The water needed to produce common goods and beverages | Thirsty work | The Economist (green #7)

February 28, 2009

As I sit here drinking my lovely cup of organic Shui Xian Oolong tea I can feel like I’m also doing a little thing for the environment. At least, if compared to the impact I’d make for the same amount of coffee. 
I saw an amazing chart in the February 28-March 6 edition of the Economist. [...]

Enjoying the fruits of summer (green #6)

February 25, 2009

So, this fall I experimented with canning and freezing some of the local yummies. I canned tomato sauce and drunken fig jam, and I froze peaches (as well as excess hot peppers from the farm share).
I wanted to save these items past the fall, to meter them out so I had summer yummies through the [...]

It’s all about Kale (green #5)

February 18, 2009

So, our farm share has helped me incorporate a few new vegetables into my cooking. Previous to the farmshare, I was in a vegetable rut. I admit it, I was serial buyer of broccoli, spinach, and salad. My farmshare has expanded my horizons a little bit. I do not know how I lived a full [...]

Please don’t print this post (green #4)

February 9, 2009

So, I really do want to be green. But the recent upsurge of “please consider the environment, do not print this email unless necessary” type of signature lines in email is making me see red.

I typically don’t print emails unless absolutely necessary (like it includes directions to a house I have never visited before), so [...]