Grist featured an article this week about the “war” between the city and the suburb. (Yikes – talk about a loaded word in a liberal military household.) I am still trying to figure out where I stand on this one – there are valid arguments in both camps (and some kind of ludicrous ones as well).
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Today, yesterday, tomorrow – water. Okay, so not actually tomorrow, but for this Sustainability Saturday I’m going to continue with yesterday’s Blog Action Day theme of water. But in retrospect, that post seems a little gloomish to me. And I don’t want to be a gloom shroom, so today’s water roundup is going to be all about solutions.
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As promised and intended for last week, in honor of the fact that I have spent the last two weeks canning things (and that there appears to be no end in sight), this week’s Sustainability Saturday is about canning. There’s not much more to say about that except thank goodness for the internet! I don’t…
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In the spirit of disaster preparedness and zombie attacks, I present to you this super-cool disaster planning tool. I’m not being end-of-the-worldish here, but I think this kind of thing is a good exercise that can bring to light some of the areas in which your household is disconnected with your community. What I want to know is where is the little zombie icon under the “What to do if…” section? What to do if… ZOMBIES!
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