Today’s entry was sparked by carmen’s sister inquiring about mercury in compact florescent lights (CFL).
We are currently working to move from incandescent light bulbs to CFLs because they use substantially less energy than incandescents. We’ve been silently working on this for a few weeks now and as we try new things so do we [...]

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So, lea already gave you the low-down on our recent purchase of new reusable water bottles.  We each wanted different things out of our new bottles, and I chose a Sigg bottle.
 This one:
 
SIGG 1.0L Lifestyle 2006 Series I – Reusable Bottle - in the “curves (black)” style
Purchased (of course) from reusablebags.com – can’t say enough good things [...]

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Long before studies came out about the potential problem with nalgene bottles I stopped using mine because I could never get them clean enough. Washing by hand left me with soap-flavored water for days on end (despite my obsessive rinsing) and the dishwasher left all kinds of funk inside. Just thinking about it makes me [...]

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This past week has been light on the change our lives and save the planet front. Work, school, and other personal events have made it hard for either carmen or myself to even think about anything other than being at home and relaxing in front of the TV.
Today though, I have been reading about carbon [...]

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Hurray! My homeland is learning about recycling and the badness of plastic bags!

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Sometimes, in spite of everything, both carmen and I have sinking feelings of despair and hopelessness when it comes to making a difference. This project, while still in its infancy, has helped to improve these feelings – we feel empowered and already feel that we can make a difference.
So far, I have found that [...]

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My task of the week is to find suitable replacements for our nasty household cleaners – some of which make it hard for me to breathe after I use them. I know that can’t be good. My other goal is to find products which are comparable in cost to our current cleaners.
This pdf file has [...]

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I read an interesting article on treehugger today about Microsoft Vista. This came days after carmen advised me that she loved Vista because it had lots of “little widget thingies” (her words, not mine). Being the geek in the house, I have read the articles about Vista, even way back when it was still called Longhorn, and [...]

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Disposable = Bad
The idea of trying to change my life and habits in order to “be green” can be somewhat overwhelming at times.  After only a short period of trying to learn about what I can do, I am already amazed at the sheer volume of information and ideas I find every day.  Which is great – it [...]

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Want a green job? Carmen sure does, that or a successful career in something involving yarn, it’s hard to tell sometimes. Me, I just want to break things test software for Google and make a lot of money so carmen can afford her unhealthy addiction to fuzzy string.
For those of you looking for a green job, [...]

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