http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ Matt reports about how residents just like you choose environmentally friendly and sustainable practices in Ohio’s Butler and Warren counties for The Pulse-Journal newspaper. He wants your suggestions and questions for more news stories. Leave a comment here or e-mail Matt. en-us mcunningham@coxohio.com 2008-07-17T18:15:24-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/17/progress.html In case you didn’t notice the fleets of buses, camera crews and overall Hollywood buzz in West Chester Twp. this week, Here’s the big news: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was in town to build a new house for a local... 5330203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ green building 2008-07-17T18:15:24-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/15/can_green_stick.html By coincidence, I received a link from a colleague to this archived ABC news story the same day a reader posted the following comment in response to the July 4 post: “What does independence day have to do with going... 5253603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ General green living 2008-07-15T09:12:27-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/14/flying_men_and_motorcycles.html You’ve probably seen Honda’s “Free yourself” TV commercial. It’s the one where the guy punches through his traffic-bound car’s roof, sprouts bright red wings and takes off, embodying the free spirit of the motorcycle shown in the final shot. I... 5237103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ car-free commuting 2008-07-14T14:17:09-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/13/trading_fireworks_for_sidewalk.html I received an email earlier this week from West Chester Twp. trustee Lee Wong regarding a topic that came up at the end of Tuesday’s trustee meeting. The trustees were discussing fireworks for this year’s Union Centre Boulevard Bash, and... 5210603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ environment and politics 2008-07-13T08:22:28-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/12/more_thoughts_on_plastic_bags.html After yesterday’s post, I started thinking about other places where plastic bags might be eliminated from one’s daily routine. It’s not the easiest thing to do. As a dog owner, I hit the dilemma of needing a sanitary way to... 5210203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ sustainable living 2008-07-12T21:12:20-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/11/shopping_bags_and_recycling.html I received this link to a slide show produced by the Pocono Record. Its topic? Plastic bags. It’s not new news that disposable plastic bags have an impact on the environment. The word must be getting out, as I am... 5187503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ green shopping 2008-07-11T10:06:10-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/10/recycling_drop_location_change.html West Chester Twp. has changed one of its recycling drop-off locations. According to a posting on the township’s website, the green recycling bins that were located at the former site of The Feed Barn on Cincinnati-Dayton Road have been moved... 5161903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ General green living 2008-07-10T11:42:45-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/07/i_have_tomatoes.html OK, those of you with a few years or more of gardening under your belt can laugh, but I’m thrilled by the handful of green marbles swelling on the stems of my cherry tomato plants. To add to the happiness,... 5088103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ DIY food 2008-07-07T16:17:16-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/04/independence_day_thoughts.html Fairfield Echo/Liberty Twp. Pulse-Journal reporter Eric Schwartzberg got me thinking about today’s topic with a comment he made in the newsroom two days ago. What would 7/4/08 be like if, rather than referring to it simply as “Fourth of July,”... 5050103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ General green living 2008-07-04T10:37:02-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/02/satisfaction.html I am proud of myself; Monday night, I turned one chicken into about two weeks’ worth of meals. The organic-raised chicken I bought a week ago from Gravel Knolls Farm was sitting in my freezer, patiently waiting for me to... 5007003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ DIY food 2008-07-02T12:37:45-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/07/01/the_future_is_now.html I got to work this morning to learn that one of my fellow reporters had the gasoline stolen out of her truck last night. The thief apparently slid under the vehicle and punched a hole in the gas tank. Thankfully... 4971103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ sustainable living 2008-07-01T08:56:53-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/06/30/vegetable_surprise.html Sorry, no recipe to follow the title, but I did discover an entertaining aspect of community supported agriculture this weekend: Sometime, you don’t know what you’re going to get. I picked up this week’s bag of produce Saturday at the... 4948203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ DIY food 2008-06-30T11:23:15-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/06/26/john_boehner_talks_domestic_en.html I spent part of last night listening to a telephone town hall meeting hosted by U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio congressman and a West Chester Twp. resident. The topic of conversation was energy: the price of oil, oil... 4873103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ environment and politics 2008-06-26T08:46:42-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/06/25/sugar_cane_growers_turning_far.html I learned about this recent settlement between Florida and in-state sugar cane growers today. Take a look at the New York Times article here, then comment and let me know what you think of the move. Is it a good... 4863203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ environment and politics 2008-06-25T18:33:57-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/entries/2008/06/24/reading_review.html A good deal of my inspiration for the “DIY food” posts the past month has come from reading “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Virginia based writer Barbara Kingsolver and her family. The book is a memoir of her family’s year-long experiment... 4827303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/livinggreen/ DIY food 2008-06-24T14:16:50-05:00 mcunningham@coxohio.com