Local

Sustainable gardening is a green-gardening practice that is quickly increasing in modern popularity. The whole concept wrapped around the idea of sustainable gardening is eco-harmony. Sustainable gardening means working with nature and the environment, and not against it. By being conscious of how you impact the environment and preserve our earth’s resources when gardening, you are greatly contributing to the harmony and balance of this planet.

Environmental sustainability—and how to apply it—have become rising issues in many local communities and youth programs. The rise in environmental literacy programs coincides with the increasing need for innovative solutions and affordable models through which to apply them. Accordingly, programs have increasingly begun to offer paid and unpaid internships, jobs, and volunteer opportunities that expose today’s youth to the environmental stressors our world is facing, while at the same time teaching them the tools needed to develop these innovative solutions.

Now’s the time to buy local coffee, with single-origin beans and small-batch roasters overrunning the shelves at local super markets and coffee shops alike. Just like consumers developed their palates for local produce and even local wines (in some parts of the country), they’re starting to venture into the world of local coffee roasts. Everything from the coffee bean origin to the roasting process affects the different flavors found in light, medium, medium-dark and dark roasts.