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Category Archives: My CO2 Footprint
How do You Make an Ice Cube from the Sun?
“Solar power, of course,” said Neil Johannsen, retired Director of Alaska State Parks, answering his own question. He asked me that question as I looked at his solar-powered van, Plover, named after a bird. I love that question. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged charge controller, effcient, MPPT, Neil Johannsen, power, power innovation, small-scale solar, solar, solar garden fountain, solar lights, solar power, solar van, voltages
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Population over 7 billion – don’t exhale!
I’m sure everyone who follows Low Carbon Girl’s facebook page saw the Seattle PI article about National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) report that our global CO2 levels have gone over 400 parts per million. NOAA’s widget (left) resides in … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, My CO2 Footprint
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Island Power – How to Cut Carbon Emissions Without a Lifestyle Overhaul
If you’ve been reading my blog over the past couple years or have just been trying to reduce your carbon footprint, you know how hard it is to make meaningful lifestyle changes and still be part of modern society. Or, … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged bainbridge, bainbridge island, BI, Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, carbon emission, coal-generated electricity, electricity, hydropower, Island Power, island voice, Jefferson County, JPUD, Montana colstrip, PSE, public power, public utility district, Puget Sound Energy, smart energy
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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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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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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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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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An Airline with a Green Heart
I found myself on a flight recently (yes, I know!) to the East Coast. As I paged through Alaska Airlines’ in-flight magazine, an article by Keith Loveless entitled Waste Not caught my eye (page 9). In a highlighted sidebar there … Continue reading
Posted in My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged airline, Alaska Air, Alaska Airlines, bottle filling stations, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, emissions, fossil fuels, green, in-flight magazine, Keith Loveless, luggage, packing, plastic bottles, reduce CO2, reusable bottles, reusable water bottles, Spirit of Alaska, sustainability, travel, waste not, water bottles
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Climate Shame
Or, climate change: it’s a shame. I’m starting to notice a trend, are you? A trend where people probably with the best intentions, use guilt and shame to try to get the rest of us to sacrifice for the greater good. … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Conservation, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged ashamed, climate, climate change, climate collective, climate distruption, climate morality, climate shame, climate solutions, Drew Faust, Ehrlich, Elegy, empathy, harvard, Humanity on a Tightrope, inclusion, KC Golden, Morality, NYT review of books, self-loathing, shame, Whidbey Institute, zadie smith
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