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Raking Without the Cussing

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:: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes.

:: Feel as healthy as an Olympian eating Eggplant with Chili and Spring Onions.

:: Talk school and town officials out of using artificial turf.

:: Try Kelly's Curried Cauliflower Soup on one of summer's cooler days.

You can't give up your day job to start that organic farm that you have been dreaming about and you don't have any land for an organic vegetable garden--but you really want to give it all a try. What to do? The answer is easy: volunteer for a week or two on someone else's. Through WWOOF-World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms--you can live the life, work the work and learn all about the organic movement. Plus you meet fascinating, like-minded people. WWOOF is a world-wide organisation, with branches all over Europe, North and South America and Africa. Volunteers are not paid, but are given meals and accommodation and valua...

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The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that several communities around Los Angeles actually ban artificial lawns, meaning that residents are not eligible for the $300 rebate from the Orange County Municipal Water District. In an area that is very drought prone, and with advances in the “look” of artificial lawns, city officials are taking a new look at the legislation.

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Discovery News is highlighting an interesting development in the field of rubber. According to new research being done in Ohio, dandelion root sap could be made into a rubber of equal quality to traditional rubber from trees, at a lower cost.