Two weeks from today the movers are coming to take all our stuff away and we are nowhere near ready for them to do so! Between trying to round up enough used boxes from around here (why do people put up ads saying they have boxes, and then not respond when people email them about said boxes?), doing my many job(s) and finding stuff I already packed away, it’s going to be an interesting 2 weeks! While I look for my shoes, here are some articles that caught my eye this past week:

Five Cent Nickel tells us the safe and environmentally friendly way of getting rid of ants without an exterminator.

Last week, I (no, not me, the author!) had the opportunity of test driving a vehicle that, in a variety of driving scenarios, uses considerably less gasoline than conventional cars. When booting around the city, it almost uses no gas at all. Instead, it relies mostly on electricity from the grid. Just plug into a wall socket overnight and you’re ready to go in the morning. Interested? You should be – it could be the kind of car sitting in your driveway 10 years, even five years, from now.

According to the latest research, species around the world are going extinct faster that previously thought, at a rate not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. The Living Planet index which was released today shows that due to destructive human activity, the diversity of all life on earth has decreased by over 30%, nearly a third in fact in the past thirty-five years.

Is a green lifestyle just the new survivalism? Could be, but I am hoping it doesn’t come to that and people start getting their acts together before it gets there!

Do you want to know why Republican Senators voted last week to filibuster the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? Put plainly - they just don’t buy it. Or, in the words of one Republic Senator: “This global-warming debate is a farce.”

Have a great weekend everyone!

You might also enjoy:

• EarthTalk: How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint.

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