Climate change has been a focus of many debates, some panic, and a lot of misinformation in my lifetime. Things have been coming to a head lately, as climate seems to be at least partly behind many extinctions and local ecosystem failures. And the world seems to be no closer to any agreement on things […]
Category: Green Living
Blog Action Day
Coming this Thursday. I plan on posting something, though likely minor. The topic this year is “climate change.” If you are interested in seeing who else is participating, check out BlogActionDay.org. And check back Thursday — even if it’s only a set of links, I will post something.
Office Progress
I didn’t take pics of the office in June, before we cleared out the HUGE piles of boxes, painted and put up new curtains. But here are two pics. Yesterday, we moved in two new pieces of furniture (the bookshelf and lateral files) and a new office chair. Today, I brought about ten boxes back […]
Health, the Environment, Longevity
We have the ability to greatly improve lives, or to ignore situations and let lives be lost. Not just human lives, as in the case of the current cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, but the lives of all residents of earth. It turns out that many of the substances we use to improve human lives have […]
Green Icon
I like this icon, it’s similar to the obamicon I made for January. Click on the icon to go to the website and make your own! But remember, as much fun as things like this are (making icons, wearing ribbons, pasting the car with bumperstickers)… the best way to effect change is to lead by […]
Punxatawney Phooey
I don’t know what the groundhog saw yesterday — my life is so busy, I forgot to check! Still, it does feel that Spring may be in the air in the Pacific Northwest. At least it was for today. Sunny, warm enough to be outside without a hat… The hyacinths under the medlar are already […]
Blog Action Day — Poverty
Okay, I have posted a few links in the days leading up to today. As I was thinking about what to write, I decided to talk about what poverty is (and what it isn’t). And a little bit on abundance. This is my own perspective/opinion, if it helps you, great — if not… would love […]
Trying something new
This is an idea that some friends use in their garden. They stick rebar in the ground, then put electrical conduit over that. Zip-tie bird netting to the “posts” and it’s too scary for the deer. Never mind that a sneeze can break the netting… They touch it with their noses and won’t try to […]
Goal Organiser
I am putting the pictures in as thumbnails and in gallery form — click on the small pics to get the full-size views! Use your browser’s back button to come back. An acquaintance of mine (Kate Hudson – not the actress) developed this really cool program to help organize goals — with the ability to […]
Green Living and Profitability
Here is a CNN article about a solar company that has several unique aspects: Namaste Solar Electric is the company’s name, and they “walk their talk,” which is refreshing. Here is a link to Namaste’s actual website. When companies, big and small, do what they can to reduce their impact on the earth, then it […]