Archive for the 'Home' Category
Plastic? Hah! We don’t need your stinking plastic
1 Comment Published by Seamus Ford August 6th, 2008 in Plastic Reduction, Shopping, Commentary.The next time you make a purchase and the clerk blindly puts your 2 item purchase in a bag…….REFUSE. More over educate them. Tell them that you do not want to take a bag that is going get caught in a breeze and wind up decorating an inner city tree this […]
When you put something in the trash, what are you really throwing away?
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 23rd, 2008 in Wilderness, Trees, Activism, Water Ecology, Commentary.It is often said that forests are renewable resources. While this is technically true, it is not unconditional.
The massive efficiencies that we have been able to create in developing our modern society are truly amazing. But meeting the demands of an ever increasing population is putting a burden on the natural […]
Why are people talking about Rain Barrels?
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 13th, 2008 in landscaping, Home, Activism, Water Ecology.I live in the Great Lakes region and for the millions of us who do, water is abundant, rain is regular and plentiful, so why would a non-profit organization in Madison, Wisconsin be advocating the use of rain barrels?
A rain barrel acts as cistern that captures rain water from your downspout and and […]
Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 20th, 2008 in Recycling, Family/Children, Social Responsibility, Commentary.The world is filling up with stuff.
Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never […]
