Welcome to The Carbon-Free Home, where you can recycle your water and end your home’s dependence on oil, all while composting your own poo!
On May 31st, this Saturday, at Common Ground Green Building Center and Kitchen Design (326 W Geer St), the Durham authors will be signing their newly published book, The Carbon-Free Home. The book [...]
Lowes Motor Speedway partnered with the local Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation (yes, Anheuser-Busch has a recycling corp) to put out well over 200 recycling containers in the speedway for last night’s big Kasey Kahne victory (and for good).
While I’m in Hickory with my Papa and Marc, I got stuck watching the 600 mile race last night (I [...]
Marc and I went to Falls Lake in Raleigh this past Sunday for, what Marc thought, was fishing. I went just to relax on a rock. Little did we realize that Falls Lake is simply a disaster zone of plastic, broken glass, cigarette butts and nuclear waste.
OK, the nuclear waste is a step too far, perhaps, [...]
“The hideousness of that foot will haunt my dreams forever.” ~John Turturro as Emilio Lopez in Mr. Deeds (2002)
That is the line Marc gave me upon looking at my foot, one week after being viciously ravaged by fire ants. Rest in peace, little buddies. You got me pretty good, and trust me, your suffering was [...]
I figure my money talks, so when I had to have a recent meeting at Starbucks, I chose to let them know I will only use my money for their fair trade and organic coffees.
I walked up to the counter where two pleasant young women greet me and ask what I would like.
“A regular coffee please, but [...]
I visited Twig this week, a unique store here in the Triangle (Chapel Hill) that sells sustainability, community and eco-awareness at sustainable prices, and this weekend (May 17) they are partnering with local non-profits, but more on that later.
I loved talking with the staff. The owner shared that everything in the store has a story, [...]
A couple listservs and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) of Durham are publicizing this coming week is National Bike to Work Week.
Monday, 12 May through Friday, 16 May, get your fanny on a bike to get where you have to go. More info is at www.bikewalkdurham.org. Also know that you can stop at [...]
I do not know about your week, but betweeen life, work and elections, the first three days of this week were pretty high-impact, so I am taking a long deep breathe today to relax with clips from my last trip to the park.
Marc and I went up to Shelley Lake Park recently and I took [...]
A press release today told me a giant shopping cart with a Chevy engine on it is back, racing around the Triangle this month. It’s the “Got to Be NC Big Cart”, which I remember seeing at the 2007 N.C. State Fair.
This cart is showing off for the NC Dept of Ag “Got to Be [...]
Voting literally took about as long as it will take you to watch this, and NC has now heard two more voices during this all important election. Seriously… get out there, or cram it next time you want to complain about gas prices, food prices, school systems or transportation. :) Happy Tuesday Voting!
