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January 10th, 2009
Archive for January, 2009
January 09th, 2009
Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Ninety Nine.
I forgot what real snow was like! After 24 hours of straight snowfall a few days ago and three trips outside to shovel, we were left with over 2 feet of the stuff. Living at this altitude does have some benefits though – even though there was a ton of snow and [...]
January 08th, 2009
Lower Gas Prices Are Not Good For Us.
In the last 4 days, I have seen our local gas prices go up by $.10…and I could not be happier about it. Call me crazy, but I think gas should be more expensive, not less expensive. In Europe, gas costs somewhere around 4 times what we pay for it here! I know [...]
January 07th, 2009
Do One Thing: Switch To Recycled Content Toilet Paper.
This is an easy one that you won’t even have to suffer for! If every household in America switched out just ONE roll of regular TP for recycled TP, we would:
Save 470,000 trees,
Use 1.2 million cubic feet LESS landfill space
Save about 169 million gallons of water
Now imagine if you switched out all your rolls! [...]
January 07th, 2009
Free Download: Understanding and Responding to Climate Change.
There is a free PDF download of an e-book titled “Understanding and Responding to Climate Change” available over at The National Academies website. This booklet presents recommendations from the National Academies’ many expert reports on climate change in an easy-to-read format. Now in its third edition, the booklet includes an expanded section on impacts [...]
January 07th, 2009
Giveaway Update – No Response Means A New Winner Announcement!
Most of you will probably remember that a few weeks ago I had a giveaway for 2 Eco-Travel Sets from Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, right? Well, two winners were chosen – Melissa from My Half Of The Brain, who got back to me with her address and received her Eco-Travel set. [...]
January 06th, 2009
My New Years “Green” Resolutions – What Are Yours?
Every year around this time people set big goals for themselves – to quit smoking, lose weight, get a new job, etc.. And about a month from now, many of us fail to meet all the goals we set because we aimed way too high and to do too much. There is no way [...]
