by Joe Rogel | August 6th, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Green Living | tags: compost, composters, composting, compostoff, contest, gaiam, garden, gardening, social-media
After asking you to vote on four composters we selected from your suggestions, the first round of the Gaiam Compost-Off has come to a close and only two composters remain standing. Here are the results:
Finalists:
Orb Composter – 51% Votes
Earthmaker Composter – 29.5% Votes
Voted Out:
Green Cone Composter – 15% Votes
Wigwam Composter – 4.5% Votes
by Joe Rogel | July 28th, 2009 | Comments (33)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Green Living | tags: compost, composters, composting, contest, garden, gardening

If you’re a Gaiam fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or are a member of Gaia, you’ll recall that we recently asked for your input on how to make the best compost, best materials to use for composting, and suggestions on your favorite composters. Why, you may ask? Because we want to step up our selection of composting products to make it even better — and we want you to help us pick the next composter we should carry in our catalog.
by Gaiam Staff | July 8th, 2009 | Comments (10)
topic: Gaiam Happenings, Giving Back, Green Living | tags: community garden, compost, gaiam, gardening, harvest, herbs, natural fertilizers, organic, vegetable garden, veggies

“Our garden has gotten people so fired up,” says Kate Weaver, a lead volunteer in a team of Gaiam employees who’s bringing a new organic garden to life at our Boulder, Colo., headquarters. “I’ve never seen so much heart go into anything.”

by Girlfriend@Gaiam | June 3rd, 2009 | Comments (4)
topic: Girlfriend@Gaiam, Green Living | tags: compost, composting, gardening, guide, how to
I could barely contain my shock and awe when my brother asked me a few months ago which compost bin he should buy from Gaiam. We’re talking about a guy who arguably has the cleanest fingernails on the planet (he’s a heart surgeon) and has never been remotely inclined toward tree-hugging tendencies. His SUV gets 13 miles a gallon. He doesn’t have a single compact fluorescent lightbulb in his entire house. He occasionally bikes to work, but mostly to avoid becoming like one of his patients. But his 13-year-old son came home from Boy Scouts one day and said, “Dad, we have to start composting.”
by John Schaeffer | February 11th, 2008 | Comments (3)
topic: Green Living | tags: biodynamic, compost, farming, gardening, olive-oil, organic
I recently attended one of my favorite gatherings: the Biodynamic Association of Northern California (BDANC) winter meeting. The meeting was at the Frey Ranch in Redwood Valley, which is a phenomenon in itself — about 1,000 acres complete with biodynamic vineyards and organic winery, olive trees, organic gardens, chicken and other poultry farming, and of course abundant solar energy.