[This is from the archives, but it’s the perfect time to pull out this post again] I hate waste, so autumn drives me kind of crazy. All my neighbours sweep their leaves to the front kerb, where a big borough lorry comes along and sucks them up. Then, in the spring, everyone has a truck… Continue reading Build Your Own Leaf Bin
Category: Green
No Money for Public Transportation in Energy Bill
So, remember when Barack Obama stood up and said we were going to have to increase public transportation to help with the energy issue? I cheered, but thought ‘no way you’re getting the people I know in the US to take public transport’. Then I heard this report about how teenagers are less likely to… Continue reading No Money for Public Transportation in Energy Bill
Global Warming c.1958
Smart people were smart in the ’50s too!
Building A Leaf Bin
I hate waste, so autumn drives me kind of crazy. All my neighbours sweep their leaves to the front kerb, where a big borough lorry comes along and sucks them up. Then, in the spring, everyone has a truck load of mulch delivered. I say: stop the insanity! Build a leaf bin! It doesn’t take… Continue reading Building A Leaf Bin
Frustration-Free Packaging!
From time to time, standing in my kitchen wielding a blunt pair of scissors or doing the dangerous “Sabatier Knife Trick” on a reluctant package, I have gone off on my rant about how, come the revolution, all manufacturers will be forced to wrap their products in plain sacks … Well, apparently Amazon has read my mind. Again.
Earth Day
Earth Day Failures: Driving 12 miles there and back for a 20 minute appointment Getting lost on the way (even with GPS), and driving an extra 3-4 miles Sending A in for ‘hot lunch’, which is served on disposable, coated paper plates. Sending A to school with Cheese-Its in a plastic zip-lock bag for his… Continue reading Earth Day