Sam Schipani

Photo by Gabor Degre With the endless cycles of pesticides, fertilizers and tilling, agriculture can take a toll on the environment and the ecosystem of your land. Regenerative agriculture aims to change that. Regenerative…
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Building a sustainable home. | Photo by Melissa Rappaport Schifman Building a sustainable home seems like a daunting task, especially if you do not have any professional experience in architecture, engineering or sustainable design.…
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Hobby farmer Fawn "Tarma" Richardson and her Australian cattle dog, Cooper, who helps herd sheep on Richardson's hobby farm in Greenfield, Maine. | Photo by Sam Schipani If you find yourself struggling to wrangle your flocks, herding…
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Photo by Troy Bennett Maybe you have just received takeout in disposable foam containers or a package filled with packing peanuts. You may be wondering what to do with all that extra polystyrene. It’s not as simple as tossing it your…
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Bob Yunick holding a hummingbird banding trip near Mooselookmeguntic Lake in early August 2019. | Photo by Jennifer Morgan Like tourists, hummingbirds love summering in Maine. Between the months of May and September, lush Maine is…
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I love mozzarella. I love it melted over hot pizza, doused with olive oil in caprese salad and sprinkled with breadcrumbs in eggplant parmesan. I could eat a hunk of mozzarella like an apple if I weren’t worried about the gastrointestinal…
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Recycling is a ubiquitous term. Most people know that it has something to do with making waste more environmentally-friendly. Nearly everyone recognizes its symbol: three arrows, chasing each other’s tails, folded to form the corners of a…
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I am a curious person. My curiosity has taken me all over the country and the world, from New York City to the Mojave Desert, from Australia to Vietnam and beyond. No matter where I am, I want to try something new. I have cultivated…
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The headline may seem paradoxical, but there are several reasons that recycling bins may no longer serve their intended purpose. Cities may change their recycling programs to single-stream or integrated collection. They may even retire…
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Good tires are essential to safe driving. If you are swapping out the tires on your vehicle, you may be wondering how you can recycle or reuse car tires instead of sending them to a landfill. Recycling tires is difficult because…
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Coastal Resources of Maine facility in Hampden.| Photo by Sam Schipani Since the 1970s, recycling has attempted to tackle the ever-increasing piles of trash in landfills by turning waste into new materials. The system has proven far…
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