Archive for May, 2008

How many times have you been given plastic utensils when you have take out food?
How often does that plastic ware end up going into the garbage without even being used?
A plastic coffee lid is use for about an hour and then thrown away. Plastic bags are used for the trip home from the [...]

Every winter my wife and I try to spend a little time on the land that we are stewards of in Northern Ontario. As often as possible we invite people in our lives up to give them a chance to connect to wilderness. This video was shot this past winter deep in an ancient cedar [...]

Changing light bulbs is great and we should do it. It is only the beginning however. Much more is going to be required from us. Check out Al Gore presenting at the 2008 TED conference in Monterrey CA.
Take the time to watch this. This is a time of ever increasing personal [...]


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