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Holsitic Health: healing or harmful? Times Herald-Record Special Report focuses on the controversies surrounding alternative therapies, both nationally and in the Hudson Valley. View the report
Community sharing It is an unwritten law of the universe that when the going gets tough, the tough build community. 
Beat the summer heat without adding to global warming Climate change has brought warmer temperatures and searing heat waves across swathes of our country.
Train in Green Technology and Sustainability SUNY Ulster Continuing and Professional Education has announced the addition of a series of Sustainablility Training and Green Technology Courses.

Upcoming Green Events

Green Drinks in Bangall Red Devon Market cafe
August 12, 2009 (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
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Green Drinks at Aroma Thyme Bistro
September 09, 2009 (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
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Solar Thermal What you should know.
September 17, 2009 (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
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Green business picks

Each week we feature the latest companies and organizations to join our growing directory of sustainable living business services and providers in the New York Hudson Valley region. To get your green business listed on Green Hudson Valley visit here.


Spring Farm CARES

www.springfarmcares.org
Category: Animal Rescue and Sanctuaries


Peace Plantation Animal...

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Category: Animal Rescue and Sanctuaries


Woodstock Farm Animal...

www.woodstockfas.org
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Environment

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Wave Bye Bye to  Plastic Bags

Plastic bags have been dubbed the "national flower" in South Africa because so many can be seen flapping from fences and caught in bushes. Plastic bags have also become the most common man-made item seen by sailors at sea. According to Clean Up Australia, Australians...

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Buy Eco Friendly Flowers

Flowers are big business. The U.S. floral market is a $20 billion-a-year industry, yet the vast majority of the 4 billion flower stems sold here every year come from Latin America. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have been exporting flowers to us duty-free since the...

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Embracing Climate Change

After twenty-five years of denial and debate, Congress is finally drafting a climate change bill in response to the largest outpouring of grassroots activism since the civil rights movement.

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Green Home

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Cash is king but barter is smarter

Within every crisis is the opportunity for growth, and the current economic crisis offers a chance to build our local economy after decades of building credit bubble economics.

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Go Clean and Green in the Laundry

If there is one culprit in the household that sucks up an enormous amount of energy and has the potential to be a blight on the environment, it's the laundry room.

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Think Green When Purchasing a Wood Stove

It's time to move from thinking green to acting green. What steps can you make in your home to minimize your very own carbon foot print, reduce fossil fuel use, lower your heating costs, and even enhance your home decor? A new high-performance wood stove may just...

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Health and Nutrition

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Natural products help tame hypertension

A modifiable factor in heart attacks and stroke, high blood pressure is a great candidate for natural products intervention, as many nutrients and herbs have been studied for management of pre-hypertension and hypertension.

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Kombucha - Nature's Perfect Health Care Plan

Kombucha is a fermented beverage made of tea and bacteria cultures. For the last 2,000 years in Asia, families drank kombucha for its purported medicinal qualities. The special yeast and bacteria cultures are usually circulated person-to-person, although now mixtures...

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Follow a Low Carbon Diet

How did this come about? We have seen a major leap in farm productivity in the last 50 years with food production doubling and even tripling in the case of cereal grains. This amazing leap did not come from new farms or farmlands since we have lost more than half...

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Join the Slow Food Movement

Recently Alice Waters, a strong advocate of the "Slow Food" movement, was featured on 60 Minutes talking about her efforts to promote and make available in season, pesticide free foods to America.

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Green Building

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Greener Swimming Pools

When you do decide to install a backyard swimming pool, you can make it more eco-friendly by adopting measures to conserve your water, protect the health of your family and keep your energy bills to a minimum.

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Builders  Go Green with Energy Star Ratings

Did you know that your home, not your car, is the largest contributor to global warming? Our houses and buildings use up 40 percent of our dwindling resources and generate 48 percent of our global greenhouse gases, according to internationally known architect Edward...

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Reducing Heat Flow Through Windows

Windows are the weak link, thermally speaking, in most building envelopes. Modern windows are much better than old single-pane windows and store-fronts, but they still represent a compromise—we accept their mediocre thermal performance because we want the daylight,...

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Renewable Energy

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Solar Energy Management turns up the heat in the Hudson Valley

Many people believe that solar energy cannot work efficiently in states like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Why? Because the winters are long and cold, days are short and often it is cloudy and overcast for weeks at a time. "That...

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Choosing Solar Power Inverters

One of the best things about solar power is its relative simplicity. Add that to the independence you get and the clean renewable energy that comes from it, and you've...

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Hudson Valley Wind Power Initiative launched

The Hudson Valley Center for Innovation announced in May 2009 a region-wide effort to create a wind power initiative to concentrate on research, testing and certification.

“The Hudson Valley is suited to become the global epicenter of distributed wind...

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Upcoming Farmers Markets

Pelham Farmers Market
July 05, 2009 (8:30 AM)
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Warwick Valley Farmers Market
July 05, 2009 (9:00 AM)
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West Point/Town of Highlands Farmers' Market
July 05, 2009 (9:00 AM)
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Muscoot Farmers Market
July 05, 2009 (11:00 AM)
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Florida Farmers' Market
July 07, 2009 (3:00 PM)
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White Plains Intl. Farmers Market
July 08, 2009 (8:00 AM)
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Delhi Farmers' Market
July 08, 2009 (9:00 AM)
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Monroe Farmers' Market
July 08, 2009 (9:00 AM)
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Dobbs Ferry Farmers Market
July 08, 2009 (10:00 AM)
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St. John's Church Farmers Market
July 09, 2009 (8:00 AM)
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