Archive for March, 2009
Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 107.
Another beautiful week here in Northern New Mexico, with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. They say that we should not get complacent and that winter is not over yet, but it sure feels nice to go outside in a t-shirt at the beginning of March. We do need the precipitation, so I [...]
Two Non-Hybrid 50+MPG Cars We Cannot Buy In America.
The most fuel efficient cars in America available for sale to most of us are the Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid. Sure, there is the Tesla electric car and the Aptera, but neither of those are available (or affordable) to everyone. The Toyota Prius gets 48 MPG city and 45 MPG [...]
Greenwash Of The Week: MTV Switch Attacks Greenwashers.
Great stuff in this video about corporate greenwashing from MTV Switch:
Do One Thing: Recycle For Others Who Don’t Have Recycling Options.
This week’s Do One Thing is about recycling and it hits close to home for us. See, our town does not recycle plastic – at all. Not even a little tiny amount. Most people here throw any and all plastic in with their regular trash, which then heads out to the landfill to hang [...]
Being Environmentally Conscious In A Consumer Conscious World.
While I am on my way home today from Colorado, this is a guest post from my friend Adam
Madonna said it best when she said “I’m a material girl, living in a material world.” But the excesses of the 80’s and 90’s have waned, at least for the time being. We are still living in [...]
Teach Your Kids To Go Green.
Many of us, as adults, have had to change our ways to become more environmentally friendly. One of the many favors we can pass on to the next generation is to teach them ways to be green so that’s it’s second nature to them to care for the world around them.
My daughter is only [...]