From Casaubon's latest post: http://casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-fast-is-global-warming-happening.html

I'm married to a scientist, and generally speaking, scientists are carefully trained to equivocate - to say what they don ( Read more... )

Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down
Week 17: Toys R Not USWe're all doing just fine. Not a lot of time to spend at the computer, though. We have weathered the storm of A getting his gut flora situated, which involved lots of scream-crying and hideously agonizing gas pains. Things are much better, even though his poo stinks more now ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to the coyote-lovin' ocelot! :-)

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Barefoot, Bearded and In the Kitchen: Feminism Post-Peak

Alrighty, this essay totally rocks my socks. I want to give sample quotes to entice, but I can't decide which ones would be best because there are too many.

Water
Water-Saving Tips
The 40-Hour Drought

Go Organic
Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
Organic fruit and vegetables really are better for your heart

Casaubon's Book
52 Weeks Down: Week 12 - Get Your Kids Involved

Pick Up Your Hat[this short story by Robert Heinlein that she summarizes in the previous paragraph] illustrates just how hard it is to live your life as though you believe bad things are going to happen to you. Even when we know they are likely, even when we see things forthcoming, it is awfully hard to pick up our hats and set aside one set of ( Read more... )

courtesy northbard:
Message in a Bottle
most potent quote: it's reasonable to ask as you reach for the next bottle, not just "Does the value to me equal the 99 cents I'm about to spend?" but "Does the value equal the impact I'm about to leave behind?"

courtesy Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down Series
Week 10 - Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, Do Without
It ( Read more... )

from Instructables:
Make rope out of dead plants -- with no tools

Reuse old printer ribbons and video tape to make rope!

from Casaubon's Book:
The Bull's Eye Diet
Premise: 'instead of one 100 mile (or 200 mile or whatever) diet, we think in terms of a bulls eye model, which emphasizes bringing as much of your diet as possible home to your local ( Read more... )

Yay! New Week = More Depressing Posts! Woot!

Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down - Week 9 - Deplasticize Your LifeLiving Plastic Free in 2007: http://plasticfree.blogspot.com/Read more... )

Casaubon's Book is a blog on blogspot written by a thirty-something homesteader in upstate NY. She's all kinds of crunchy and writes interesting, useful, and incredibly insightful sorts of posts. I really like the majority of what she has to say ( Read more... )