Green Gingerbread Houses

http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2007/12/green_gingerbread_constructio
n.php

OR

http://tinyurl.com/2fddjv

As I mentioned earlier, the sprogs and I decided to try our hands at
building an entry for the contest to build a gingerbread house using
sustainable building design practices. We read up on principles of
sustainable design and stocked up on unsulfured molasses and powdered
sugar.

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Composting Dog Poop

http://www.plentymag.com/features/2007/12/the_green_fiend.php

I wish I could get all renegade and tell people to leave the poop
where it lies, but a) this isn't Paris, b) that will make people hate
you and hate all dog owners by extension, and c) dog poop is actually
really dangerous. Dogs carry E. coli, salmonella, and giardia, among
other nasties, so when you just leave the poop there to rot, the rain
can wash it into rivers, streams, and oceans (beaches have been closed
across the country due to contaminated water caused, in part, by dog
doo). So, my moral quandary became: Do I doom it to a landfill or
directly contribute to unsafe swimming conditions? My choice was
neither, and that's how I ended up as the crazy lady who composts dog
poop.

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