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Green Gift Ideas
What to give a low-carbon girl on her birthday? That’s what some of my friends were thinking about this year and several came up with some pretty crafty solutions. Upcycle, Reuse, Repeat As you probably know, plastic has become the … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged bulk food bags, colin beavan, gifts, green gifts, grocery bags, no presents, no-impact man, recycle, reuse, reuse gifts, sustainable gifts, upcycle, upcycle gifts, YES! Magazine
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Water Instead of Soda
Drink water instead of soda. It’s good for you and the environment. But, what if I said, drink bottled water instead of soda? Two nights ago I saw a TV ad which made me cringe. The message was that if … Continue reading
Interview with Sprout Energy Corp Founder: Wind Power
I caught up with Sprout Energy Corp founder, Claiborne Yarbrough, a couple days ago, at environmentally-friendly Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, NC for a quick interview about wind power. Here is a transcript of our brief interview (link to my … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy
Tagged Bergey Excel-S, Bergey wind turbines, Claiborne Yarbrough, environmentalist, Jennette's Pier, Nags Head, NC, Sprout Energy, wind power, wind turbines, wind vs solar, Windspire, windspire turbines
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Let Them Eat Fries!
I just read The Atlantic’s article How Junk Food Can End Obesity by David H. Freedman. I don’t know if The Atlantic was trying to stir up controversy or check readership, but the article freaked me out. And, I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Addictive Food, Atlantic obesity article, Big Food, David H. Freedman, Fast Food, fat, food industry, Freedman, Grist, McDonalds, Michael Moss, Mother Jones, obesity, problem carbohydrates, Salon, salt, sugar, The Atlantic
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Sustainable Travel
There’s an oxymoron. And, yet, I’m sure you’ve seen ads for sustainable travel or green travel or eco-something-or-other. Travel by its very nature increases your carbon footprint unless you’re walking and even then it would be best if you were … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged airplane carbon footprint, car CO2, car vs plane travel, carbon footprint, Chris Goodall, CO2 offset, Do the Green Thing, eco travel, green thing, green travel, how bad are bananas, How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, Hyundai, luggage, mike berners-lee, offsets, renewable energy credits, Salad works, SaladWorks, Sustainable Brands, sustainable travel, terra pass, terrapass
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Could Weeding be the Next Big Status Symbol?
I wonder. It seems that everything old is new again, doesn’t it? Not that weeding was ever a status-symbol activity, but green lifestyle choices such weeding instead of using chemicals are gaining momentum (thankfully!). One place we need to be … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Travel
Tagged body of water, chemical runoff, chemicals, driveways, environmental production agency, EPA, fertilizers, invertabrates, lawn, lawn care, marine life, near shore, nearshore, rivers, run off, runoff, scientific american, shore, shore birds, shore life, streams, vacation, vacation home, weeding
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How Green is Your Clean?
Is someone decorating Easter eggs or is that your green cleaner? You know what I’m taking about, right? It’s the green cleaning combo of baking soda and white vinegar. Why green cleaners? If you’re like me, you’ve been trying to … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, Saving Money
Tagged all-purpose cleaner, baking soda, bathroom, biokleen, Bona, Cascade Automatic Dishwasher, clean, cleaning, club soda, Concrobium, Environmental Working Group’s, green cleaners, Greenworks, lemon, mold cleaner, mold control, Mop & Glow, Murphy Oil Soap, myers, Seventh Generation, simple green, toilet bowl cleaner, USA Today’s Green Living, vinegar
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Look at That! You Can Have it All!
At first, I thought Sanuk* (the sandal company) was going to be my new favorite company, not for their products, but for the biodegradable bags they use to package their products. Their bags are made of corn or tapioca. (If … Continue reading
Posted in Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged alternative to plastic, bag, bags, biodegradable, biodegradable bags, compost, compost bins, compostable, corn bags, ecopia, ecoplas technology, go ecopia, instead of paper, packaging, plastic bags, reduced carbon footprint, renewable resource, sandals, sanuk, sustainable bags, tapioca, tapioca bag, tapioca bags
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Making Mistakes at the Grocery Store so You Don’t Have To
OK, so the majority of us, I’ve noticed, have managed to make the transition from going to the grocery store empty-handed to bringing re-usable grocery bags. Good. We can check that off of our low-carbon/earth-friendly lists. Now, it’s time for … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged colin beavan, grocery, grocery bags, no-impact man, oatmeal, reduce plastic, reusable containers, reusable mesh bags, reusable produce bags, reusable tins, reuse
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What About a Composting Toilet?
Last week I ran into a colleague on the ferry and we spent the half an hour trip talking about how he has gone OFF THE GRID. Yes, that’s right. Armageddon could hit tomorrow and he and his wife would … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Green Friends, Green Ideas
Tagged AC power, appliances, Bullitt Foundation, cartoon book on climate change, climate change apathy, climate change confusion, clivus multrum, compost toilet, composting toilet, convert AC, DC power, Energy Star, filtering water, German steca refrigerator, giardia, green steve, LG washer, net-zero office building, off the grid, park toilet, pit toilet, seattle, solar power, Steca refrigerator, store electricity, trailhead version, water rights, YES! Magazine
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