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Today, a Baltimore city council committee debated Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke's new bill to stop a new contract with Baltimore's deadly...
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echotopiandiane
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Big Oil's Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic Trash
Do you ever wonder why reducing plastic trash is so hard to do? Here's today's cover New York Times article with insights: "Faced with...
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echotopiandiane
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Fennel Meditation
In harvesting, timing is everything. Like a coastal ocean wave, like other unique beings, each plant, every weather condition, in one...
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echotopiandiane
- Aug 22, 2020
- 1 min
Little Echotopia LLC is on the zero waste path. Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo - join us.
After watching The Story of Plastic , I began to wonder who the biggest product-based plastic polluters are. This information is helpful...
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echotopiandiane
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
What's in our 2020 Seed Rounds? Two beneficial annuals and five native perennial seeds.
This year's Seed Rounds include the plants listed, saved in summer/fall 2019. They look like small rice crackers (don't eat them ;-)....
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echotopiandiane
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
Relocalize.Redesign.Reduce.Reuse.Refill.Rejoice.Relax
Echotopia's 5 R's. Added Rejoice and Relax from Nancy near D.C. (thanks Nancy). Add R for Rot (compost). No recycling, recovery needed,...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Echotopia is garden-based. We grow, harvest, dry, grind and use our herbs as cleaning ingredients!
Last week's herbal harvest: lavender, sage, rosemary, chamomile, oregano, lemon balm, thyme, french tarragon, peppermint. These are hung...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
REPORT: Plastic & Health: Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
At Echotopia, we are on the plastic-free path. The only plastic containers we use - if there are no other options - are sturdy, upcycled,...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Happy refillutionaries from our 1st 5 years at markets.
Happy customers, holding their zero-waste, local garden-based, non-toxic products. Their smiling faces convey relief and happiness. These...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Aromatherapeutic? Yes indeed. We use essential oils topically in our cleaning products.
Turns out, smelling essential oils brings health benefits. So the fact that we use them topically (i.e. a small amount mixed into other...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
"Why Choosing Toxic-Free Cleaning Products is a Good Idea" Laurel Peltier, June 2015
Echotopia celebrates its 5th anniverary this month. Because it's still relevant, we are resharing Laurel Peltier's article!...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
What we breathe in matters. Echotopia uses delicious smelling herbs.
At markets, peoples' noses often lead them to our stall & refill station, thanks to our aromatic herbs and essential oils. At a cellular...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Plastic trash is a global catastrophe. See The Story of Plastic. We can change this story.
Check out "The Story of Plastic." We have the power to change the story of how humans make, use and dispose of 'stuff' in our daily...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 18, 2020
- 1 min
Cosmos flower seed sharing from a customer in 2019
Is this your handwriting? ;-) Last summer, a customer stopped by my Sunday stall. He enthusiastically handed me this envelope and told me...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
Polluting oil & gas co's make toxic plastic in deadly petrochemical plants.
At Echotopia, we are on the plastic-free path because the petrochemical industry uses polluting oil and gas to make plastic. The results?...
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echotopiandiane
- Jul 4, 2020
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echotopiandiane
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Happy 5th Anniversary to Echotopia! New website!
Our first Baltimore farmers market was on June 13, 2015 at the fabulous 32nd Street Farmers Market. For our 5-year anniversary - ta da! ...
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