Hey, bringing back an old favorite of the blog, where I pass along a helpful link or idea that is rather earth-friendly in the hopes of swaying my mother into the 21st century. She recently got an iPhone, which is something massive to celebrate because it means she has a phone that no longer flips […]
This book is all about my sister. She likes to pick on me for reading bizarre books about singular topics like Milk, Salt or obscure historical moments (like a whaling boat that sunk or how the radio was invented. Look, I’m a weird guy. But I love these books and I know I get more […]
Because somewhere my sister will lock herself in a closet and watch this about 6,287 times. Because that’s the kind of geeky scientist she is. I can also imagine her brain wheels spinning on how she could write her own rap based on environmental science as well. MC Chels rapping about soil and water sample […]
I’ve walked by five places of business in the last 24 hours that are all doing that same idiotic thing. They are blasting the air conditioning and propping the double doors to their establishment wide open when it’s 87 degrees outside with 60% humidity. This is the kind of idiot behavior my mother scolded me […]
OK, I really hate using this title on this particular post, but I guess I made this bed with my eco-themed series, so I gotta sleep in it. This post is about underwear. About two years ago I came across a situation Jerry Seinfeld put adequately. This meant it was time for replacements. I did […]
I’ve become a steady follower of 350.org, and when they absorbed local 1Sky into their network, I was sad to see a voice get absorbed into a larger body but excited nonetheless for 1Sky to get some much-deserved love from the climate community. Anywho … last weekend was PowerShift conference here in DC, and while […]
It’s Earth Day, which means your favorite eco-preferred person (that would be me) is going to share some links and videos on things we can do to help protect this mortal coil we call home. First up, a cool animated short about water. Oh, and it’s narrated by Kristen Bell, who’s hot. So that helps. […]
Before I left for Ireland, I did partake in a cool little cooking experiment. My mother-in-law, knowing my addiction to cooking, smoking and creating our own food instead of having to buy everything, bought me a cool book, called Jar It, Pickle It, Cure It. The book has all sorts of easy recipes on making […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve greened my mother, so it’s time to bring back this popular feature, which is more about passing along green/eco tips to everyone, but putting my mother in the spotlight because … well … it’s always enjoyable to poke fun at my mom. She knows it’s from a place of love. […]
My mom’s been doing lots of things to improve her eco footprint, but there’s no shame in nagging her about more things she can do. Plus, most of the time it’s not me nagging her; I just need an excuse to talk about more things I’ve learned and what better way to do it than […]