Resilient Palisades and the Palisadian-Post continue their weekly Green Tip series with a look at how the Colonial Pipeline shutdown highlights the need for diversified, resilient energy systems. This edition explores why Californians are vulnerable to outages, how clean energy sources strengthen reliability and how the Pali Microgrid aims to provide local, community-based power.

Eighty percent of land in the U.S. is used to raise animal livestock and grow the food to feed them. Twenty-nine percent of global freshwater goes to animal agriculture. Eating plant-based vegan foods can dramatically lower our carbon footprint. Protein comes easy for foods like lentils; there’s more protein in one cup of lentils than a three-ounce piece of chicken.

Resilient Palisades and the Palisadian-Post continue their weekly Green Tip series with a look at the widespread use of herbicides and pesticides in gardens, sidewalks and public spaces. This edition explains the health and environmental concerns linked to common chemicals such as glyphosate and offers community steps for reducing toxic exposure.

To make your broth more savory, you can add shiitake mushrooms to the vegetable scrap mix and stir in some miso at the end. You can then use this vegan alternative in place of beef or bone broth.

The Palisadian-Post has partnered with locally founded environmental organization Resilient Palisades to deliver a weekly “green tip” to our readers. Landfill space is shrinking across the United States, and finding new space takes years due to permits, environmental considerations, and community opposition due to potential air, water, and soil pollution. Angelenos also incinerate their trash, but the emissions and air pollution are too great for this to be an answer to our

Western monarch butterflies are now nearing extinction, with their overwintering population in California plummeting to just 2,000. This Green Tip explains why the species is disappearing and how Palisadians can help by planting native milkweed and avoiding pesticides.

The Palisadian-Post has partnered with locally founded environmental nonprofit Resilient Palisades to deliver a weekly “green tip” to our readers. Climate crisis, global warming, climate change—whatever you want to call it, our climate is undergoing rapid change from multiple sources, including emissions from power plants, industry, automobiles and landfills. The cure seems so large and beyond our individual abilities; and yet there are ways we can begin to reverse the damag

The Palisadian-Post has partnered with local environmental nonprofit Resilient Palisades to deliver a weekly “green tip” to readers. The following tip was penned by Leo Craig, 15, a ninth-grade student at Harvard-Westlake School. One of the best ways to combat climate change is by making climate-informed large purchases, which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation describes as “swinging for the fences.” Making smarter big purchases can make a much greater difference than—say

This Green Tip highlights simple ways to reduce toxic exposures for pets by choosing safer shampoos, textiles, cat litter, cleaning products and flea/tick treatments, helping families keep their animals healthy while minimizing environmental impact.

Resilient Palisades offers simple New Year actions Palisadians can take to reduce energy use, conserve water, cut toxic exposures, and support a cleaner, healthier community.

Resilient Palisades and the Palisadian-Post begin the 2021 Green Tip series with guidance on eliminating gas-powered landscaping equipment. This edition explains why gas blowers, mowers and trimmers are major sources of pollution and offers practical steps for creating a cleaner, quieter and truly green garden.

There are myriad opportunities to be festive while lowering your holiday footprint.

Two simple changes can make home gardens healthier for families and the environment: creating flowering lawns or native meadows that eliminate the need for toxic chemicals, and shifting away from gas-powered gardening equipment to protect air quality and the Santa Monica Bay.

The Palisadian-Post has partnered with locally based environmental nonprofit Resilient Palisades to deliver a weekly “green tip” to readers of the paper. Did you know that one of the easiest ways to create a healthier home and planet is by greening your laundry? Here are five tips to help you get you started: Go cold : Choosing “cold” instead of “warm” or “hot” water for just two loads per week can reduce your output of carbon dioxide by 500 pounds every year. Most detergent

You may be surprised to learn that indoor air can be more polluted than outdoor air.