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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Need a New Year’s Resolution or Two? Carbon Calculators to the Rescue!
I tried four carbon footprint calculators and even though they used varying methodologies the basic message was: while I’m not as swash-buckling as most extreme users of our natural resources, I have a long, long way to go to get … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Food, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Travel
Tagged bi-coastal, car, carbon calculators, carpool, CFL, east coast, Energy Star, environmental protection agency, EPA, flights, green, green electricity, green power, house, Nature Conservancy, offset, organic, telecommute, thermastat, vegan, west coast
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Do Your Things Own You?
For years I’ve said: “a girl can’t have too many computers or web devs.” This was mostly in reference to the fact that for the past fifteen years or so I’ve been cocooned in an electromagnetic field from at least … Continue reading
Posted in Recycling
Tagged cellphones, computers, Daily Sightline, donate, Eleven Winery, goodwill, Green Disk, hard disks, Joshua Fields Millburn, recycling, repurpose, reuse, Ryan Nicodemus, sell, servers, The Minimalists, Total Reclaim
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About that Cup o’ Joe…
“This will keep your coffee warm for an entire ferry ride,” I remember the salesgirl saying at Pegasus when I bought my first reusable commuter mug, 20 years ago. Finally! I was a true Seattlite, I drank coffee, cared about … Continue reading
Posted in At Work, Food, Green Ideas, Recycling, Travel
Tagged Bainbridge Bakers, Chris Jordan, coffee, Joy, Pegasus, reusable cups, Running the Numbers, takeout containers, TED, TED talks, waste
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CO2 Baseline
The idea that a person should be concerned about the parts per million of CO2 in our atmosphere entered my consciousness four years ago when I read an article about NASA’s James Hansen with the unsavory message that our CO2 … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Conservation, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged 350, 350 ppm, 350.org, Bill McKibben, carbon footprint, Carbon visuals, CO2, Dan Kowalski, James Hansen, NASA, NYTimes, real-time emissions, Rollingbaworks
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Shout out to the Greenpeace Guys
Greenpeace is canvasing Bainbridge Island today (yesterday was Port Townsend, where they signed up 59 people – come on BI – don’t let PT beat us!). To the left is a picture of Todd, me and Peter who caught me … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Servers
Tagged bainbridge island, coal, Greenpeace, port townsend, seattle
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A Quick Word About Christmas
Christmas can be a tricky time, I’m realizing, for those of us trying to reduce our carbon footprint while not appearing to be a total humbug. Here are a few tips: Christmas Trees Ok, so by now, you’ve probably purchased … Continue reading
What Lifestyle Changes Have the Biggest CO2 Impact?
Joy brought up another good question while we were having lunch the other day: if a person wanted to reduce their carbon footprint, what change would have the most impact? Most resources agree that reducing motorized travel of any kind … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged 65 degrees F, air travel, airplanes, buses, carbon footprint, cars, Chris Goodall, city-specific carbon, CO2, food, heating, Hestia, household appliances, hybrid, lifestyle, lifestyle changes, NPR, thrift shops, trains, used clothes
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