Heather Clisby

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  1. A Conversation with Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia

    4/20/12 7:34am by Heather Clisby
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    Deborah Koons Garcia

    As consumer awareness grows and health concerns deepen over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food, agriculture documentaries are being released by the bushel. But eight years ago, filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia (also the widow of Jerry Garcia) first made waves with her startling 2004 documentary, The Future of Food. BlogHer GREEN decided to check in with DKG and see how she views the current food movement and if she sees a new "future" in the food revolution.  Read more >

  2. U.S. Customs To Recognize Same-Sex Families At Borders

    3/27/12 12:40pm by Heather Clisby
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    Customs Agent

    Breaking News: With very little heads-up, there has been a change in policy regarding the processing of same-sex families through United States customs, though I could find no official press release anywhere. Image: CBP Photography via Flickr   Read more >

  3. Recycle Old Athletic Shoes

    2/27/12 8:56am by Heather Clisby
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    Shoes

    When it comes to material goods, I am a firm believer in reincarnation. (As for the human soul, I remain Undecided.) So imagine my joy when I discovered Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe program that takes your stinky old tennis shoes, war-torn running shoes and backdated sneakers and gives the material life anew while skipping right over the landfill. Image: ndanger via Flickr   Read more >

  4. Teaching Vermicomposting to Kids

    2/20/12 9:31am by Heather Clisby
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    Worms

    One of the benefits of earning my latest title - Master Composter - is that I am occasionally called in to service. For the past few months, it has been my great pleasure to visit second and third grade classrooms to introduce the joys of vermicomposting - as in, composting with worms. To an entire generation of local children, I am now known as 'The Worm Lady.'  Read more >

  5. DOL: Green Jobs For Women

    2/10/12 2:25pm by Heather Clisby
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    Solar Gal

    This week, the US Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau released a free online guide to help women snag those elusive ‘green’ jobs. The guide, "Why Green is Your Color: A Woman’s Guide to a Sustainable Career" offers training opportunities, career development tools and a long list of professional resources.  Read more >

  6. Welsh Rarebit: A Family Tradition

    12/30/11 8:28am by Heather Clisby
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    Welsh Rarebit

    For as long as I can remember, my mother has made a bizarre dish called Welsh Rarebit. Translated to American fare, it involves melted cheese over crumbled saltines and ...um, that's pretty much it. When the family gathers at my brother's Mississippi home for the holidays, my mother is expected to recreate this family memory on the stove.  Read more >

  7. Holding the Green Tongue

    12/23/11 11:05am by Heather Clisby
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    Smug

    This holiday season, many of us will travel outside our eco-comfort zones - far away from recycling routines and compost bins - to households, cultures and regions where green habits do not exist. And there, our heads will explode - some quietly and some not.  Read more >

  8. Gifts of Impermanence

    12/12/11 12:43pm by Heather Clisby
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    Soap

    If you have ever moved - ever packed up your worldly belongings and lugged them from place to place - then you will appreciate this rhetorical question: How much 'stuff' does one really need? Other than a ukulele and a grain grinder, I can't say I want for anything right now, which is why I'm asking my Loved Ones to gift me (and others) with Things That Go Away. For example:Candles  Read more >

  9. Make 'Em Laugh: Gifts of Comedy

    12/10/11 12:11am by Heather Clisby
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    Laugh

    What is funny to one person may not be funny to another, but laughter is the healthiest involuntary response (second maybe only to sleep) that your body can experience. Humor identifies common ground, breaks tension and brings people together. So why not spread it around this holiday season?  Read more >

  10. Circus Animals: Performers or Prisoners?

    12/7/11 8:55am by Heather Clisby
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    Elephant

    Late last month, the Vienna-based owner of the Ringling Bros. circus agreed to pay a $270,000 fine to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to settle allegations that it violated federal animal-welfare laws in its handling of elephants, tigers, zebras and other exotic animals.  Read more >

Heather Clisby

Full Name
Heather Clisby
Member Since
February 2006
About Me: 

For now, I can only marvel that I am still here. I am fairly grumpy, willfully sardonic but have occasional outbreaks of perkiness - though I understand this can be treated with medication and persistent blogging.

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Denver, Colorado, Long Beach, California, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, North Dakota, San Francisco

About Me Tags: 

Animal Concerns, Foodie, Agriculture, Comedy

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Animals, Smile Train

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horses,yoga,vacation,erotic comic books and cheese

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