Wednesday on waste: Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste. You live green; you avoid it, right?
Sure … but odds are good that you might have batteries, empty printer cartridges, burned out CFL bulbs, or some old cleaning products or garden chemicals, either purchased before you cleaned up your ways, or left behind by a former resident of your home.
We recently went through the process of handing over a few toxic items to our city’s hazardous waste disposal. In the past, our city’s solid waste department would come collect these items for free. Now, you have to sign up ahead of time for a collection and pay $20 to have items picked up, or to drop them off at a collection center yourself. It’s a hassle, but worthwhile to keep items out of the landfill.
Food Rules – Rules 7-9
This is my ongoing,11-week series about Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.
The first 21 rules fall into a section called, “What Should I Eat? (Eat Food.).” This installment covers rules 7 through 9.
Amazon fires Colorado affiliates
Until this morning, I used Amazon affiliate links and ads (including a box in my right sidebar) to make a little extra money from this blog.
And by “a little,” I mean “very little.”
Friday Wrap-Up: “I Confess” edition
Tomorrow night, a great old band, English Beat, will play live in my hometown of Denver. I don’t think I’ll be there, but I’ve had this song in my head. Here’s a hint — the photo at right is about remedying a slip-up.
I rent a shared office part-time. Usually, I bring my own coffee from home in the morning, in a nice stainless steel mug that my husband orphaned.
Winner of Molly Mutt Dog Duvet Giveaway!
We have a winner of the Molly Mutt Dog Duvet Giveaway!
The random number generator at Random.org selected commenter #13, which is Condo Blues commenting on behalf of
Food Rules – Rules 4-6
This is my ongoing,11-week series about Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.
The first 21 rules fall into a section called, “What Should I Eat? (Eat Food.).” This installment covers rules 4 through 6.
Speak out against genetically engineered alfalfa – TODAY!
Back in January, I wrote about “personal change or political action?” Now is a good time for a little political action, and I’d like to encourage you to take a few minutes to help TODAY.
I received a bulletin from Organic Valley reporting that the USDA is taking public comments through today only (March 3, 2010, until 5 p.m. ET) regarding the agency’s apparent intention to deregulate genetically engineered alfalfa.
Wednesday on waste: No unwanted phone books
Photo by cogdogblog
For the next few weeks, I’m going to look on Wednesdays at various types of waste and how we can better dispose of these items — or prevent them from happening.
Food Rules review – What should I eat? Rules 1-3
Earlier today, I announced I plan to write a series about Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Let’s look at rules 1-3.
The first 21 rules fall into a section called, “What Should I Eat? (Eat Food.).”
Food Rules review: The beginning
Over the past few years, author Michael Pollan has become the Winston Churchill of the green/organic/local eating movement. Many of you have probably read his recent books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and/or In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.
I have to confess … I haven’t read either, although I have paged through them, and read about them. Although I devour books omnivorously (har har), somehow, these haven’t found their way to my nightstand — or truthfully, I think I remember The Omnivore’s Dilemma making it to my nightstand from the library, and then making it back, unread, when it was due to another requester a couple weeks later.
