STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning with simple steps to solarizing your soil. For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — This three-day weekend may be a great time to get outside and mow your lawn.

But what is the best lawn mower?

Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning to discuss this and more.

More information can be found here.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Many who live in Southern California have to stay on guard during fire season.

Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning with information on fire-resistant plants.

For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning to talk about edible flowers.

For more information, including recipes, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning to explain the differences between sand, soil and silt.

For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — When it comes to vegetable gardens, it’s all about the location.

Experts say they are only as good as where they are in your yard and the soil they are grown in.

Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News at 9 a.m. to discuss this and more.

For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — If the weather has brought some uninvited guests into your home or garden, help is on the way!

Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News on Saturday morning with some natural ways to rid your garden of those pesky insects.

For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Attracting songbirds into your yard can be a fun project for the entire family.

Green expert Nick Federoff discussed this and more on KCAL9 News at 9 a.m. Saturday.

For more information, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Want some show-stopping roses this Spring?

Now is the time to start pruning those bushes.

Green expert Nick Federoff appeared on KCAL9 News at 8 a.m. Sunday to explain.

For more information on Federoff, visit ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Rose, carnations or lilies?

The type of flower you give or even the way you give it has meaning.

Green expert Nick Federoff explained some of the hidden subtleties behind flowers on KCAL9 News Saturday morning.

For more information, visit Federoff’s website ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Our Green Expert Nick Federoff talked with CBS2′s Sandra Mitchell and Dave Gonzales about how to keep and maintain landscaping equipment.

It’s all part of our weekend segment called “In the Garden” airing Saturday mornings.

Among his money-saving tips, Federoff recommends removing the grass clippings from lawn mowers.

He also suggests conducting some minor tune-ups like blowing out your lawn mower’s filter with an air compressor.

For more information and instructions, visit Federoff’s website ThingsGreen.com.

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Green expert Nick Federoff is offering some helpful gardening tips.

“In the Garden” is a new segment that will be offered each Saturday morning on KCAL9 News.

Today’s tip dealt with strap plants.

For more information, visit Federoff’s website ThingsGreen.com.

But even if you work for a company with little awareness about office sustainability measures, there are still plenty of opportunities for you to bring eco-friendly actions to the job.

On my “Keep It Green” blog for HalogenTV, I talk about the reasons for going green at work:

Most of us spend the majority of our time working, but we don’t always take our green habits into the office. That’s a major missed opportunity, because businesses are usually much bigger contributors to waste, pollution and global warming than individuals or families.

For example, according to Californians Against Waste, while California as a whole diverts over 54% of its waste from landfills, large office buildings divert only 7% of their waste.

If you’re not ready to lead a sustainability overhaul at the office – or if you don’t think your co-workers are open to it – I offer five simple tips for your green actions, e.g.:

Tip #1 – Save paper

• My friend Mike, who works for an auto company in Detroit, has his printer set to print double-sided by default. This simple measure can cut your paper costs in half! I do another version of this — I reuse paper already printed on one-side as my printer paper or note paper.
• At my friend Sarah’s law firm, they’ve gone paperless. She told me, “It’s an accomplishment I thought would be impossible! When I transitioned from a large to a very small law firm, I thought there was no way I could work in a paperless office — I used to go through reams of paper at my old law firm. But finances dictated the change, and I find it very easy now!”
• And, of course, once you’re done reducing and reusing, you’ll want to recycle paper and cardboard.

Read more tips over at the Halogen Blog: Take Your Green Habits to Work.

I guess it’s partly because I love to eat, so it’s easy to focus on food! And as a vegetarian, it’s something I’m used to paying close attention to.

It’s also a part of my life that I have the most control over on a daily basis. I’m lucky to live in an area with plenty of grocery stores stocking tons of options: conventional, organic, fair trade, processed, fresh, gourmet, imported, local, etc. I can choose each day to spend my money on healthy foods that are good for me and the environment.

As I’ve gotten more interested in the quality of food I put into my body, I’ve become more fascinated with the process of growing food.

I wrote this blog post for Halogen because I wanted to share my experience of getting to know where my local food comes from:

For about two months, we’ve been getting produce delivered every Friday from Farm Fresh to You. We started for a few reasons: it would be convenient not to have to stock up at the store every week, we’d be supporting local farms, and we’d primarily be eating fresh, seasonal produce.

They have a farm about a two-hour drive from us, so we decided to visit last weekend for their “2nd Saturday Farm Fest.” It was a chance to see where some of our food comes from, relax with a picnic, and pick some fresh veggies for ourselves.

Read the rest at HalogenTV.com!

Neha with Lara Bell

Started my early morning talking with Lara Bell, KTBU, Channel 55 with a great soundbyte at Mint Baby Uptown Park. It was great to talk to her about the importance of organic products and why moms should focus on organic cotton. If moms want to be green by taking care of the environment around their children – they should def. think about the closest thing touching their children’s skin – the clothes they wear!

I had a great time. I really enjoy being on TV and had no idea how much fun it is to inform, be in front of a camera, and talk your heart out about what you feel most passionate about!

Anyways, it’s about 2am in Colorado, and I have a super early morning of meetings, and then of course, a Tweet Up with Chicks Who Click 09!

Goodnight readers!
Neha