Author: Grace Reif

Maybe you’re not a social butterfly, or maybe you don’t have enough time in your schedule to commit to weekly gardening hours. Maybe you just like chilling at home. Whatever your reason for not attending a community garden, there are ways to be sustainable on a personal level that can make a positive impact — READ MORE

This week, I interviewed the woman who got me into sustainable gardening in the first place: Jenny Hanrahan. Jenny is a rising senior at Lawrence and the garden manager of SLUG, or Sustainable Lawrence University Garden. Jenny and I talked about the ins and outs of SLUG, what it means to be sustainable, and what READ MORE

Growing up, I always saw myself as the antithesis of the “crunchy granola” type: I need a lot of stimulus, constantly, to find any semblance of focus. Part of this has to do with my background as an Irish dancer, as my brain was required to focus on several different aspects of technique at the READ MORE