Archive for the 'Lifestyle' 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 […]
Preparing for a Post Peak Life
0 Comments Published by Andre Angelantoni June 23rd, 2008 in Peak Oil, Lifestyle, Social Responsibility, Commentary, Transportation.This following is a guest post by André Angelantoni, President of PostPeakLiving.com. André is also Cofounder of Post Carbon Marin and writes and speaks on peak oil and how to prepare to live in a world of scarce and expensive oil.
It looks like we’ve collectively made a huge mistake: we are fast approaching the point […]
Refuse Or At Least Reuse Plastic Utensils
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford May 31st, 2008 in Work, Water Ecology, Recycling, Diet/Nutrition/Eating.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 […]
Create a day without electronics each week
1 Comment Published by Seamus Ford March 15th, 2008 in Lifestyle, Family/Children, Commentary, Computing/Technology.The condition Nature Deficit Disorder (NDD) has become pervasive in modern society. According AC Nielson the average child in the United States spends 6 hours per day watching television or playing video games. This is a 400 percent increase over their parents generation.
