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From Desert To Forest

December 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · lifestyle, nature

I was born in the Southern California desert: Joshua trees praying to the dry sky , rain so rare that kids stayed home from school when it fell, eucalyptus trees tangy in my nostrils. Avocados six for a dollar at children’s sidewalk tables, teenage girls working on their tans as seriously as their fathers worked [...]

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How To Save Five Hours A Week

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, food & drink, lifestyle

Do you suffer from time poverty, i.e. feel that you don’t have nearly enough time? I periodically do, and I’ve seen it termed an American epidemic. The irony and the good news is that many of what I call the over-activities eating up our time and stressing us are the same over-activities that are eating [...]

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Mountain Boarding: A Low-Carbon Sport

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · energy, entertainment, simplicity

One of our challenges in the face of global warming (and also terrorism, for that matter) is how to entertain ourselves independently of fossil fuels. Think about it: if we had a month-long interruption starting today in our gasoline and electricity supply, what would we do for fun? A friendly fellow I met last night [...]

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Green Wedding: Community As Capital

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · community, health & well being, lifestyle

I’ve read that the average wedding in the U.S. costs $20,000. (I wonder how many fights ensue over getting it all paid off?) Portland’s green wedding of the year, that of our friends Noelle Studer and Eli Spevak, was long on community, short on materialism. The joy and vitality were palpable. Here Eli and Noelle [...]

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