Category Archives: Environment

Food, Inc.

I want to see this movie.

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Snapware Glass Lock

I picked up one of these Snapware GlassLock containers at Bed Bath and Beyond this past weekend and I’m already smitten. Basically it functions like tupperware except it’s a glass bowl and a silicon lid. Read: no scary plastic chemicals … Continue reading

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Leaves

This is my wallpaper. Leaves + teal = obviously. Leaves and their annual magic show color-change have always been a part of my life. As a child, there were leaf piles to play in and special detours down Persimmon Tree … Continue reading

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Light My Way

If every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road. My parents were here last week … Continue reading

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I Should…

808Funk – Sunset Glow I just watched a charming little piece of propaganda billed as a movie on HBO (The Girl in the Cafe). While the movie trailers might have you think the movie is a romantic comedy, it’s really … Continue reading

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I’m Giving Up Premium Gasoline for Lent

I guess I must have built up a enormous amount of karmic debt by driving a premium gas guzzling SUV for the last 4 years because today, after pieces of my car were strewn about the road surface and it … Continue reading

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My Neighbors Think I’m an Activist

A week or so ago, I read an article in the New York Times Magazine about Toxic Breast Milk. It seems that in our desire to make all the polyurethane products that we use nonflammable, we’ve actually contaminated ourselves with … Continue reading

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