The Ethics of Eating Animals

The Ethics of Eating An...

Throwing down my burrito this morning, I had finally had it. The industrial oil was clearly tastable, and the chicken tasted like someone had assorted mushed paper mache with chicken flavoring in a kiln. Awful. I nearly threw it up. I picked up a paper that discussed animal consumption...
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Recycle Your Pantry

Recycle Your Pantry...

Keep thinking you need to go shopping when you really need to get looking for recipes? Do you throw out perfectly good remainder foods because “you just don’t use it”. The trick is to start husbanding food wisely. Close the lid tightly when returning containers...
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Turn off the AC

Turn off the AC...

In writing about the electronics practices of businesses to winterize green, an observed stumbling block emerged. When businesses and home thermostats should be set to 68 degrees, a lot of public buildings are set to cool air to a much lower temperature. Now, how can that be green?...
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More Ways to Increase Fuel Efficiency

More Ways to Increase F...

More winterizing tips 1. Hold Heater ‘Office Hours” Turning the thermostat down to 68 degrees is wonderful, if the whole family doesn’t get sick and start missing school and work. Get the family used to “office hours”, a set time each evening and morning...
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Winterizing the House

Winterizing the House...

Truss Built Home Now is the time when everyone wants to get the bills lowered and the food budget raised. Just one problem: in a sustainable household the math doesn’t alway meet in the middle. Here are some ways to change that. How many have you accomplished?  1. Lay down...
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Obama buys $4800 recycled chandelier

Obama buys $4800 recycl...

I read about this on the weekend. The craft of chandelier making from recycled resources seem to be getting on in vogue. A $4800 chandelier made for recycled materials was bought by President Barack Obama for his two daughters. That’s some pricey recycling.  The dream is alive,...
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Leftover Pumpkin Recipes

Leftover Pumpkin Recipe...

Recycle and Re-use Your Inner pumpkin (flesh) and make these delicious post Halloween cuisine items. *** Using leftover or canned pumpkin and applesauce instead of oil, this fat-free vegan pumpkin bread recipe has plenty of flavor, fall spices and moisture, but without the added...
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Reduce Winter Heating Costs

Reduce Winter Heating C...

1) Protect your system. Change furnace filters regularly to keep your air clean and to ensure maximum air flow. If your home, apartment or condo unit has an individual furnace or boiler, have it inspected by a professional. A furnace that works properly will be more efficient...
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Recycled Soup

Recycled Soup...

This time last year I was in a winter cottage with yards of fresh packed snow ice frozen on the ground. Even as chain lined tires and four wheel driven vehicles stumbled out of the rack every third or fourth day, the dill in the garden came out great. The fried green tomatoes came...
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Grow Your Holiday Cheer

Grow Your Holiday Cheer...

This wheelbarrow sacrifices rain catchment Is your budget thin this year for Christmas gift giving and holiday cheer? Gift exchanges are a cemented part and parcel of the consumative volcano that is the Western holiday season. And it’s too bad, because the mountains of wrapped...
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