Lead Story
Remember the Patriot Act….?
by: SharonOk, anyone remember the Patriot Act, you know that thing that Congress signed because we’d just had a great big disaster and everyone was scared and accomodating because they didn’t know what else to do? Remember how nobody really even read it, and it didn’t do jackshit to reduce the problem of terrorism, but it […]
{More»}Gasoline
Riot On: Gasoline Usage»by: Gina
If we want to get to a 90% reduction from the impact of the average American we need to know where we started. For the past six months I have been actively tracking our gasoline, electric, natural gas, and water usage. Today I am going to cover our current gasoline usage.
Amount […]
Water
Link day!»by: redstategreen
I haven’t done a link day in a long time, and I’ve found some lovely ones I thought I might share with you:
Okla-vore – this is a lovely little blog I just ran across, which has some really interesting links.
Next Up? The Food Crisis — by Bob Waldrop, who’s the founder and president of the […]
Food
Winter has arrived»by: RAS
Winter has arrived. Old Man Winter and The Crone are making themselves known. We’ve had hard frost the past two nights and it is going to be one cold week –an Alberta Clipper is coming through tonight. I sleep more in the winter, partly because of …
Waste
Bounty of Nature»by: wasteweardaily
When mother nature gives you free food, why waste it! Now how to preserve all those pears. If you have like I do, a tree in your yard that bears fruit, find a way to put it to good use. Give it away. Eat it or preserve it. In times of plenty gather what you […]
Cooking/Heating
One Local Summer beginning»by: Sarah
Inspired by my experience with the Dark Days Eat Local challenge, I am now participating in the far easier One Local Summer — participants agree to cook at least one meal per week entirely out of local ingredients, excluding salt, spices, and cooking oil. For the purposes of this, I’m defining “local” as “from within […]
Consumer Goods
Make Do»by: Emme
Rather than purchasing a costume, make a costume with what is laying around the house. (our mad scientist).
