The Dishwasher is for DISHWASHING

The Dishwasher is for D...

I take exception to the growing trend of urging folks to use their dishwasher to perform services or render effects the machine was not built for.  Dishwashers, electric or not, conservational or not, are the lazy man’s luxury as it is. But why would you go to the trouble...
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Solar Decathlon Winners

Solar Decathlon Winners...

Team California won the Solar Decathlon in Washington D. C., for Architecture and Communications, and the University of Lousiana at Lafayette for won for Market Viability. More categorical wins will be announced. The Solar Decathlon houses will be open in the National Mall for public...
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Once More Into the Breach…

Once More Into the Brea...

Dam-cam Oregon: In Grant’s Pass, Oregon, the dam came tumbling down. On purpose. And the people threw up their hands and cheered…And if the fish could cheer they would throw up their fins in glee. Activists fighting their hardest to save the fish beating themselves against...
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Recycling Is Peanuts

Recycling Is Peanuts...

  green solutions           If there is one Great Blog to link to, it’s Jeff Yeager’s Cheapskate Blog. Spending less money is sustainable. Find ways to save money, reduce consumption, educate others, and learn new ways to recycle and re-use stuff you’d otherwise...
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Getting Crafty...

Turn off the boob tube this winter and get crafty. Stop using electricity and start a regeneration curve happening. Re-use thrift shop and discard items in utility crafts. Make gifts or just household helps. Assemble discard items in bulk or just work with shapes of tin, glass, aluminum...
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The New Hot Mess

The New Hot Mess...

Solar Powered Garbage compactors live up to their billing. More and more municipal areas are purchasing these units to crumple garbage without electricity and utilize solar power in yet one more way to keep the earth green and sustainable. The cordless solar power waste compactor...
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No Impact Man…

No Impact Man…...

The average American generate 1600 pounds of garbage a year. Try to imagine no electricity, no TV, an experiment in extreme no impact consumerism. No plastic razors and and no soda pop. Can people do it? Can people living in New York City do it? For a year? Eating nutritionally...
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Top 100 Green Companies

Top 100 Green Companies...

The recent issue of Newsweek has on its cover the top 100 green companies. This list is headed by Hewlett Packard, Dell, and many other familiar names. Even Starbucks cracked the top ten. But the really interesting reading comes when you read how they arrived at the rankings. Why...
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Unlearning Consumerism

Unlearning Consumerism...

I was scanning Stephanie Kaza’s excellent book “Mindfully Green” and an operative key phrase popped out. Unlearning Consumerism is the class we all need to take. The current generation of Western cultural residents have grown up in plenitude and conspicuous consumption. Pride...
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Warcraft the unGreenest of All

Warcraft the unGreenest...

Momma, don’t let your babies grow up to play Warcraft.   If there is a mother, father, grandparent, or caregiver whose child is learning or participating in Warcraft, apply a magnet to their computer, snip the power cord, and press a curling iron against the CPU of the respective...
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