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Happy Blog Action Day! Change.org, in partnership with groups like 350.org and the National Resources Defense Council, is pushing a climate change focus for today's Blog Action Day , and I am happy to be one of the 10,000 bloggers taking part. There is no issue more urgent than climate change. Issues like health care and poverty are tragic and pressing, but as scholar-activist Bill McKibben says, climate change is the one issue that our descendants will not be trying to fix in 100 years. The

Following on in our few days of very seasonal heating & energy themed posts, I thought it would be worthwhile for us to share our super-greenie tips for reducing energy consumption (and bills!). Whenever I read/hear mainstream media advice on cutting back on energy usage, it’s always the same basic stuff: put on a jumper, close your curtains and turn down your thermostat – very useful tips but when you’re already in your woollies, with your heavy lined curtains closed and your thermostat a

Good Insulation = Comfort—don’t let dreams of huge forcefulness fund cloud the fact that a well-insulated bag is a more easy home. By eliminating sources of heat loss, heat gain, and drafts, a broad calibre detachment employ module make for a warmer bag in the winter, a cooler bag in the summer, and more consistent, even temperatures year round.     * Soundproofing—Soundproofing is a nice side goodness of insulating your home. In fact, a beatific test of whether your bag needs an raise in the de

Ever imagined owning your own farm one day? Depending on which type of animals you choose to have on your farm, it can be quite a bit of work, which might not be the ideal retirement you had in mind. If you still want the farm, why not raise a low maintenance animal like the alpaca? These gentle creatures are not only easy to care for, but they also can provide us with a sustainable material. What is the difference between an alpaca and a llama? Alpacas are smaller than llamas (they weight betwe

We’re just trying to have some fun here… You’ve been working for ten long years to complete a 30′ tall sculpture of Queen Elizabeth out of 20,000 recycled Ballantine Ale cans and your kidneys are about shot. Putting your Hummer in neutral going down hills has saved you only .008 gallons of black gold per mile. You tried [...]