Lawns in western Washington don’t require irrigation to survive. If you don’t mind a brown lawn during the summer, your lawn will green up again when the rains return in the fall. Watering deeply once a month in summer helps…
Do you live in the Juanita Creek watershed? Are any of your roof’s downspouts connected to Kirkland’s stormwater system? If you answered “yes” to both of these 2 questions, then your property may be eligible for the Yard Smart Rain…
I got married this past summer. It was a whirlwind of activities and events, planning and coordinating. When looking forward to my big day, there was lots to consider – but one thing I couldn’t neglect was the environmental impact…
The average American family wastes a quarter of the food they buy – an average of $130 worth of food a month! Even if uneaten food gets composted, more than money goes to waste: so do the resources that went…
My kitten was making a funny sound with his tongue. Knowing his habit of eating things with no resemblance to food, I hunted the apartment for something he might have eaten. A can of oven cleaner I’d saved from our…
Did you know that four of five heroin addicts started out with abuse of prescription opiates? Or that home medicines are a leading cause of preventable poisoning for children under age six? Make sure your children don’t get in to…
What you bring into your house determines what waste your home will produce and contributes to your household’s environmental footprint. Many of us try to shop conscientiously, considering environmental impacts like climate emissions, water use, pollution, and waste in our…
Your house might be wasting energy without you knowing it. Complete a quick home energy inventory to hunt down the easy fixes. 1. Complete a Home Energy Inventory Look for Energy Wasters Walk through each room of your house to…
When our food goes bad before we can eat it, we’re wasting more than money – we’re wasting the water that went into growing the food and the energy that went into transporting it. You’re not alone if you’ve had…
We spend so much time at home, it’s easy to stop noticing what’s really there and get used to the way we have things set up. Trash and recycling can especially become invisible, something we think about only when we…