So I'm currently reading Food Not Lawns and am totally loving it. It has a MAJOR activist bent to it -- the author has worked with Food Not Bombs and Greenpeace, as well as lots of other non-profit orgs ( Read more... )

My wife gets the Toronto Star headlines sent to her via email so as to cut down on paper waste. Recently, she saw this headline: The hopeless blight on our strawberries. It's not about bad weather affecting Ontario strawberries. Not at all. Rather, it's about the farmers no longer having a market in which to sell their produce. Why don't they have ( Read more... )

Recycled Paper Myths Debunked

The Complete Guide to Living with CFLs

Five Things that Are Worse than Global Warming

The U.S. One Dollar Coin
and why it's not all that Green

Coca-Cola agrees to take carcinogenic benzene out of soda

Ice melt unmasks odd species

Oh, and for those interested, Mercury goes direct today. Yay!

Consumerism

LS: 10 Ways to Green Your Spending

Simple: Buy Green Shoes (when your current ones wear out, of course)

Water

TH: Global Warming to Dry Up Ganges River

TH: How to Green Your Water

Grist: ...Smart Money is on Filter Systems

TH:Case Study for Flushless Urinals

TH: Argentinean Water Recycling Toilets

TH:How to: Eco-Laundry

TH ( Read more... )

A good reason to not eat red meat (or any meat at all)

Plant bamboo to reduce the load of CO2

What to do with polar fleece when you're finished with it

Watch this documentary, including the update in the special features.
Rent it, borrow it, WATCH IT. (Don't buy it -- that just creates more plastic.)

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... )

There's a lot I have to say on water conservation and what we can do and all that, but my ass hurts from sitting too long in my office chair. I need to get up and move around more. But before I do that, here's some stuff I wanted to share:

( Water Conservation Tips )

I have learned recently that plastic does not decompose. Ever. All the plastic that has ever been made will be around forever. Isn't that a nice thought?

Here's the reality, especially as it relates to our oceans:
Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?

Twenty-three countries, including Germany, South Africa, and Australia, have banned, ( Read more... )

Since sky burial is not likely to be legal or widely available by the time I die, I want promession instead. It's a new method that is not yet available, but it is much more likely to be so by the time I kick it. It was a procedure "developed in response to new European Union pollution laws." It's also known as an ecological burialThe Zoë Keating ( Read more... )

Tuesday night, I went to sgeimh_solais's place to hang out, and she made me plantains. THEY WERE THE BESTEST THINGS EVER!!! Soo yummy and crispy good. If ever she offers to make you plantains, do NOT hesitate. They are really fucking good ( Read more... )