Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Like many, I am obsessed with the upcoming election. 4 more days! However, I tend to think of voting as something I do in the polls–once every 2 or 4 years–and forget that we vote with our dollars, too.
The Good Guide Company Political Contributions chart shows the political contributions of large consumer product and service companies.
I’m not [...]
Posted in children, environment, food, health, shopping, sustainable, tagged "trick-or-treat", chocolate, fair trade, halloween on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My teeth start hurting when I think about all that Halloween candy. And I don’t even have cavities!
So, how about some healthier treats–for kids and our planet?
Fair trade chocolates for Reverse Trick-or-Treating.
Planet Green suggests healthy snacks: organic dried fruit, granola bars, and popcorn packets.
GreenHalloween.org has a list of non-food ideas. A lot of them are [...]
Posted in bicycling, community, everyday, food, local, sustainable, tagged CSA, farm, gardening, harvest, organic, Pescadero, San Francsico on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lucky kids. Yesterday I got a note from a fellow San Franciscan describing the joys of old-fashioned farming of his 3000 sq ft veggie garden and 80-tree orchard up north, and how his “son’s eyes roll back in his head when he eats a peach, or [the] kids turn they’re noses up at store bought strawberries.” I want to taste one of [...]
Posted in environment, everyday, local, shopping, sustainable, transportation, tagged Amazon, Buy.com, carbon footprint, Dell, DHL, online shopping, packaging, wasteful on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am an all-around shopping minimalist, but I live with a prolific online shopper who asserts that it’s better than driving to the store. This is debatable, especially since we live within walking distance of some of the discount stores he frequents online.
But shopping online is not my beef, since I know it can be useful, and [...]
Posted in everyday, food, health, tagged eat, enjoyment, food, health on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I was at a meeting where the lunch was delicious and beautiful; organic ingredients prepared and presented gorgeously. Aaaahh, enjoyment of food and the eating experience are so important to everyday sustenance.
Well, as with all things in life, it’s all about balance. A study just out shows that the expectation of enjoyment can [...]
Posted in community, environment, everyday, local, sustainability, tagged "be the change", Hidden Villa, nature, practice, sense of place, senses, sit on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend, I attended the second session of the Be the Change Environmental Leadership Program. We met at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills, and it was a perfect environment to think about affecting change to benefit the environment.
One of the speakers was Drew Harwell, who is a naturalist, farmer and garden educator at Common [...]
Posted in community, local, recycle, reuse, sustainable, tagged raffle, recycle, swap on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I had a great “Everyday Sustainable” day, with two swap events. The first was a clothes swap which I organize every few months with friends. And the second happened at a meeting for members of 29Gifts, a global network of people doing a daily practice around giving.
Before we headed outside to give away 100 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New York City CITYRACKS Design Competition (sponsored by The Department of Transportation, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Google and Transportation Alternatives) applies design to basic function. (Thanks to the SFBC newsletter for alerting me to this.)
This video lets you see the ten finalist bikerack designs, including interviews with some of the designers.
I’m curious to see which one [...]
