Summertime, When the Eating is LocalYou’ve heard that tune, “Summertime, when the living is easy”? Well this is one season when it is also easy to eat local.
I really look forward to summer meals… everything is so, well, FRESH! Whether you are picking from your own backyard garden, or you have joined a CSA (the video [...]
Was the 40th Earth Day as Meaningful as the First?As Denis Hayes, the coordinator of Earth Day 40 years ago, noted recently, it was easier to get things done at that time in our history. The movement “took everyone by surprise” and there was not the counter-movement that there is today, heavily funded and ready to [...]
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When the Recession is Gone, Will the SUV Make a Comeback?Am I the only one who is worried that our window for major energy reforms is passing by? The clock is ticking for major environmental initiatives and all anyone is doing is Talking. We blog, we tweet, we educate.
Don’t get me wrong, talking is good. [...]
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Earth Day 2010: Start Planning Now
Earth Day 2010 is April 22 and I need some help on two fronts:
(1) Parents: Please send me ideas for Earth Day events at school. I am on the “green team” for my children’s elementary school and I want to organize something really neat for the school. Something that you [...]
Resorts CAN recycle: Future Generations Thank You
We just got back from Steamboat Resort in Colorado and I am so impressed by their recycling efforts! It just goes to show you that anyone can do it. If this resort can have their cafeteria staff at the very top of the mountain sort through every tray to [...]
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Ideas To Make Your Holiday Greener
This year more than ever, the holidays are a time to reflect and rejoice the simpler things in life. In this economy, many families are asking themselves how they can simplify some of their holiday traditions. They want solutions that require less preparation and stress, less money spent, and also [...]
Organizing Your Electronics/ Chargers
I know you have one too… that “junk drawer” that barely closes, the place you put everything in your house that does not have a permanent home.
We are electronic junkies and lately I realized that half of our junk drawer was full of chargers. All of our devices seem to come with [...]
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Top Five Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water
Top Five Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water from www.newdream.org
My material is usually original, but I think this is important enough to duplicate! New American Dream is the non-profit that we (www.fabricwrapper.com) support as members of 1% For The Planet.
1. Disposable plastic water bottles are not meant for [...]
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Back to School Tips
It is time for the kids to say goodbye to lazy days at the pool, and prepare for back to school!
Just a couple of tips for preparations:
(1) School Shopping: Re-use anything you have in your house to save time, money and resources. We all have pencils in every “junk” drawer… don’t buy [...]
Overwhelmed with Green Choices?
Last week I hosted a bookclub on Michael Pollan’s In Defense Of Food. Many of us had seen the movie Food, Inc and we had a great discussion debating the merits of various points from both the movie and book. I thought the best one was Pollan’s advice to stick to foods [...]
