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Category: Green Choices

  • Blog Action Day

    Today is Blog Action Day. That means that millions (I hope) of bloggers will be writing about the environment today. Will you? Instead of just writing about the environment and trying to set a positive example by my actions, I’m also trying to bring up interesting environmental facts in everyday…

  • Would you take your own container to a restaurant?

    In some cities, such as Oakland and Berkeley in California, styrofoam boxes have been banned from use in restaurants. Restaurants in around 100 cities are required to use recyclable, biodegradable or compostable boxes instead of styrofoam. However, there’s still plenty of styrofoam delivered to restaurant tables across America. So, here’s…

  • The mighty sewing machine

    I’ve never had a desire or ability to sew, but I’m starting to feel a bit left out. If you can sew, your ability to reuse fabrics is limited only by your creativity. I’m so bad when it comes to getting stains on my clothes. It’s usually food on shirts.…

  • Clothes dryer efficiency project

    If I lived in the country I would have a clothesline, but I live in an apartment, so I have a clothes dryer. I can’t have clothes hanging everywhere in my little apartment ; ) I hang my head in shame and say that for the last six months or…

  • Green gets sporty with a decathlon

    In case you haven’t heard about the Solar Decathlon, trot on over to www.solardecathlon.org to learn about this amazing competition going on October 12-20 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Twenty college and university teams have worked for years to showcase their attractive, solar-powered homes for this event.

  • Compact bulbs for dimmable lights

    A couple of readers commented on how compact fluorescents don’t work so well in dimmable light fixtures. It turns out that you do need to buy a special bulb for dimmable fixtures. If you’ve used these special bulbs, please leave a comment. I’d like to know if they flicker or…

  • Just one bulb

    I waited in the car while my husband went to get a pipe for our dryer efficiency project (much more on that later) and he brought me back an ENERGY STAR fluorescent light bulb. He said I could write about it in my blog! It was a nice surprise. I…

  • Why my air conditioner stopped working

    A few days ago my AC stopped cooling. There was a lot of water in the pan under it. So, I called my apartment maintenance folks since it’s still hot where I live. I was expecting a system failure of some sort. But what happened was a communications failure. My…

  • Green wedding gifts

    There’s no better time to help someone become green than when they are setting up a household for the first (or second, third, etc.) time. Here’s a list of potential gifts you can feel good about giving to brides. 1. Protect our earth recycled glasses (Says “Protect our earth.” in…

  • Halloween candy

    As you are deciding which candy to give out to trick or treaters, consider Endangered Species Chocolate. They donate 10 percent of their net profits to help support endangered species, and they have a great selection of organic chocolate, even a special Halloween edition. You can search the site (Where?…