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Green Trends of 2010
By Amelia Baker
My life on the front line of eco retail–combined with the most-viewed, most talked about, most purchased enviro-finds–leads to this handful of green trends for 2010.
How To Start Being Green Now
By Amelia Baker
With spring many of us are resolving to lose our winter weight. Why not also create a healthier lifestyle along with that?
Living the Green: Alternative Transportation
By Amelia Baker
Pledge to use alternative transport on Earth Day and Green Alternatives & AltDaily will give you treats.
$50K in Funding for local Gardens is a Click Away
By Amelia Baker
A local group is a few thousand votes away from winning a $50,000 grant to be used for ten community gardens throughout Hampton Roads. Login and help make it happen.
Green Q & A
By Amelia Baker
Our resident Green expert talks local vs. organic, the perceived high cost of being green, and the Sustainable Living Fair this weekend at Waterside.
Community Gardening the Green Way
By Amelia Baker
I’m convinced that food you actually grow does taste better. It has to.
The Drug-less Medicine Cabinet Exposed
By Amelia Baker
Tis the season for eternal runny noses and deep coughs, I thought I’d give an alternative approach to treatment. I’m one to self medicate instead of going to the doctor so I’ll usually try just about anything.
Local vs Organic, and All Your Other Green Questions
By Amelia Baker
In addition to the bi-weekly green perspectives I dish, I’m excited to be able to take your questions or concerns and share my greenie knowledge with you. In this column I address the question of local vs organic, which is better?
Green Holiday Shopping Guide
By Amelia Baker
Here you have it, a one-of-a kind, tailored Green Shopping Guide for Hampton Roads.
Give Thanks Greener
By Amelia Baker
I was planning out Thursday’s event calendar to make sure we stayed true to our green roots when I thought that others aspiring to be a little greener this year may want some helpful tips and hints.
Local Review: No Impact Man
By Amelia Baker
In “No Impact Man,” Colin Beavan drags his wife Michelle and daughter Isabella along for a 365-day project to live with no impact. That means absolutely zero environmental footprint as a result of their daily lives.
The Most Environmentally Friendly Way to Eat Meat: Buy The Whole Cow
By Amelia Baker
Some ways of eating meat are more environmentally sustainable than others. Amelia from Green Alternatives teaches us about owning your own cow makes the most green sense.
No More SPSA Curbside Recycling: One Little Step Back to Take A Big Step Forward
By Amelia Baker
Good riddance to SPSA, and here’s to a more comprehensive, forward thinking recycling program for Hampton Roads.
Trash Talk: What Happens to Hampton Roads’ Trash?
By Amelia Baker
Green Alternative’s Amelia Baker follows Hampton Roads’ roughly 6.4 million pounds of trash a day and 2.3 billion pounds of waste a year from your bin to its final resting place.
Blue Goes Green: The Greening of ODU
By Amelia Baker
A primer on all the ways ODU is leading the pack when it comes to greening the campus, including such innovations as a water cistern under Foreman Field and using tree trimmings to feed hippos at Norfolk Zoo.
How Green is the Seven Cities?
By Amelia Baker
Your local greenie–Amelia Baker, owner of Green Alternatives–judges whether or not Hampton Roads has developed a strong relationship with earth-friendly habits and happenings.







