Category: environment
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A Good Visit to LA, Even if I missed the 100,000 at L.A.’s CicLAvia
My plans to rent and ride in cicLAvia were not accomplished. Nonetheless, I had such a positive tour of LA this weekend with Katura and Chris! Growing up in southern California, I felt very disconnected and disempowered. It has taken me a long time to feel confident about living a life that expresses my principles…concepts…
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Insulating Your Refrigerator!
Everyone has heard of insulating your water heater. I had never heard of insulating your refrigerator. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. Once I heard about it I went and collected a few links for our eco-sensible pleasure: http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=005kwL http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/project-shag-carpet-your-refrigerator/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/hackleman56.html http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/save-energy-insulate-refrigerator.php http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/ecomodding-my-fridge-14413.html http://ecorenovator.org/diy-superefficient-fridge-1-kwh-day/ http://ecorenovator.org/diy-passive-cooled-fridge/ (I had also not…
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Agave: as useful as hemp and more edible, too!
The recent problem with bat diseases might become a threat to agave pollination. I’m also fascinated with how many uses the agave fiber has been put to…fence posts, even! Another remarkable product is sisal rope. BATS AND AGAVES.
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Car-free with Four Kids! (Shareable.net)
This is an inspiring article about a family that decided to go car-free in 1994. Amazing to think that the average american spends $8,000/year on- and 84 minutes a day in their car. via Shareable: Car-free with Four Kids!.
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US: Last in Public Transportation (Huffington)
Seventy years of letting big auto and big oil shape public policy about public transportation has left our very language about paying for civic transportation crippled. We have the best government money can buy. Let’s vote with our dollar differently if we can. John Robbins: What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?.
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Roundup won’t solve world hunger (Grist)
I used to think that science in agriculture was a clever way to solve world hunger. I don’t feel that way anymore. You can guess how I feel about it. Weeds are becoming Roundup resistant. That and other good news below. How the agrichemical industry turns failure into market opportunity | Grist.
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The Story of Bottled Water – Boing Boing
I bought a steel Stanley thermos that fits in a bicycle water bottle clip. Good find. I truck coffee or water around with me everywhere. The Story of Bottled Water – Boing Boing.
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Bellingham High enters energy competition (The News Tribune)
That sounds exciting! Bellingham High students plug into alternative energy competition | Northwest News – The News Tribune.
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Use more oil = spill more oil: we buy oil thus BP exists!
Nate Hagens writes a somewhat obvious opinion, but very important point about the oil spill and our responsibility as oil consumers: If you are a vegetarian, off the gridder who walks everywhere and doesn’t buy anything via corporations, then YOU have the ability/right to complain about your share of the commons that is being impacted…
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The Dropout Economy (TIME)
Article paints a picture of a world The idea that where local economy and low-energy post-peak-oil exist, and ties it together with educational retention rates. Smart people drop out of school, I’ve met many. Unconventional, un-corporate thinkers (read entrepreneurs) will help lead by example in creating practical local low energy economies. The Dropout Economy -10…
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