Go Green

i wish this was on youtube

this morning, waiting for an appointment while watching cnn, i saw an ad for the city of rockford ... that promotes recycling. a little girl acts as a judge, with a man in the courtroom acting clueless about where to take used tires and so forth. i didn't know what it was ...

i wasn’t planning to go there

but obama did say "renewable energy" and "climate change" in his acceptance speech tonight. at least i'm pretty sure. ooh, yep! “Washington has been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. In that time, he’s said no to ...

is this book poison?

people like to make fun of moms who are paranoid about plastic or unsafe toys from china. and they like to pick on books like this: "poisoned profits: the toxic assault on our children" by philip and alice shabecoff, which i heard about here. i'm no scientist, but you never know what ...

the t-shirt that didn’t make the cut

i didn't wear this t-shirt for the photo shoot: wasn't as colorful as pink. and plus, i REALLY wanted to keep it. it's by one of my favorite apparel makers, life is good. it says "green is good," and it's made from organic cotton, in the good karma collection. it's super ...

wanna win this t-shirt?

a few months ago, i bought this t-shirt, size M, from cafepress.com, because i needed to wear something for the photos to go with my rockford woman story about "living without plastic" for a week. or at least not buying it in its most noticeable forms. i washed it and hung ...

i had a flashback i was in college again, being chased …

... by a cushman, one of the little vehicles used by campus maintenance to zoom around and scare the pants off of half-awake students. this morning, driving into work on north second by sinnissippi park, i saw this little white truck. i thought, "i bet that's the one we're writing about." ...

green is the hottest thing to wear

ok, that might be an overstatement. it's back-to-school time, and while the kids love to pick out their folders and notebooks, what they really like to pick out is their clothes. i originally was "inspired" to write this post when i got a press release about eco-fashion, which meant "buy this sewing ...

sounds like a chicken and egg problem

at an energy summit in vegas this week (did you even HEAR about this? maybe i'm too caught up in back to school), big businesses like google and general electric said, "sure, renewable energy is great, but it's too expensive." so what are they going to do about it? i've seen ...

yep, we’re old. but what else does the mindset list say?

as i read the beloit college mindset list this week, i (of the class of 1994) had mixed thoughts. the list, which gets national attention each year in its effort to show teachers they are ancient and kids these days live in the modern world (sarcasm aside, with the greater purpose of understanding), ...

the grass is always greener when you don’t mow

i've heard a few people argue/joke that they're doing their environmental duty by not mowing the lawn. this article would say they're right. i had a friend once who had the old-fashioned push reel mower that sliced away rhythmically through the blades of grass. but i ...