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Eliminate catalogs from your mailbox

Gah, I hate all those catalogs that pour in this time of year! I just signed up at Catalog Choice, which is free. I don’t feel I should have to PAY for the privilege of not receiving this crap, but this video mentions some of the other services available that do charge:

Save the trees! Save [...]

I love this little video that packs a lot of great information about the energy costs of our food:

Thanks to Small Failures for the link.

TV-free at last

Three weeks ago, I unplugged the idiot tube as part of the 90% reduction challenge, and then something odd happened: I started to like it. After a few days the incessant voices repeating slogans and jingles in my head began to fade away, and I could hear my own thoughts for a change. What a [...]

One hour, NO power

Sunday July 1st 2007: One Hour NO Power
At midday on Sunday July 1st 2007 we are asking everyone concerned about the effects of climate change to simply turn everything (non-vital) off for an hour. That’s one hour with no cars, computers, TVs, etc. Through your support and lobbying we would also like as many businesses [...]

Homemade yogurt

I forgot to take a picture of my homemade yogurt before I ate it but as you can tell, I ate it. Therefore, it passed the taste test. I sliced up a banana, added some stevia and pecans. All organic. Yummy. Not as tangy as I like, probably because I used storebought yogurt as [...]

Life-change to-do lists

I’m a list-making fool tonight. For one thing, I’ve narrowed down the veggies I want to grow on the balcony — the list needs more pruning. [Pruning! Get it? Me so funny.]

GROW LIST:

beets
sweet potatoes
potatoes
carrots
beans
tomatoes
onions
arugula

lettuce
dandelions
sunflowers
collard greens
chard
kale
spinach
winter squash
melons
berries

Then I decided I’d better write down all these goals and dreams that have been swimming around in my head, [...]

The nice thing about living in San Diego is that it’s never too late to start a garden. It’s just a matter of what to plant and when to plant it. Oh, and where. Kind of like the five w’s we learned in journalism class [who, what, where, when and um, how -- I know, [...]

Living off the land

Freedom is growing your own food. That’s the philosophy of Jules Dervaes and his three grown children. They are supporting themselves by farming almost every inch of their 1/10th-acre yard in Pasadena, California — complete with chickens, ducks and goats. Their amazing urban farm, which yields three TONS of yummy organic food per year, [...]

Getting mentally organized

I need to get organized, and I’m not talking about sorting papers and decluttering my home, though I need to do that too — oy, do I! No, I’m talking about mental organization.
In the past month or so — since Earth Day, really — I’ve been obsessively reading everything I can about how to [...]

What–give up my fridge?! Hmm…

Greenpa lives without a refrigerator and has for 3 decades. He says if you live in a city- you do not need a refrigerator. AT ALL. And there are people who are trying it. Wow. I’ve just experienced a mind shift.

So I’ve decided what the hell, I’m going to join the 90% reduction challenge and, over the next year, try to cut our household emissions/consumption to BY 90% of the average American use. Since we already use less than most families, it shouldn’t be as painful for us. I hope.
I just checked our electric bill [...]