Living It Green™

Living it Green™ is about living life abundantly green. From the homes we live in, the transportation we choose, to the places where we work, shop, and visit.

Founded in 2006, Living It Green™ is an educational and green products company, including a series of free to the public regional and international educational events and forums.

Living It Green™ Expos are free, family-friendly events held every spring and fall at community locations across the U.S. and Canada. The Living It Green Expos feature children’s activities, entertainment and educational attractions, and typically over 75 local, regional and national exhibitors and presenters displaying and offering green, outdoor living, and sustainable and energy efficient products and services.

Always remember, you can Live Abundantly Green™.

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Why Mary is much more than your garden-variety cannabis-growing technology — National Post

In 2017, Frank Qin was playing around with the notion of designing self-irrigating flowerpots as a birthday gift for a friend. That project literally planted the seeds for a much bigger idea: a design-friendly, automated indoor garden system for growing cannabis in the home. “With all the articles on legalization of cannabis, I thought maybe…

read more via Why Mary is much more than your garden-variety cannabis-growing technology — National Post

Coke eyes cannabis-infused wellness drinks as market for CBD beverages expands — TechCrunch

Coca-Cola is looking at pitching cans of cannabis-infused wellness drinks to consumers in the latest bid by a big beverage behemoth to tackle the budding market for potentially potent enhanced potables. “Along with many others in the beverage industry, we are closely watching the growth of non-psychoactive CBD as an ingredient in functional wellness beverages…

via Coke eyes cannabis-infused wellness drinks as market for CBD beverages expands — TechCrunch

International 10-year salmon preservation plan advances — National Post

PORTLAND, Ore. — Canada and the U.S. states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington would all reduce their catch of fragile salmon species under the terms of an updated international agreement that, if approved, will spell out the next decade of co-operation between the U.S.

via International 10-year salmon preservation plan advances — National Post

Rains from Florence cause collapse at NC coal ash landfill — National Post

Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal-ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast.

via Rains from Florence cause collapse at NC coal ash landfill — National Post

‘A Bully and a Bigot.’ Trump Draws Fire From Democrats at Annual LGBT Dinner — TIME

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to be an LGBT-friendly president, featured an openly gay speaker on stage at the Republican convention and tweeted that he would be better on gay rights issues than Hillary Clinton…

via ‘A Bully and a Bigot.’ Trump Draws Fire From Democrats at Annual LGBT Dinner — TIME

Coastal residents wait, watch as Florence’s fury begins — National Post

WILMINGTON, N.C. — As North Carolina residents began to feel the first modest effects of a weakened Hurricane Florence on Thursday, forecasters warned the powerful storm will bring seawater surging onto land and torrential downpours.

via Coastal residents wait, watch as Florence’s fury begins — National Post

Hurricane Florence Is Headed Straight for Duke Energy’s Nuclear Reactors — TIME

(Bloomberg) Hurricane Florence is now headed straight for Duke Energy Corp.’s Brunswick nuclear plant on North Carolina’s southern coast. Company officials say they’re ready; industry foes aren’t so sure. Brunswick’s two reactors, located near the town of Southport, were built to withstand Category 5 winds exceeding 156 miles (251 kilometers) per hour…

via Hurricane Florence Is Headed Straight for Duke Energy’s Nuclear Reactors — TIME