Environment News in Raleigh

Ditch the antibacterial hand soap, please. It’s got secret pesticides in it, and isn’t actually making your hands any cleaner than old fashioned “anti-dirt” soap. Read more about the tons of consumer products that contain triclosan, and get tips for avoiding it.

Turns out, it’s more like high MERCURY corn syrup. Yikes!

Raleigh is so lucky to have CSA farms, where you can get your weekly veggies while helping to keep a local sustainable farmer in business. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it means that you can buy a share in a farm’s output for the year directly from the farmer. They all work a little differently, but the basic idea is that you pay a lump sum early in the year, then you get food every week through the growing season. It’s about time to sign up for 2009. For more about CSAs, and how and why to join one, below the fold.

Reader Dimitri G. sent us some blurry but right-at-the-action pictures from his iPhone,  capturing up close the fire started by garbage from an overturned garbage truck on I-40

Thursday the Triangle chapter of the Emerging Green Builders will host an all day series of workshops to educate the public and further the dialog on green building in the Triangle.