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Happy Birthday Low Carbon Girl!
Low Carbon Girl’s first birthday. And, what a year its been. China’s air pollution is just FREAKING me out. And, all of their ADAPTATION to air pollution – designer air masks – really? – hey folks, let’s not be so … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping, Travel
Tagged air masks, bottled water, china, climate, climate change, Eco Expert Link, feast of joy, fracking, fukushima, green steve, low carbon girl, nuclear, plant protein, plant-based diet, plastics, reusable containers, reuse, sustainable, sustainable bainbridge, tap water, travel, two degrees, vegan
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Plants Have Protein – But How Much?
When I mention I’m trying to eat vegan, the first question I’m asked is “are you getting enough protein?” So, I was glad to stumble upon No Whey No Cow’s Why Vegan? article, as the author, Amy, gets asked the … Continue reading
Posted in Food, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged cattle, cattle emissions, climate change, farming, Norwegian military, plant protein, protein in plants, vegan
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Spinach had Popeye and now Kale has Rip
“Mmmm! What smells so good?” my husband asks as he walks in the house with his friend Kevin. “Vegetarian chili,” I say. “You know what I think of when you say vegetarian,” Kevin asks? “The skinny, pale guy who gets … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Engine 2 diet, kale, kale vs broccoli, popeye, rip, rip esselstyn, spinach, vegan
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YES! Magazine Offices are on Bainbridge Island, WA
YES! Magazine would like you to know that their offices are on Bainbridge Island, just off of busy Madison Ave. at 284 Madrona Way NE. They’ve been toiling away in near obscurity for seventeen years while their worldwide presence grows, … Continue reading
Posted in Green Friends
Tagged bainbridge, bainbridge island, Elizabeth Copland, happiness, new economy, newsletter, nonprofit, sustainability, UNTE award, WA, YES!, YES! Magazine
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Climate Change: What Can the Average Joe or Josephine Do?
So, what can the average person do about climate change? Plenty, actually. Even though climate change is HUGE and impacts millions of interconnected ecosystems, many of which cannot be properly modeled to anticipate all of the possible outcomes, one thing … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, At Work, Food, Shopping
Tagged alaska, Annie Leonard, arctic, arrow of consumption, beyond coal, biking, climate change, coal, EPA, Forks Over Knives, Glaciers, government shutdown, intergovernmental panel on climate change, IPCC, mission blue, nonprofits, off grid, plant based, polar bears, renewable engery, sierra club, solar, Story of Stuff, sustainable, sustainable business, sylvia earle, travel, vegan
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Bike Commuting 101
For years I admired Seattle bike commuters from a distance and wondered: how do they do that? How do they bike in the cold, dark rain without arriving at the office looking like a hot mess? Then, with the help … Continue reading
Posted in At Work, My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged bike, bike commuting, bikes vs cars, biking, carbon footprint, commuting, green commuting, sustainable commuting, transportation
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Good News: Solar Recharging Stations
Sometimes the whole sustainability/climate change/we’re-plunging-into-darkness news gets me down. From movies like Chasing Ice showing glacial retreat to fracking polluting water systems, killing plants, animals and making people sick to our honey bee colonies collapsing due to pesticides; some days … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas
Tagged device charging, Hampshire, Hampshire College, off the grid, Sol Design Lab, solar charging station, solar power, solar pump, SolarPump
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Good News: Container-Filling Stations
I never would have thought about container-filling stations if it wasn’t for Green Gal who left a comment on my post about giving up soda and plastic water bottles (I know, a lot to ask). What is a container- or … Continue reading
Organic Fertilizer, Farming and Food
I don’t know about you, but I thought organic food was 100% goodness. Good for humans, good for the earth. So, you can imagine my surprise when I read Conservation Magazine’s Fertility Treatments article and found it’s mostly good but … Continue reading
Got Solar Panel Will Kayak
Or, should I say: Got Joos? Just because I love nature, the great outdoors and mother earth doesn’t mean I don’t have instant withdrawals if separated from my devices. I’m a modern nature lover. You need to know this about … Continue reading