While it would be ideal if we could all immediately switch to renewable energy sources in our homes, for many of us it is simply not realistic at the present time. However, that doesn”™t mean we can”™t all be responsible consumers of electricity. Nikki Cooley is a Colorado River guide for Arizona Raft Adventures who [...]
One of the challenges of being green is that while there are the many obvious tasks to consider, there are also many things that can slip your mind or make for an easy mistake. One of these is how you dispose of an old car. If our solar panels could talk, they might be saying: [...]
Thanks for your feedback on last week’s Green Reads. I will continue to put together this roundup for the foreseeable future since a bunch of you do like it. Thanks again! On to the Reads… Industrial boilers and incinerators currently receive an enormous public subsidy. They emit toxic air pollutants like mercury, cadmium, and acid [...]
Hey could you guys do me a favor? Let me know in the comments if you find this weekly roundup to be handy at all. When I first started this site almost 5 years ago, us “bloggers” did a lot of linking to promote each other’s writings and get the word out on different projects. [...]
I recently started a “Couch to 10k” running program and let me tell you – it sucks. Granted, it feels good once I am done and back in my house eating chips and drinking beer, but when I am doing it I really question my sanity. Any of you guys ever do these type of [...]
With the Storm of the Century now passed after affecting 100 million US residents, it’s time for another roundup of this week’s Green Reads. Hope you keep warm while you peruse this weeks news! Today there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising affluence and the associated jump in meat, milk, [...]
Hope everyone is enjoying the ridiculous cold and snow in the east and south and the warm temperatures out west. There is certainly more where that came from as climate change is starting to show us just what it is going to mean for our future. Scary stuff, right? Let’s be sure to do our [...]
