The following is a guest post by Jim Meyer. Diamond-Cut Life welcomes your topical submissions. If you would like to write a guest post, please contact us. Let’s get frank about the current pressures on the US lifestyle and environment as it’s been constructed up to now: A lot of people are getting [...]
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How To Change Things For The Greener, Anywhere
June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · community, food & drink, health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Tags: best picture·bicycle·car-free·cars·climate change·convenience·culture·development·early adopters·economics·environment·grassroots·green lifestyle·green living·happiness·Infrastructure·neighborhood·parks·public transit·social change·sprawl
Heating Our House With Biodiesel
February 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · sustainability
I got up at 5 this morning and immediately put on my fleece pants, top and socks. (It’s a bummer that fleece is so great when it’s derived from petroleum). I was still cold so I turned the heat on — not petroleum.
Thor and I have almost pure biodiesel (B99) in our oil furnace. We bought it from Star Oil, who bought it from SeQuential Biofuel. So we’re heating
Tags: B99·biodiesel·carbon footprint·climate change·energy independence·environment·ethanol·fleece·fuel pump·furnace·global warming·green lifestyle·heat·oil furnace·petroleum
The Happy Land Of Both/And
January 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Today’s post is a brief one as I sit here at Stumptown Coffee in southeast Portland, Oregon. I’m sipping from a real mug instead of a disposable cup. Have you ever noticed how much more sensual the porcelain feels against your lips than a flimsy paper cup? How pleasing its warm weight is in the palm of your chilly hand on a winter morning?
It turns me on, to be honest.
Which
Tags: carbon footprint·climate change·coffee·culture·environment·ethics·global warming·green lifestyle·life·No Impact Man·sensuality
Top Five Tips On Breaking Free of Credit Cards
January 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · money, sustainability
In my last post I talked about overspending with credit cards and overspending the earth’s resources needing a similar solution: live happily within our means. It feels so much better this way, believe me.
Here are my Top Five recommendations for how to break free of credit cards, based on how I did it. (Note: If your debt comes from medical expenses or not earning living wages
Tags: consumer debt·credit cards·culture·environment·green lifestyle·personal finances
