So the next entry I was going to write, before the astonishing stupidity and arrogance of Caltrain distracted me, was about an interesting conversation I had with a friend the other night at a (terrific) party. I was chatting with him about vegetarianism and mentioned (as I do frequently here) that my primary concerns are the concerns of humane ( Read more... )

I received my cloth bags and Klean Kanteen a few weeks ago. I really love the cloth bags. They can be easily washed and dried (machine gentle cold wash or by hand, drip dry), are soft, hold a lot, are sturdy and don't rip, and are for some reason more likely to be remembered by me when I need them, where the plastic bags weren't ( Read more... )

Writing about something in public can be so motivating! Today I ordered a bunch of cotton bags and a few Evert-Fresh bags from ReusableBags.com, along with a Klean Kanteen. I'm generally a user of reusable bottles already, but there's been a lot going around about Bisphenol A. I'm not generally into getting too worried about that sort of thing, but ( Read more... )

I've been thinking lately about a goal I wish I had put on my 101: think about and implement ways to reduce my consumption of resources. Most notably, what I keep thinking about is how much I throw away, and how society seems to be organized so that everything comes with too much packaging and is meant to be disposable ( Read more... )

Good news first: On Monday morning, walking to work, I picked up the head of a red rose (no stem) from the sidewalk. It was a little damaged and dried out, but still beautiful. I couldn't just leave it lying there. I picked it up and cradled it in my hand for the rest of the journey to work. When I got there, I snipped off a little bit of the ( Read more... )