by Alison Wiley I have been corrected. Supporters of Run 7 On 7 (see earlier post) have told me that Linda Quirk is traveling to all seven continents to run marathons by herself, and is not taking others with her, as a runner here in Portland had reported. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I think it’s [...]
Entries from November 14th, 2008
Revisiting Run 7 On 7
November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Birthday Dancin’
November 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · community, entertainment, health & well being, lifestyle
What’s your favorite low-carbon way to celebrate your birthday? (Today is my birthday). Mine has got to be dancing with a group of people. My friend and former housemate Micki invited me and three other dancing fools to Billy Bang’s here in Portland last night to dance to The Insomniacs, a blues/rock band. What a [...]
Tags: culture·dancing·exercise·green living·happiness·Insomniacs·Oregon
How To Slash Your Electricity Bill
November 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · energy, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
by Alison Wiley My diamond-cut household’s monthly electricity use is about half the national average. Besides saving more than $450/year, we’re lowering our carbon footprint because even here in Oregon, coal-burning fuels about 36% of our electricity. And our house is happy, not deprived (diamond-cut = chiseling our consumption down to the core of happiness). [...]
Tags: aerators·carbon footprint·CFL's·Dano·electricity·energy conservation·Energy Star·green living·Oregon·refrigerator·thrift
Bicycling In The Mist
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, transportation
Yesterday morning I was working at home here in Portland, looking out my living-room window at the cool, misty day. I needed to go down to Metro, just over four miles away, for an afternoon-long meeting. Like most all people in a city, I had a choice-point: how did I want to transport myself from [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·carpooling·energy ndependence·exercise·green living·halfandheart·happiness·Oregon·outdoors·thrift·walking
Cartwheels Of Joy
November 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
In all my life I’ve never seen such open exuberance on the faces of middle-aged adults as I saw last night at Richard’s election party after Barack Obama was declared the next President of the United States. Of course, mine was one of those faces, and so was my husband Thor’s. Richard’s daughter Kate, 15, [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics
