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Restoration Nation

A series of posts answering the question, “How can the United States build an economy that restores?”

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Go Forth and Forage

February 2, 2014
by Beth

No doubt fruit foraging is happening somewhere, somehow in Denver, but I don’t know about it. In the meantime, you can get an edible forest planted in Kansas City, and you can go forage for...

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“How stupid modern packaging is,” says William McDonough

November 19, 2013
by Beth

I read Joel Makower’s interview with William McDonough on Green Biz and felt that I had met a kindred spirit—about packaging, that is. McDonough is a designer, an architect, an entrepreneur...

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Reuse via Peel Away Pots

November 17, 2013
by Beth

Don’t grow transplants in those cheap plastic pots (the ones that crackle between your fingers with the slightest bit of pressure) and then throw away the pots when you’ve moved the...

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Whales Eat Plastic Too

November 10, 2013
by Beth

Birds eating plastic—that was not news to me. But I hadn’t heard about whales unwittingly consuming plastic while feeding, as indicated by this article on Real News 24. It makes sense. If the...

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Avoiding Plastic a Challenge in Kansas City

October 30, 2013
by Beth

Kansas City has been testing my resolve to use less plastic. One night my sister and I went to the deli at Jasper’s, a famous Italian restaurant now located in south Kansas City, and ordered...

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MillerCoors in Golden Reaches Zero Waste

October 4, 2013
by Beth

MillerCoors in Golden used to produce 135 tons of trash per month. Now they send none to the landfill. None. That’s almost enough to make me drink Coors. MillerCoors Brewery Now Recycles All...

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Trash from Colorado’s 2013 Flood

October 2, 2013
by Beth

In mid-September, the northern Front Range of Colorado (the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains) received more rain than it does in a year. The week of September 9, rain fell continuously for about...

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Closing the Loop with Composting

September 8, 2013
by Beth

Last October, Todd and I visited a salad joint in the DC metro area called Sweet Green. It’s not all that unusual to see compostable cups these days, but not every restaurant actually composts...

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How to Reduce Your Use of Plastic (Fact Sheet 1)

August 29, 2013
by Beth

The Problem: How Plastic Becomes Pollution Plastic collects in lakes, rivers, and the ocean. It breaks down in sunlight (photo-degrades) into small pieces. Birds such as albatrosses, turtles, and...

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Local Food Summit Denver: Cool Ideas, But Where Are the Women?

February 15, 2013
by Beth

The Local Food Summit in Denver, organized by the Mile High Business Alliance, was informative and great fun. But the strongest memory I took from it is of the woman who asked this question at the...

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eGo CarShare at the People’s Fair, Denver

June 9, 2012
by Beth

A good sign, eh? When car sharing makes it into popular street fairs? I’m proud that Denver is such a green city. This year, the People’s Fair (organized by Capitol Hill United...

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Trash Walk 1, Denver, March 12, 2012

March 12, 2012
by Beth

Went for my first trash walk today, 3 blocks west on Ellsworth, across the street, and then back again. I spent most of my time picking up trash on the edge of the street near the sidewalk, including...

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A new direction

January 19, 2012
by Beth

I’ve updated the About page on this blog and checked the links. Soon I will begin providing examples of DIY restoration projects. All the old posts are still up, so you can still browse them...

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What’s Coming for Restoration Nation

July 24, 2011
by Beth

I’m working on changing this blog into more of a how-to site that tells people how to do little restoration projects on their own or get involved with groups that do bigger projects. Since...

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Recycling in Missoula: Up and Coming

July 18, 2011
by Beth

As an obsessive recycler, I look for recycling facilities wherever I go. I tried to find them in Baton Rouge when Todd had surgery on his ear, and I think I succeeded, though I apparently left no...

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Chemicals: EU 1, US 0

July 2, 2011
by Beth

Here are a couple of interesting posts from the Chemicals and Nanomaterials blog written by Environmental Defense Fund. The first one I’m linking to here describes the process the European...

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Waste Not When Moving

June 24, 2011
by Beth

Todd and I sold our house on Wednesday and left Broomfield, Colorado, on Thursday. We put some things in a 10 by 15 storage unit, but most of what we owned ended up being given away, sold, or...

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Poets for Butterflies

June 8, 2011
by Beth

Mexican poet Homero Aridjis has been working to save Monarch Butterflies for decades. He was one of the people who persuaded the Mexican government to create the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve...

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Possible Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Bees and Other Species

May 22, 2011
by Beth

Bees, bats, birds, and amphibians have been experiencing declines worldwide since the mid-1990s, but the problem has become truly terrible since the early 2000s. Researchers have noticed these...

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Outcompeting Weeds in Spruce Gulch

May 17, 2011
by Beth

On Saturday I hiked up Spruce Gulch, off Left Hand Canyon Road in Boulder, to see the weed research and eradication projects being conducted there. Tim Seastedt, a professor of ecology and...

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Angeles National Forest to Be Restored

May 10, 2011
by Beth

The National Forest Foundation will spend the next five years planting trees in an area of Angeles National Forest that was scorched to the dirt. The Station Fire, alleged to be arson, started in...

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Plastic in Their Tummies

March 31, 2011
by Beth

Inspiration. It’s what we all need, right? So head on over to Midway Journey on Facebook. A small group of people traveled to Midway Atoll to take still pictures and video of the birds of...

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5 Gyres Sails to South Pacific Gyre

March 18, 2011
by Beth

California nonprofit 5 Gyres Institute will conduct a study of the plastic pollution in the South Pacific Gyre, sailing a boat from Valdivia, Chile, to Easter Island. The group has already sailed...

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Culture-Tilt: Abortion and Drones

March 16, 2011
by Beth

The main thing that concerns me about the United States right now is its political and military culture, how we seem to be pressing full steam ahead with what I think are dangerous projects (DP). The...

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Green Product of the Week

March 9, 2011
by Beth

For my first post on this subject, I present two products: Breezesta patio furniture, made from recycled milk jugs and water bottles. It’s an example of “closing the loop” with...

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