The following is a guest post by Hanmi Meyer, Diamond-Cut Life’s site admin. Portland Rise Above Plastics Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmental catastrophes of our generation. It is estimated that 60-80% of all debris in the ocean is plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down at sea and most [...]
Entries Tagged as 'conservation'
Ban the Bag Portland!
July 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability
Tags: activism·climate change·conservation·energy conservation·environment·green living·Oregon·outdoors·peak oil·petroleum·plastic·saving money·surfrider foundation·thrift·waste
Top Ten Tips On Xeroscape Gardening
May 31st, 2009 · 5 Comments · home & garden, nature, simplicity, sustainability
Xeroscapes and drought-resistant gardens can be vibrant, colorful and beautiful. They can also be less work and create lower water bills than needier, higher-maintenance lawns and gardens. Water is increasingly dear in the world in general, and using it with care is smart and forward-thinking. As an admitted biophile [lover of life-forms in general] who [...]
Tags: catmint·conservation·drought-tolerant·gailf548·green living·Oregon·outdoors·sage·urban farming·water·water conservation·xeroscape
Tale Of Wildlife Brought Back From Collapse
May 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · nature, sustainability
I cleaned up my desk at work right before leaving for Opal Creek Ancient Forest for the weekend, where I am now. I’m so proud of finally cleaning my desk it almost warrants a post of its own. But a single sheet of paper I found in that process vibrates with life and trumps [...]
Tags: Colorado·conservation·development·environment·fishing·hunting·life·Oregon·outdoors·Tim Solley·wilderness Opal Creek Ancient Forest·wildlife
Bike. Walk. Joy.
March 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments · energy, health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Did you know that 40% of trips made in the U.S. are two miles or less in length? That’s walking and bicycling distance. Yet cars are currently being used for most of those trips. So much physical, sensual pleasure being bypassed as we vegetate in our vehicles! And carbon emissions needlessly created. And overweight-ness perpetuated. [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·conservation·energy independence·exercise·fossil fuels·fun·happiness·life·outdoors·technology·walking
Renewables Are Not Sugar-Daddies, But Equal-Opportunity Lovers
March 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · energy, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
In his lean, lovely book Deep Economy, Bill McKibben explains that we should see wind and solar energy as our partners in meeting our energy needs. They’re not sugar-daddies, like fossil fuels, giving us whatever we want when we want it. (OK, sugar-daddy is my phrase, not Bill’s. So is equal-opportunity lover). We have [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·conservation·consumption·fossil fuels·green living·happiness·life·oil·Oregon·renewable energy·Sebastiano Pitruzzello·solar energy·sugar-daddy·technology·thrift·wind turbines
