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A good forager knows that, while very little fruit is available in the spring, the spring is the time to scout. Perhaps the lack of overgrowth and the often clear view of the trees in public rights-of-way is the reason why USA Today ran a story Monday about the sorts of people who, like me, are...

Talk about covering your butt. For some time now environmental activism group Greenpeace has been running an aggressive campaign against Kimberly-Clark (KC), the $19-billion a year paper-products behemoth, to convince the company to adopt more eco-friendly practices. Greenpeace has alleged that the...

I pity Arbor Day. It used to get all of the attention while its poor cousin, Earth Day, received nary a card. At least, that's how it seemed to me growing up in the 1970s and 1980s. I don't think I had even heard of Earth Day. But now, it seems to have turned around. Arbor Day is hardly...

"Be man enough to admit that you are a selfish jacka** with a massive sense of self-entitlement who doesn't give a s**t about anybody but yourself. At least I'd have to say you had some courage of conviction, even if that conviction is way off the mark. Right now, all y'are is a selfish, boorish...

Just about everyone is talking about something "green" these days. Whether it's green cars, green buildings, or just the green focused lifestyle itself, you can hardly turn around without someone pushing some green concept in your face. It's enough to turn a person, well, green.I have always tried...

Okay, I'm cheating a little bit. This one's only available to residents of New York City.The New York City Housing Authority, in cooperation with NYC Parks and the New York Restoration Project, has launched Million Trees NYC, a program dedicated to planting trees all over the city. Over the next...

Every day, WalletPop will be bringing you information about a fantastic freebie. Like what you see? Check back tomorrow for more!Here's one that will make the green-lovers feel all warm and fuzzy: Planting America will mail you the seeds to plant your very own tree. They currently have Colorado...

Someone should tell the Earth Day people that the Arbor Day people are trying to muscle their way into their territory.I mean, here it is, Earth Day, and someone from the Arbor Day Foundation sends me this information about an 11-year-old named Michelle Holiman, from Stillwell, Oklahoma, who won...