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Last week was more than a little bit of a test on my nerves: fires broke out directly east of my home. I was scared to say the least… scared enough to not sleep for days. Thankfully, the fire is under control and life is back to normal. But in those moments of almost… okay… […]

You remember junk mail, right? It’s that stuff that comes in the mail that you don’t want—the credit card offers, the catalogs that companies send you based on similar purchases and buying your name off a list, and other assorted postal flotsam and jetsam. Sometimes we’re so inundated by spam and more careful about our […]

Has anyone else noticed how quickly the world is starting to forget about “Going Green” since April ended? Magazines that were once filled cover-to-cover with ways to live green are now back to their regularly scheduled program. Commercials that reinforced making your home a “green home” have gone back to their typical laundry detergent and […]

Anyone who has watched Al Gore’s documentary film An Inconvenient Truth knows that it can seem incredibly disempowering to witness the massive destruction that global warming is inflicting upon the Earth. And the whole problem seems overwhelming when confronted with said inconvenient truths, but Mr. Gore gave us some actionable advice at the end of the […]

While the saying it’s not easy being “green” still holds true in some areas, it is becoming easier to be green than ever before. That’s because of an increasing education of the general public regarding the environment and the growing willingness of local governments to take on greater ecological responsibility.
Whether you live in one of […]

People have started confessing their compost failures to me. Not sure why. I’m no genius of rot and I like to think I don’t proselytize. Maybe my grubby garden jeans confer the appearance of moral authority.
I’m surprised by how many people quit composting after one bad experience. That’s no way to get anything done. If […]

My review copy of Michael Recycle landed on my front porch just in time for an afternoon playdate… and ended up being the topic of conversation for the rest of the afternoon. The kids, ages 5 through 8, loved the bold coloring of the fantastic illustrations and found the writing to be hilarious!
Michael Recycle is […]

Spring is here and ’tis the season for spring cleaning.  I’ve been spending the last week or so going through all our closets and drawers, making piles of things to get rid of.  I’m trying to streamline a bit, and having less “stuff,” is part of the grand plan.  But what to do with what […]