Wednesday June 4, 2008

turning green

These days, everyone’s going green. Even political pundits. Check out the Huffington Post’s new blog here.

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Wednesday June 4, 2008

5 eco-minded books on my shelf

Silent Spring, Rachel CarsonThe Botany of Desire, Michael PollanCollapse, Jared DiamondBig Green Purse, Diane MacEachernThe World Without Us, Alan Weisman

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Tuesday June 3, 2008

what’s that smell?

Oh, it’s me. I switched to deodorant that doesn’t contain all the baddies (chiefly: aluminum, a heavy metal that’s absorbed through the skin and has been linked to Alzheimer’s, though this is a controversial point). And

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Tuesday June 3, 2008

kaight is great

There was a time when if you said to someone that a clothing item was made of sustainable fabric you’d either get a blank stare or they’d imagine a burlap-like sack made of hemp. This, thankfully,

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Monday June 2, 2008

love animals, hate sprawl

If you don’t already know this about me, I’m about to let you in on something: I’m a sucker for animals. There really isn’t an animal I don’t like. Even the ugliest, most bizarre creatures are

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Monday June 2, 2008

save the planet: eat pb&j

To balance out the previous post about meat products, here’s an ode to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

There’s no dairy in your butter,no meat in your jelly;Oh, PB&J,get into my belly!

Alright, I’m no ee cummings

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Monday June 2, 2008

my own private omnivore’s dilemma

It can be tough being an omnivore these days — but it’s not hopeless. Even before reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, I considered the impact of my culinary choices and thought of myself as a

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Sunday June 1, 2008

buying less, living more

Ok, ya got me. This is a blog about things you can buy, which seems a bit contradictory to what I’m gonna say here. Buying less stuff is really one of the best things we can

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Saturday May 31, 2008

hittin’ the bottle of a different kind

Have you jumped on the reusable water bottle bandwagon? With all the news about bisphenol A and other endocrine-altering chemicals leaching from baby bottles and other water bottles, I wonder why everyone isn’t carrying around a

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Friday May 30, 2008

brush-a-brush-a, then recycle

The American Dental Association recommends we use a toothbrush for about 3 to 4 months and then replace it. Instead of amassing a collection of used toothbrushes to reuse for cleaning the crevices around the toilet,

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