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I heard a lot of grumbling about this last week and I was going to wait a bit to watch the (r)evolution before commenting, but the AP just ran an article on Washington DC’s new tax on disposable bags. Every time you buy something… Continue Reading “Five Cent Bags”
The Sheraton in Seattle was running a pilot program last week. It was characterized as “going green”. The deal was that if you voluntarily forgo housekeeping service for one day, you will receive a $5 voucher for the restaurant. The vouchers can also be… Continue Reading “Pilot Program – Sheraton Seattle”
I like to carry around a bottle of water. Not very eco-friendly. I’ve been looking at the new stuff on the market, but none of them fit my personal requirements. Like diswasher safe. Then I found this one. Rubbermaid calls it the “Chug Bottle”. … Continue Reading “The Water Bottle Problem”
Dear Aquafina: While I admire your corporate commitment to minimizing the carbon footprint of my bottled water habit, I must say that your new bottles suck. I bought a case of 16 ounce bottles in the new packaging and am now about halfway through… Continue Reading “Stupid Eco Friendly Stuff”
Could I have a more pretentious title for a post? “Ask Umbra”, which seems to be a MSN column on all things green, did a piece on paper vs. digital books. Which is greener? The answer seems to be that if you keep your… Continue Reading “The Carbon Footprint of Digital Books”
The last couple of years, my grandfather and I having been doing donation gifts for each other at Christmas time. One year I gave him a donation to The Elephant Santuary, along with a print of a painting one of the elephants did. Seriously,… Continue Reading “Save the Rainforest for Christmas”
Here is one I hadn’t thought of before:MSN, where I spend my whole life, had a blog article on garbage disposals. Apparently, there has been a question of banning them to avoid the pollution to our water/sewage systems. Here was the conclusion: “The research… Continue Reading “Are Garbage Disposals Green? Enough?”
Ha! Look how green I am! The Chicago Tribune had an article about some British scientists talking about a good way to reduce one’s carbon footprint: Limiting family size is “the simplest and biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet for… Continue Reading “My Carbon Footprint”
I’ve been spouting this theory for awhile now, and because it is an unpopular theory that I dared not express at the lunch table, my mother has had to hear it a thousand times. I just got some validation. Panda bears are the Poster… Continue Reading “Endangered Species”
We like bottled water. It comes in bottles. That we can throw in the car, or knock over at our desks and not make a mess. Right now I have one leaning over a pillow on my bed, where I can reach it. Can’t… Continue Reading “Cost vs. Convenience vs. Health vs. Environment”
The Next Dark Age 