Mixed Green Messages
I just took a trip to San Francisco. The hotel I stayed in had some odd mixed messages related to green issues. They encouraged me to forego daily washing of my linens and towels so that I could help...
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One Laptop Per Child, and Me
Technology has the promise of being the great equalizer, or a great divider. I don’t think enough is being done to make sure that the benefits that the “technological have’s” enjoy are available to...
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Shaving Green
Our house keeps getting greener and greener. Tammy has done an awesome job of finding alternative products for us to use that are better for the planet and us. This process started in the kitchen and...
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In Defense of Food – An Eater's Manifesto
I just finished reading Michael Pollan‘s newest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. It is a well-written and well-researched book that dives into the Western diet and deconstructs it in...
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Deskjet Printer as Retail Display
(Lawrence, Kansas) While wandering around downtown Lawrence today I found this great use of an old unused Deskjet printer. I thought that was pretty cool!
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Break the Bottled Water Habit
I’ve posted before about the immense problems with bottled water. Tammy and I have been on a massive push to push all non-necessary plastic out of our lives banning bottled water was one of the first...
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Refill Products, Reduce Plastic Waste
Tammy drives a lot of our green decisions in the house. For a long time she’s been using all natural cleaning products. She doesn’t want the chemicals in typical cleaning products in the house, and we...
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Eco-Friendly Painting, Safecoat
Tammy has wanted to change some colors in our house for a while. If you’ve been to our place you know we are not afraid of color in any way. Our living room is orange, yellow and red. There are a...
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Windsource Savings
We have been enrolled in the Windsource program for years now, ever since it was first started. Windsource is a program that XcelEnergy provides that you can opt-in to buy renewable energy to offset...
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Bubblers Against Bottled Water
This weekend we went to the Minnesota Arboretum. It was ridiculously hot and when we got done walking around we entered the visitor center and were looking for a drink. I love this bubbler that has...
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