I don’t know if participating in Christmas tree recycle day – with no Christmas tree but rather two loads of office paper – was so exciting because (a) so many other people participated too; (b) two candidates for alderman were campaigning in the car line; (c) people got to take the mulch to their homes [...]
Barbara Ehrenreich posted her 15 Steps Toward a Happier, Healthier American in 07, and I found #7 particularly intriguing: 7. Require gyms to use the power generated by their cardiovascular machines to provide their own air-conditioning and lighting. I wondered if anyone had already done this, and soon discovered that the University of Illinois at [...]
Be patient, as I attempt to transform my Blogger template. I’m not really sure what will happen as I do this – everyday life may look the same, or it may look completely wacko. Hopefully my Blogger Self won’t disappear altogether in the process. Don’t worry, I’m saving the original template just in case. The [...]
Dear Blogger Audience of About Six People, Well the time has come. Sarah and I are travelling to Pennsylvania for a joyous week of Christmas cheer and Poinsettias (these not these). Just in case you’re killing some time during your own break, check out the “greatest hits” in the sidebar. If you’re looking for activities, [...]
TerraPass is an organization that funds clean energy projects, but I just like to see how many pounds of CO2 my car produces a year. I said we drive 8,000 miles per year, but living in the city it could be less. Anyway, here’s mine, what’s yours?: Personal emissions report Your car emits 4,891 lbs [...]
If every person in the world today consumed the resources of one average American, we would require six (6) Earths, or an ecological footprint of 24 acres of land per person. Can you believe it? This of course is for the average car driving, meat eating, McMansion building red blooded American, and for many of [...]
