archives for: environment
Jun-23-2008
Hoboken Farmers Market
If you don't get it locally, you just don't get it.
By featuring local products, the market was touting 'green' living before it was called 'green' living.
May-07-2008
A Plastic Conspiracy?
Is Big Plastic is out to get me? Will my story be told on 60 Minutes?
Cashiers who cannot understand the concept of not wanting to use plastic and finding bags in mailboxes. It makes a guy wonder.
Apr-22-2008
Happy Earth Day
The original Green Day seeing a comeback in the US
Remember the tree-hugging hippies of the 60s and 70s? Well, they're back. Only with nicer haircuts and business degrees.
Feb-07-2008
Environmental Poisoning
So you still don't believe in Global Warming, eh?
I've been trying to come up with an argument against the deniers of Global Warming. What will drive home the idea of action vs. reaction?
Dec-19-2007
Big Brown Adds a Little Green
UPS is using zero-emission vehicles in test areas
Big corporations are evil. We all know it. They're ruining the world around us. And then something like this happens…
Dec-18-2007
Hybrids Are Evil!
But then again ya gotta consider the source of this news
I stumbled upon this article completely bashing hybrid vehicles. Some of the statements do contain a grain of truth. For example, hybrids run on fossil fuel…
Dec-07-2007
Remove Those Bottle Caps
Did you know the cap is not recyclable? I didn't!
Recently reading about ways to further improve my life on the planet, I found a most disturbing fact. It seems that the caps on those recyclable plastic bottles are NOT made of recyclable plastic.
Dec-05-2007
What is Your Carbon Footprint?
Find out how your lifestyle impacts the environment
So I just took this online survey to see what my carbon footprint is. I always felt as though I lived a pretty environmentally conscious lifestyle. I recycle. I hardly ever drive my car…
Nov-28-2007
Oh that Fabulous Flicker
No, I’m not referring to the online photo sharing thingy…
…if I was, I’d have spelled it properly. Instead, I’m referring to that delayed flutter of light just after I switch on certain lights in my apartment thanks to my new compact fluorescent bulbs.
Nov-19-2007
Unclog Your Mailbox
Even in this digital age, we deal with tons of unwanted paper mail
Sure email spam is annoying. With me getting over 200 unsolicited, unwanted messages a day, checking my email can be a nightmare. Luckily 99% of these get caught by my spam filter and 99% of what is caught, I simply delete. On the other hand, take all of those damned paper catalogs…
Nov-11-2007
Three Down, Many to Go
Sacking the plastic bag habit
Not too long ago, I told you about my friend Chris Halleron who had begun a quest to rid his life of plastic shopping bags. I said back then that I would someday give it a try. Well, yesterday was that day. I took my first trip to the supermarket with my own canvas bag in hand.
Nov-06-2007
Too Naked for Texas
Alicia Silverstone's PETA ad is too risqué for Texas television
Proving once again that Americans are the most uptight people in all of western civilization, an ad for PETA was recently banned from Texas television stations. The ad features a naked Alicia Silverstone swimming around in what appears to be a Roman bath and enjoying every minute of it.