Kellie, from Greenhab is hosting this month’s APLS carnival, and she asks this:So, I’m wondering when, where, how, and how much you proselytize living green? When do you just let it go? When is it not worth it to start something? Or do you always speak…
This month I hosted the APLS blog carnival and had a great round of contribution regarding all matters of size.For Robbie becoming a mom was what got her serious about her environmental efforts, so the increase in family size played a big role in how s…
As I pondered what to make for dinner tonight I recalled the milk sitting in the fridge that needs to get used up and thought “Curry dishes are milky, I bet I could make that.” So I set out on epicurious.com to read a bunch of recipes, largely ignored…
The past couple weeks I’ve been on vacation. After 6 weeks of an intense graduate school program I was very ready for the time off, but only 3 days into being home with no plans I was itching for a task, a project, someone else to entertain me, anythi…
First, wow, I can’t believe I haven’t posted here since May. I mean, I can, since I’ve been using twitter (@crstn85) to broadcast my thoughts, and since I haven’t had a day off since Memorial day, but still, I used to use this blog regularly. Sorry b…
Right now I’m in the worst part of allergy season. I’m on so much medication to remain semi-functional that I can no longer tell which symptoms are side-effects and which are regular old symptoms. Being environmentally friendly isn’t exactly my numbe…
So, like any good eco-nut, I can’t bear to think of throwing away food scraps that could return to the Earth and feed my vegetables rather than being trapped in a land fill. I did some research, decided that a worm bin would be great, and set everythi…
I went to clear off my camera today before we start a photo project at school, and discovered the only photos I’ve taken are of plants. Not that surprising since it’s both planting season and plants dominate my apartment, but still makes me feel like …
When I got home from work last Friday afternoon I turned on the computer and plugged in my modem - standard procedure whenever I get home. However, something not so standard occurred - my computer didn’t connect to the internet. My first reaction was…
Ok, so I joined this Facebook group/application/whatever called Hot Dish. I think they are associated with Grist.org. Their tagline is ’serving up the hottest climate news’ so ever so boldly I assumed they would be a ‘green’ organization. In the 4 m…
