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Urbis in Horto is the motto for Chicago and in Latin it means City in a Garden.

Most people I have met want to do the right thing and when they don’t it is more often because they have given no thought to what the right thing is in that situation. When it comes to plastic, we have not done enough thinking. NOT AT ALL!! We continue to take a soon to be diminishing resource and continue to waste it on disposable uses.

One day my neighbor Tony popped his head over the fence while I was out back working and said “Hey Man! I see you’re gettin your garden on. Thats cool.” It made me think, that is what the experience is like. Gardening is like getting a groove on with the earth.

In the days following this historic election, we must now begin looking to the tasks ahead.   The work to be done requires all of us.  We are entering a new era that will require that we all take greater responsibility for one another and the way life goes.   Inside of that challenge, [...]


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  • Toyota COO Acknowledges Peak Oil March 11, 2010
    While the rest of the automotive industry and bussiness world are wondering about the long term impact of Toyota’s recent recalls, the company clearly remains focused on the future in ways that the rest of the industry seems to be missing all together. Jim Lentz the Director of Toyota Motor Sales in North America makes [...] […]
  • Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning March 11, 2010
    Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or “percâ€�) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause mens […]