Posted in Communication Strategies, tagged "green window", eco-anxiety, economic crisis, Franke James, Global warming, Great Depression, green, hope, Twitter on February 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It started with a tweet:
Twitter is great that way. I know of no better forum for validating one’s seemingly universal thoughts and feelings. Yesterday, I got seized with a severe case of eco² panic. Eco like green. Eco like economic. Images of CO2 going nuts, and us still not getting our act together, despite almost [...]
Posted in Green Psychology, tagged crisis, economy, green, psychology, trees on January 28, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I am usually fairly casual about my finances. Barely a glance at my Mastercard statement. I pay, no questions asked. Until today, when I noticed a monthly charge of $50.32, from New York Times Sales. That struck me as a lot of money, all of a sudden. The representative at the end of the line [...]
Posted in Food, tagged 'Women's Food Movement', Alice Waters, Carlo Petrini, community organizing, Food, green, Michael Pollan, movement, Obama, organics, slow food, Twitter, women on November 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, and food, and politics. “You mean, you made the crust? From scratch?” My friend could not believe I had spent the time, and thought I was “too much”. No big deal, I assured her, it [...]
Posted in Blogging, tagged Blogging, green, tag on November 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Very seldom do I engage in blogging games, but today I am in the mood. Daryl Warner-Laux, over at Verda-Vivo green blog tagged me, and I am supposed to let you know seven random things about me. Here we go:
I swim every day with the Stanford master swim team. Never mind that I am the [...]
Posted in Solutions, tagged compostable plastics, Fake Plastic Fish, green, plastics, sustainable on November 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Met with KoAnn, from Sustainable Life Media for lunch, at local deli. I asked lady at the checkout counter, “Do you have compostable spoons?”. I was met with same blank stare I have encountered before in similar situations. Mainstream America does not know about compostable plastics, and even less so, sustainability. Not that the lady [...]
