My last post regarding our electricity consumption shows that taking a bit more care has made a difference. We are less than 50% of our last reading. We have 9 days to go but we are well below 50% and should easily reduce our electricity bill significantly.
I would think that a few factors have combined […]
You know I hate junk mail, but I did get some good unsolicited correspondence the other day — Arlington’s Car Free Diet brochure.Arlington is encouraging residents to save money, clean the environment, and improve health by not using our cars. The be…
After the marathon training, I had a huge knot in my back that would not go away. There were free massages for runners, but I was so tired after the race that standing in line in the cold was not something I wanted to do. I looked around for green sp…
The day after Thanksgiving is, of course Buy Nothing Day. Celebrate it with me!For those of you who feel one day is just not enough, there’s also Buy Nothing Christmas. This is my kind of holiday. I am a huge Grinch, and I’m not shy about my Christmas …
I have been following the story about Yahoo’s tragic failure to do the right thing that resulted in the imprisonment of two Chinese. This has led to a significant hardship for their families.
For a long time Yahoo did nothing.
Then under a scathing attack by a US hearing they have started to address their issues. It […]
As part of the marathon’s environmental impact, all registrants were sent three issues of Runner’s World magazine. In my last issue (December 07) I saw an ad for the Green Team. This seems to be an effort by the magazine to help green up races. So f…
Written almost 20 years ago I still find “Flow” one of the most inspirational books on the subject of happiness that I have ever read.
I was interested in Mihaly’s latest introduction to the latest impression of the book:
“For as esoteric technologies proliferate and increasing powers of creation and destruction fall into the hands of the […]
A great idea if you have some free time online and want to stretch your mind a bit. Go to Free Rice and extend your vocabulary.
A warning though it can get addictive. And according to its front page it may may make you smarter.
For something that began only a bit over a month ago Free […]
This week I was at the American Public Health Association meeting. Wow. So many excellent talks on the environment and its impact on health. This is a huge conference with 14,000 people from around the world. We took up the entire conference center plu…
This week I was at the American Public Health Association meeting. Wow. So many excellent talks on the environment and its impact on health. This is a huge conference with 14,000 people from around the world. We took up the entire conference center plu…
