Starting to Conserve

Starting to Conserve

by | Nov 13, 2006 | Archived Blog Posts

Over the past several months, I have been prompted to think more about conservation, stewardship, reusing, recyclying, saving, etc., and I have to admit, I feel a bit overwhelmed. There are so many statistics from so many sources. And the problem can just seem...
Starting to Conserve

58 degrees

by | Oct 23, 2006 | Archived Blog Posts

Though I didn’t want to turn the furnace on until November, the 30 degree nights and 40 degree days have caused me to cave in. However, as a compromise, I’m keeping the thermostat set firmly at 58 degrees (aka “the battle against cold air”)....
Starting to Conserve

Thoughts on Plastic

by | Sep 1, 2006 | Archived Blog Posts

What did we ever do without plastic? Glance around my kitchen and you’d probably think I’d starve without plastic. I have plastic cups, plastic plates, plastic bowls, plastic bags. My flour, sugar, and salt come directly out of their cardboard and paper...