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Baking Soda is the Answer
How to achieve a zero-waste lifestyle is the question. This morning I not only brushed my teeth with baking soda but also used it to wash my face and hair. Who knew? Apparently, I’ve been spending way too much money … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged bamboo, bathroom, biodegradable bags, grocery, natural beauty, organic natural beauty, recipes for personal care products, trash free, trash is for tossers, wellness mama, whole new mom, zero waste, zero waste home, zero waste lifestyle
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Earth First
Is there any chance that we can put the earth’s needs before our own and conserve resources? It’s a tall order and I’m not really sure it’s possible. Not because we don’t want to save resources in theory but because … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Conservation, My CO2 Footprint, Shopping
Tagged bird, birds, climate change, cod, conservation, earth, feast of joy, fishing, gratitude, huffington post, IPCC, millennials, Momastery, mt rainier, no impact project, no-impact man, NYT, rainier, renewable energy, Salon, service economy, sharing economy, solar arrays, Story of Stuff, sustainability, The Atlantic, The New York Times, the story of stuff, wired, wired mag, zero waste, zero waste lifestyle
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Losing Power
Saturday we lost power all day. It’s par for the course on Bainbridge where a light breeze or, in this case, a dusting of snow can render most or all of the island powerless. To be fair, temperatures had plummeted … Continue reading
Posted in At Home
Tagged electricity, electronics, lifesfyle, losing power, outage, power, power outage
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Time to Buy an Electric Car?
As you probably know, one of the basic tenets of living a low-carbon lifestyle is to use everything as long as possible. Then, if need be, reuse and then finally recycle or better yet, compost. Well, I don’t see myself … Continue reading
Posted in Fuel, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged beyond coal, car emissions, carbon emissions, coal free pse, electric car, electric car carbon emissions, electric cars, Ford, powering electric cars with solar energy, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, sierra club, solar, solar energy, SunPower, The Guardian
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Turbines as Far as the Eye Can See
Last night I watched Disruption. Climate. Change. a precursor to the People’s Climate March on Sept 21st in New York City. It was a powerful call to action. I was momentarily sorry I would not be able to go to … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas
Tagged climate change, disruption, ecosystems, intact ecosystems, Morality, new york city, people's climate march, renewables, turbines, vermont, watch disruption, wind turbines
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Seaweed Harvesting
The magic of my weekend on Lopez Island at Spencer Spit State Park with Passionate Nutrition learning about seaweed harvesting is waning as I reach into the now slimy bag of cold Nereocystis luetkeana (bull kelp) fronds to hang them … Continue reading
Posted in Food, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged bull kelp, eating seaweed, harvesting seaweed, Jennifer Alder, kelp, kelp fronds, Lopez Island, Passionate Nutrition, seaweed, Spencer Spit
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Fossil-Fueled Obesity
At first glance, it might seem a little far-fetched. But, there is a connection between highly productive oil-based fertilizers, an increase in corn production, high-fructose corn syrup, the addictiveness of sweeteners, greed, and obesity. Details below…. For the past year … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Fuel
Tagged Addictive Food, addition, airlines, Alaska Airlines, corn, corn syrup, fertilizers, fossil fuels, high fructose corn syrup, Lifeblood, lose weight, Matthew Huber, Michael Moss, Michael Pollan, obesity, oil, Ominvore's Dilemma, sugar, sugarcoating, the story of stuff
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Oil Trains in Your Backyard
A couple nights ago, Climate Action Bainbridge (formerly Coal-Free Bainbridge) greeted ferry passengers with No Oil Trains signs to commemorate the oil train explosion in Quebec that killed 47 people and to raise awareness that the same highly flammable oil … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Work, Fuel, Travel
Tagged bakkan oil, beyond coal, Climate Action Bainbridge, Coal-Free Bainbridge, Eric de Place, Erika Shriner, explosions, oil spill, oil trains, Puget Sound, quebec, Sierra, Sightline, volatile
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Buying Bottled Water Benefits the OIL Industry
Yup, that’s right, the oil industry. The production of plastic bottles uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel more than one million U.S. cars for a year! Plus, it benefits the largest bottled water companies: … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Water
Tagged bottled water, clean water, Coke, drinkable water, fossil fuels, Nestle, Pepsi, plastic, plastic bottles, potable water, tap water, tapped, the story of bottled water, the story of stuff, water, water mining, water rights
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