The framing was right. … even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -– because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy… The call to action was admirable. Meanwhile, China is not waiting to ...
Just a quick note to apologize to my RSS readers and anyone subscribed to the mailing list. Apparently when I put the new site design up, it released all of my recent posts to my feed. I apologize profusely for the horrible spam, and promise not to do that again any time soon (or ever, ...
I’ve been slowly catching up on all my regular blogs over the last several weeks. Taking a break from the computer over the holidays will set you pretty far back, especially if one of those holidays is New Years. So many people blogging their resolutions! Apparently, I missed the “One Green Thing” ...
Wow, what a week. First we had the senatorial election in Massachusetts. Whatever your politics, the election of Scott Brown was bad news for climate change policy in the United States (and possibly across the world). The cap and trade bill was already stalled, and now you can move it one vote further away ...
Last week I wrote about how when we’re presented with a choice, most of us stick with the default option. One commenter noted that it has worked for her family with gluten-based snack food. I bet it was far less painful than convincing her teenagers to forsake their cookies! Since then, ...
The title of this post is a shout out to a blog that I loved – Shouldn’t But Do (and its companion, Should But Don’t). Sadly, both blogs appear to have been abandoned by their creators. If you’re out there, Andrea and Jeff, come back. We miss you and all the ...
I am not comfortable with being called an environmentalist, which is funny considering how many times in a week I am called a hippy treehugger and respond with a grin and a nod. I’ve been thinking about it, and have come to the conclusion that I don’t like the environmentalist label because I associate it ...
Last night I found myself looking at my dinner and feeling pretty good about my choices. Healthy, homemade, frugal and tasty. Not to mention that it’s actual food. When you live by yourself it can be awfully easy to fall into a diet of beverages and snacks. I’m trying to be good about cooking for ...
Welcome to Part 2 of building a lasagna garden – this is the fun part! (In case you missed Part 1, I talked about everything you will need and how I got it all for free. Go check it out.) When we left off, I had a big pile of craziness in my driveway: ...
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