A couple weeks ago I ran into a couple on the bus who needed directions to the Boulder International youth hostel. They asked about other things to do in the neighborhood and I thought I’d post my list here. The hostel is located on “The Hill”, a residential and light retail area just west of the CU Boulder Campus and I’m only including things that one can get to on foot or with a short bus ride.
I woke up to a nice synchronicity today. Tatsuya Ishida, who draws the webcomic Sinfest, neatly mirrored something I’ve been thinking a lot about over the past month or so. Namely how in the past 40 years we’ve come to a place where it’s nearly normal to buy everything we need from some corporation or another. Here’s the strip.
‘nuf said for today. Have a great weekend.
I grew up in a libertarian household that was won over to the Republicans in the age of Reagan’s “government is the problem” 80’s. I have an innate skepticism about turning to the government for solutions. But in the late 80’s I started getting involved in churches and learned a different lesson. In a church, the pastor and the board can set a direction, but people are basically going to do what
I haven’t posted here in a while… trying to do more direct activism lately. But I’d like to pass on some excellent sources for understanding what’s going on with our finances.
This is an interview (half an hour) from Fresh Air discussing how our current crisis parallels the Great Crash of 1929, which marked the end of the Roaring 20’s and the beginning of the Great Depression. What I
In my real life, I’m active in a vibrant, urban church. In fact, I’m on both the Fundraising Committee and the Board. This after a decade of doing youth and young adult ministry. One of the things I am wrestling with now is how I can do a better job of integrating my concerns about climate change and peak oil into my work at the church.
My concerns are very much influenced by my faith. I think
Thanks to The Joy of Cooking, I have finally, actually made lemonade at home.
I grew up with the powdered or frozen concentrate kind, and I’ve found myself buying bottled lemonade, or the kind in a carton, over the last few years. This was frustrating, because my tastebuds tell me it’s basically a simple drink, and I’ve been using more fresh citrus in my cooking.
But my experiements with mixing
Two big pieces of news this week, as far as I’m concerned. The first is that it seems the SUV is finally starting to go the way of the tail fin. That’s a win.
And then Senate Republicans blocked passage of the first, very tentative, US bill to address global warming. Their argument was that the bill would eliminate jobs and raise gas prices… which seems painfully short-sighted to me.
When it
This week the elements of the stew that is my thoughts contain these: Reaction to reading the books Littleheathens and Affluenza, a good friend of mine calling me a hippie — a few times, and starting to read Simple Prosperity, a follow-up book to Affluenza, written by one of the Affluenza writers and local guy David Wann.
I don’t mind getting called a hippie. Some of my favorite people in my
Good article in The Economist last week exploring the reasons why energy efficiency is not pursued more vigorously as an avenue for investment. The bottom line reasons why it should:
It returns 10% to 17% annually. (The S&P 500 historically gets 12%.)It requires reduces carbon emissions.The reasons why it hasn’t been more actively pursued by individuals:
Individuals tend to demand a return on
I’d heard that Colorado HB 1270 — which would prevent HOA’s from restricting solar installation, shades designed to lower energy costs, installation of attic fans and vents, and from installing clothelines — had passed the House, but I didn’t hear through the same grapevines what had resulted.
I did some poking around today, and found articles on a number of HOA sites that suggested there
