It is common knowledge that children benefit from playing outside. Their development is stunted without exposure to exploring the world outside. Play is a child’s work, but did you know that working outside is essential to the mental and physical health of adults too? Here are 9 benefits of working outside to feed your heart, […]
I’m off to swing by my favorite local coffee stand on my way to an important meeting. I’ve been looking at investing in the stock market. I have some money from the sale of a home and I’m meeting with an investment firm to start the process. To build a balanced portfolio that will weather […]
This modern-day earth superhero is a catalyst for change, forging the path less traveled so others might see the way. There’s never been a better time to be a green entrepreneur. The green-trend path has been laid and traffic is funneling. Consumers are often looking for dependable green alternatives. Now is the perfect time for […]
Clean Air Lawn Care Sustainability is, for some businesses, a call to arms. When Kelly Giard founded Clean Air Lawn Care in Fort Collins in 2006, it was inspired by a benign obsession with small engine emissions. “We’re now into the chemical piece of it too with organic [lawn products], but when it started it […]
Franchise Opportunities One in five homes hire professional lawn care services to care for their property, and the number will only continue to rise. If you‘re looking for a business opportunity with low risks and the benefits of a reputable brand name, then a lawn franchise opportunity is what you need. Successful franchises have much […]
The health threat posed by leaf blowers “Five years after starting his first job with a landscaping crew in the suburbs of Seattle, Fredi Dubon decided he had enough and called it quits. The work days were long, sometimes 12 hours, but a bigger problem was having to inhale exhaust from his gas-powered leaf blower. […]
Is It Giving You Cancer? Recently published in Readers Digest, by MCKAY JENKINS from the book CONTAMINATION “In the 1940s, botanist E. J. Kraus of the University of Chicago fed five and a half grams of pure 2,4-D to a cow every day for three months. The cow was fine, according to Kraus, as was her calf. Kraus said […]
Many landscape company owners are deeply concerned about the impact of gas-powered landscape maintenance activities on health and well-being of their workers and the public. In his letter to town council officials, Steve Antos, owner of Setauket Landscape Design speaks about the excessive use of gas leaf blowers and suggests the use of electric and […]
As reported on the Long Island Business Report, Dr. Lucy Weinstein, Prof. of Preventative Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook and co-chair of a NY Chapter of the Environmental Health Committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics and Bonnie Sager, co-founder of “Citizens Appeal for Leaf Blower Moderation” discuss the harmful effects of landscaping machinery. Click […]
NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) – blowers get the job done quickly, and it sure beats raking, but a doctor in New Haven says they pose some big health risks. Emergency Medicine Physician and Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine Dr. Karen Jubanyik said her biggest concern is what you can’t see, which is […]
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