come up with a way to help rid the land of this unwanted weed while tackling the country's problem of a lack of feminine sanitary protection with this invention.
Women leaders of the "Green Revolution" in Tampa Bay – As the revolutions in Wisconsin, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and hundreds of other places go on, another more peaceful revolution is occurring in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. This revolution is hardly being talked about by the media, its totally grassroots, emerging all across the Tampa Bay area in the thousands, and best of all, its mostly led by women!
This article appears in Mar 17-23, 2011.