Archive for January, 2008

31 Jan

Have you made your grocery list for your Super Bowl party (or Anti-Super Bowl party, as it may be) yet?  Here’s an idea if you want to be greener:  buy in bulk.
That’s right, folks.  I’m advocating Costco (or BJ’s if you prefer) as a source to keep the Earth more green and to keep more green [...]

29 Jan

In prepping for your Super Bowl XLII shenanigans, I know you want to know how to “green” up all the partying that is classic synonymous with cheap beer, cheap chicken wings, genetically-modified corn chips, cheap melted cheese (cheese stuff, in some cases), and chili (pumped full of beef from cows in South America). 
 
Today’s tip is [...]

28 Jan

Pulling out the seven-layer dip recipe and deciding what chomps to make, I’m happy to share that the NFL is taking consistent steps toward a greener, more sustainable future.  Yep.  That’s the side of the game you aren’t going to hear much about this week.
While you cheer for the underdogs or cheer for breaking history, [...]

27 Jan

Yum yum, eat ‘em up ~ I love cheese. 
Gouda.  Colby.  Monterey Jack.  Pepper Jack.  Jarlsberg.  Muenster.  Traditional Irish.  Extra Sharp NY Cheddar.  Amesterdam Reserve Goat Cheese.  Brie.  Havarti. 
You get the message.
Needless to say, being a vegan makes my cheese fixation

25 Jan

In case you’ve been hiding from media for the last few days (thanks to Toastie, then Johann and then Doug, all of whom keep me in the loop), Wholefoods has announced that by this April’s Earth Day, the grocery chain will no longer offer plastic bags for toting your goods.
What?!  But I want my plastic!  [...]

22 Jan

In case you missed this past Sunday’s CBS 60 Minutes, “The Age of Warming” (and here), a number of environmental bloggers, experts and watchdogs have shared a plethora of feelings about the presentation.  Most of them say CBS presented it as hysteria and one-sided… or worse.
I have to say, however, I didn’t feel that way. 
For [...]

15 Jan

Brought to you via Terry at Irregardless Cafe, I turned here to find out about tonight’s Science Cafe presentation on the drought… 
Drought in NC — Outlook for 2008 and Beyond
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
6:30–8:30 p.m. with discussion beginning at 7 p.m. followed by Q&A
Location: The Irregardless CafÉ, 901 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh, 833-8898, www.irregardlesscafe.com
Speaker: Dr. Ryan Boyles, State [...]

12 Jan

Whilst surfing the eco-blogs that make me happy, I realized that Starre is right and that Beards are the New Hotness.
Yeah yeah, yadda yadda yadda… I hear all this and that about how “facial hairs tells people you have something to hide and to be wary of you”, but hey, remember how clean cut Jeffrey [...]

11 Jan

Straight from my inbox (thank you Advance Energy!) to you:

The 2008 NC Sustainable Building Design Competition has been launched! Student teams from universities and community colleges across the state will be designing a green duplex to be built by Carolina Meadows, a Chapel Hill, NC-based continuing care retirement facility. The design will include sustainable approaches [...]

10 Jan

To touch base about Durham’s water situation (again… and again and again and again until we’re watering our crops with Brawndo-ade and stumped at the lack of sustenance), here’s a great tidbit of perspective from Steve, who always cracks me up.