It’s Mine, Not Yours

This morning’s New York Times article, ‘On the Internet, It’s All About ‘My’‘‘, took me straight to the current world food crisis. Particularly troubling, are the following statistics:
Matthew Zook of ZookNIC, a business that analyzes domain names, said domains that start with “my” more than tripled between 2005 and 2008, to 712,000 from 217,000. According [...]

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On Earth Hour Day, the Spotlight Is On the Lights . . .

I have taken the plunge, and indulged in a Flip Ultra camcorder . . . Here is what I saw during my walk on the Stanford campus yesterday:

Today is also Earth Hour 2008:
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement [...]

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Daring To Question The Twenty Ton Carbon Lifestyle

A trip to the neighbors across the street is almost always a culture shock. A peak into the reality of American culture and its excesses. This time, was Russell’s one year birthday party. You could tell from the street, by the balloons and the SUV’s parked in front. To get to it, we had [...]

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Are EcoMoms Taking Over?

EcoMoms have made it to the front page of the New York Times. This is an impressive group of green moms, 9,000 altogether, and growing strong. A group that is representative of a very active subculture in Northern California where I live. These women are on a mission and nobody can resist them, not even [...]

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Not So Green News At Fox

We need to remember, one quarter of the American population watches this:

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La Marguerite Advocates Sustainable Behavior on Groovy Green

Last week’s Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day, inspired me to write, ‘Finding a Sustainable Middle in a Country of Extremes‘.
Yesterday was Black Friday. Despite all my good intentions, I ended up joining the crowds at the mall. I have gotten much better at taming my consuming urges, to the point where I do not [...]

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The Sad Story of Adbusters’ Little Pig and What It’s Telling Us About America

Black Friday, really is a black day. Andrew Revkin, from DotEarth, and Kate, one of the readers of this blog, both called my attention to a very sad case of corporate sponsorship. What’s involved? A TV ad from Adbusters promoting Buy Nothing Day:

Here is a reprint of the press release [...]

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Thanksgiving, a Time to Shop or to Lighten our Environmental Footprint?

It’s Thanksgiving and I am supposed to give thanks. Today is a bittersweet day. Bitter, because life at home has been hard lately. Sweet, because I have a lot to thank for, still. The green wave that spurred this blog and other planet saving adventures, is feeding my creativity, and my need to contribute in [...]

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Oops, I Forgot!

Four days. It took me four days into the Daily Footprint Project to become aware of toilet paper.

The first three days, this most useful commodity did not make it into my list. Again, I am struck by my lack of consciousness. I so much take toilet paper for granted, that [...]

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The Complicated Landscape of Green Parenting

Third day of Daily Footprint Project. Six pairs of jeans. I counted. Fresh out of the dryer.

Part of my sixteen year old daughter’s biweekly laundry. I took her laundry out of the wash earlier, and put it in the dryer. I did that as a favor to her, and also because I needed the wash [...]

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