I feel pretty fortunate to be able to easily attend the Sundance Film Festival. Nearly every film is shown in Salt Lake City once during the 10 days, and it's much easier to wait list a film here than in Park City. Not being especially wealthy does limit how many films I see (tickets are $15 this year - contrast that with the first year that I went ( Read more... )

Many families like to stress the idea of charity during the holidays, but this year being what it is they may feel the need to pull back from charitible giving this year.

There's one event coming up that won't cost your family a dime -- the 3rd Annual Coat Exchange scheduled for Black Friday (known as "Buy Nothing Day" in activist circles) November ( Read more... )

Kiss Your Gas Goodbye - September 19, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. - First Unitarian Church (569 S. 1300 E. in SLC)

The Environmental Ministry of First Unitarian Church, Utah Interfaith & Light and Post Carbon Salt Lake invite you to this film and discussion. The topic - Kiss Your Gas Goodbye!  The opening film begins @ 7:00 PM.  From 6:30 to 7:00 PM outside ( Read more... )

Once the gas prices climbed to about $4 a gallon, I started to notice the size of vehicles around the parts of the city that I frequent go down - people were using smaller cars. And suddenly there were people everywhere on bike and on foot -- people of all shapes, sizes and ages. The car sizes have started to get bigger again, and I suspect that we ( Read more... )

I've been an amateur environmentalist since childhood --  moved in my earliest years by the commercials with the Native American man looking on while we trash our environment with a tear running down his cheek and also by the "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute" public service messages. I was about 5 months old on the first Earth Day and I won my first ( Read more... )

I'm feeling especially happy about walking these days.

In the winter I got tired of trying to traverse all the ice on sidewalks which was especially bad this year since we had so many snow storms. After taking two falls on unshovelled walks that had turned into solid ice, I ended up spending most of the rest of the winter taking Trax with the ( Read more... )

Let's see -- I've already changed all my light bulbs for compact fluorescents, cut waaaay back on using the car, cut meat out of my diet (years ago), we use environmentally friendly products, buy 93% of my (and family's) clothing at thrift stores, buy wind-power shares for our electricity use, recycle, buy bulk when possible -- now it's time to up ( Read more... )

I decided that I wanted to do some of my holiday shopping this year at the new Earth Goods General Store in Salt Lake City, which located at the corner of 900 East and 1300 South. I had time today to walk there, so I did.

Loved:

• The atmosphere of Earth Goods is very green -- cork flooring, natural wood fixtures. Good use of a formerly ugly building ( Read more... )

A chance to be part of Becker's Green plans for Salt Lake City:


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Week 2: I did use the car last weekend. I had intended to walk to the Avenues library on Saturday to pick up some items on hold -- but I chickened out with the heavy rainfall. I just couldn't get up the enthusiasm to walk over a mile up a steep hill while getting soaked. [Note to self: start having reserved items sent to main library which is much ( Read more... )