Hybrid: a result of cross-breeding. Easter: a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ — celebrated the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox.
Wait a minute. Easter is famously Christian, but its timing is completely earth-centered, ruled by nature, which is to say it is pagan. Easter is a hybrid holiday. Christianity has been shown by scholars to have deep roots in the earlier earth-centered religions
Tags: Christ·earth·Easter·equinox·hybrid·life·rebirth·religion·resurrection
Don’t get me wrong; I think Craigslist is cool. But I’ve recently learned from the Business of Green blog about CRAGs, which I think are even cooler.
CRAGs are Carbon Rationing Action Groups, active mostly in the United Kingdom, so far. People join to become mutually supportive and accountable about lightening their carbon footprint.
Why do I find this so relevant? All my experience tells me that it’s only when
Tags: carbon·carbon footprint·climate change·CRAGs·Craigslist·development·economics·environment·global warming·International Herald Tribune·Portland
Every household has its own little culture. Within Thor’s and mine, I did the unthinkable last night: I drove (did not walk) the 3/10 mile from our house over to choir practice.
This was not even in the Prius or other hybrid we have yet to purchase, but in our 1993 Nissan Sentra. As I was stepping out the door to walk to the church, I realized there
Tags: biodiesel·carbon footprint·church·culture·Drive Less Save More·early adopters·hybrid·life·New Yorkers·Oregon·PC·politically correct·Portland·Prius·rain·RETC·Southerners
I wrote on Monday about what a blast Thor and I just had on a Portland Parks and Recreation trip to Crater Lake, Oregon. Who’d have thought that skiing in a snowstorm could be so fun?
Since my vision of the diamond-cut life involves true sustainability, how sustainable was this group venture? Well, our crew of 22 created far fewer emissions with our snowshoes and cross-country
Tags: ATV's·carbon footprint·climate change·Crater Lake·culture·environment·global warming·happiness·life·petroleum·polypropylene·Portland Parks·skiing·snowmobiles·snowshoes·vanpools
When I was on Amtrak’s Empire Builder train heading east to Glacier last fall, I met a friendly mortgage broker in the lounge car as we clackety-clacked through the Gorge. We chatted (a longtime habit of mine).
“My industry made loans to people who were in no way ready to buy a house,” she said. “It’s not ethical. You should form a relationship with people who can’t yet
Tags: Amtrak·Bear Stearns·culture·development·drunk·economics·Empire Builder·ethics·greed·money drunk·mortgage broker·susb-prime
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