ido30.org —– washing in cold water saves 80% of energy use
Little things, little things, right? We can and should keep moving forward towards less energy use and less CO2 emissions individually, collectively, and as consumers. So, Ido30.org caught my...
View ArticleMama Earth says, FML
You think YOU’RE depressed? Have you resorted to spiking your kombucha? Think how Mama Earth feels these days. Watch the video on chatroulette. Let’s not FML along with hers, huh? Tell her it’s not all...
View ArticleLawns – Less Than Heavenly
The below (source unknown) still makes laugh – and sigh. And cry. After all, it was back in 1991 that Michael Pollen, author of Second Nature, declared that lawns are “a symbol of everything that is...
View ArticleMOON CYCLES and the Diva within me – better than tampons, period.
Here it is again – information on the simple, convenient, healthy, money-saving, no-waste Diva Cup and The Keeper for women. If you haven’t made the switch, read on. If you have, send this to a friend....
View ArticleBountiful Backyards Shares “Beautility”
As enamored as I am with the entire idea of “food, not lawns”, I’m still intimidated at the idea of caring for a large garden of my own. I managed to get my tomato plants in the ground last week, along...
View ArticleWhere Balloons Go To Die
I run or hike on trails in the woods every morning with my dogs and I appreciate the fact that I’m out there on nature’s terms. It’s not exactly Wild Kingdom, but I’ve been up close and personal with...
View ArticleSummertime
“In summer we live out of doors, and have only impulses and feelings, which are all for action…” Henry David Thoreau Whew! So this explains my state of being over the past few weeks! My energy has...
View ArticleBack on the Horse…Bear…Bird…
Well, I said to myself today, so, I’m back on the horse with this writing thing and then this whole idea of getting back on the horse makes me think of Band of Horses, and Sparklehorse, and all the...
View ArticleAgtivists Strike Again
The Agtivists are changing the world. Or maybe it’s that change is creating agtivists? And in one of those “wish I had thought of that” stories, Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez, both students at UC...
View ArticleAs the World Rocks, the Music Leads the Way. Shakori Festival, 2011
Spring Shakori, 2011 It just keeps getting better. Music. Music Festivals. What This year’s Silk Hope, NC event at Shakori, screamed SPRING, as the rains have been coming, the grounds are more...
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