Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in energy, Environment, Going Green, Reduce on May 4th, 2010
I work in a very nice office. I’ve got a desk and chair, a large LCD monitor, a file cabinet and a soft, cushy easy chair that I never seem to find time to sit in. It’s upstairs in the front of the house, though, so I keep my windows closed during the day to [...]
Posted in Going Green, Reduce, Sustainable on Apr 21st, 2010
You could probably make a post like this short and sweet. Pros: Long showers feel great. They are relaxing. A respite from the world with steam and good-smelling soap. Cons: They are terrible for the environment. Your waste water has to be processed, which taxes local resources. How much is being processed? The U.S. Geological [...]
Posted in energy, Environment on Mar 29th, 2010
On Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 p.m. I should have been sitting in the dark. I had signed up for Earth Hour, a wonderful World Wildlife Fund program that asked everyone around the world– for just one hour — to turn off their lights in support of positive climate change. A follow-the-sun program, once it [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse on Nov 9th, 2009
This past Saturday I got to the gym and my Spin class was canceled. I’m sort of glad it was. I decided to make the best of it and do 45 minutes on the cardio machines. Without headphones, I was stuck reading magazines. I grabbed the issue of Rolling Stone with Madonna on the cover [...]