Urban Farms a Great Start for Healthy Living

Photos: Lyle Graves | Nashville Ledger

Recently Metro Nashville passed an ordinance allowing chickens.   But there are restrictions. Based on lot size, the bill allows no more than six hens per residence, some only getting two. Owners are required to apply for an annual $25 permit from the Davidson County Health Department and maintain predator-proof coops and food containers. A [...]

Green Water Bottles

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  Bottle water costs 10,000 times more than tap water.  The cost comes form bottling, packaging, shipping, retail sales and advertising, but doesn’t change quality.  The EPA regulates tap water at a higher standard then the FDA regulates bottles water.  It also takes 1,000 years for a plastic bottle to degrade in a landfill. What can [...]

A Crematorium in Your Backyard?

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If you are hearing about your local funeral home planning to add a crematorium to their facility you may want to check out what that means to your health.  Yes, your health is a major concern.  Why? Toxins, especially mercury.  The type and number of toxins emitted from the cremation process are a concern as [...]

Living Green – Reduce Waste

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One way to reduce waste is to reduce what you buy. Sounds simple, but so many of us think we need something and in fact we don’t. In addition to purchasing less thry these ideas: Buy items with minimal or recycled packaging. Yes those potato chip bags are noisy, but they are better for the [...]

Water Conversation – What is the Policy in Your Town?

Water conservation - It's a lot more then a Drip

So this only a little drip, but what does that little drip add up to?  If your home has 3 dripping facets with 60 drips per minute that totals up to 17 gallons per days or 6,248 gallons per year.  That’s alot of water.  It may seem strange as we read about flooding to think [...]

Drive Electric Sparks Interest for the Nissan Leaf in Franklin, TN

The Leaf charging station, now the standard for all electric vehicles

Drive Electric Tour came to Nissan North America Headquarters in Franklin, TN on March 26 and 27th.   As temperature dipped below normal, interest heated up as participants signed in to take a look at the all electric Leaf. The Drive Electric Tour also included an informational tour where all could take a look at the technology [...]