The Downside of Cheap Fast Food

The Downside of Cheap F...

The Downside of Cheap For all the grumbling you do about your weekly grocery bill, the fact is you’ve never had it so good, at least in terms of what you pay for every calorie you eat. According to the USDA, Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food, down from...
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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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Freecycler Power

Freecycler Power...

I am noticing a powerful surge in local Freecycle listings and give and take on both sides. here is the entry so you can see how minute the item listings might be and how every thing passed on instead of binned saves landfill and creates a re-use opportunity instead of a consumer...
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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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Is Las Vegas Green?

Is Las Vegas Green?...

Petropolitics aside, the broad desert spans of Nevada could be soaking up solar energy in record waves. The old saying what happens in Las Vegas stays in Vegas is never more untrue than in the waste disposal analysis and energy consumption of this desert oasis of sustainability reason. Green...
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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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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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Sierra Club Special Off...

Free Rucksack & Calendar for $15 donation. *** Join the Sierra Club! For a limited time, when you become a Sierra Club member we’ll send you the 1892 Rucksack and a Wilderness Wall Calendar – free! In addition, your membership will also earn you these exciting benefits: One-year...
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