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Category Archives: At Home
Solar Chargers – not just for vacation anymore
Spoiler alert: the following may seem like a no-brainer. And, it is. Sometimes it just takes someone else to reframe things for me to see something clearly, differently, or to apply a new use – does that ever happen to … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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Vegan Curious?
Or, should I say, plant-based diet curious? In December of last year I decided to try eating vegan meals after watching Forks Over Knives. I knew it would be hard for a number of reasons: My husband has done all … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Shopping
Tagged egg-free, Forks Over Knives, gluten free, plant based, vegan, vegan blogs, vegan food recipes, vegan recipes, wheat-free
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Win a Solar Power System
I don’t know about you, but when I get my electric bill, or any bill for that matter, if it is in paper form, I dump all the inserts into recycle and just focus on the bill itself. And, even … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Green Ideas
Tagged City of Bainbridge Island, green power, green power challenge, green power program, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable bainbridge, win solar power
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Pets = Big Carbon Footprint
“You take small plastic bag to scoop up the poop…tie the bag with a little knot and, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE POOP??” My friend Teri asked as she searched for better ways of disposing of pet refuse. … Continue reading
Posted in At Home
Tagged biodegradable, composter, composting, composting bags, Happy Herbivore, pet carbon footprint, pet waste, pets, poo, poobags, poop, poopbags, vegan dog diet
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