While it might appear our nation is celebrating Osama bin Laden Week (as in our military having killed him), May 1-7 is actually National Drinking Water Week. Speaking for myself only, I have not walked around feeling tormented for the past decade by our failure to find Osama bin Laden, as one New York Times [...]
Entries Tagged as 'water'
Introducing: Resources For Good Living, Plus Contest With Two $50 Winners
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · energy, entertainment, food & drink, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation, work
My sidekick Hanmi Meyer and I are pleased to be posting this morning our new page Resources For Good Living. It’s a set of links, well-labeled and organized, to cool sites that help us increase our happiness and lower our consumption. While this opening date is a bit behind schedule (the summer solstice had been [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·consumption·contest·energy conservation·family·fun·gift certificates·green living·happiness·life·links·Oregon·outdoors·religion·renewable energy·resources·thrift·water
Ten Things You WON’T Find On This Site
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · lifestyle, work
1.) Ads. Don’t want ‘em. I’m jonesing for readership, not dollars. 2.) Hatchet jobs on anyone or anything. I’m here to be constructive, not tear things down. I’ve angered some people with some measured criticism, but at the same time I’ve suggested a positive path they might consider taking. I’ve even rewarded someone who took [...]
Tags: ads·cars·consumption·fun·green living·happiness·life·rich and famous·technology·thrift·water
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
No Boundaries
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, sustainability
The many good Earth Day activities last weekend got me to thinking: we act as if the earth is separate from us, with a big boundary between us and nature. I suggest that’s not accurate thinking, and not very joyful, either. I admit I have done this, too. It’s easy to think that we are [...]
Tags: Earth Day·Flatbush Gardener·green living·life·nature·Oregon·outdoors·water
