Living In Balance
Posted in Sustainability, consume less on May 16th, 2010
This OXO pour spout atop an old olive oil bottle has radically reduced our consumption of dish washing soap. We used to go through a bottle of soap in a couple of weeks. Its been a month or more since we bought this spout and we are just about halfway through the bottle. It took [...]
Posted in Sustainability, energy conservation on Apr 11th, 2010
I have been a home owner for nearly three years now. Saving energy is important to us, not just to save money, but because we want to be conscientious about the worlds resources and we do believe that burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming. One simple change you will find recommended over and over [...]
Posted in Sustainability, economics on Apr 9th, 2010
Climate Change – Building a Green Economy – NYTimes.comThe casual reader might have the impression that there are real doubts about whether emissions can be reduced without inflicting severe damage on the economy. In fact, once you filter out the noise generated by special-interest groups, you discover that there is widespread agreement among environmental economists [...]
Posted in Sustainability, economics on Mar 18th, 2010
I have been doing some thinking about alternative economic models to the one that currently predominates. I am not sure that we can expect to totally upend the system we have now, but I am increasingly convinced that there are alternatives within it. An example that came across my desk recently is that of workers [...]
Posted in Sustainability on Mar 13th, 2010
It is an interesting question: MITCH KAPOR, the software mogul and philanthropist, has given millions of dollars to environmental groups. Now Mr. Kapor wants to build a 10,000-square-foot house, complete with a 10-car garage, in Berkeley, Calif.When the house won planning approval earlier this year, many neighbors were surprised — not so much by the [...]
Posted in Sustainability, design, energy efficiency on Jan 18th, 2010
It is generally not cost effective to replace windows that are functioning well with new, more energy efficient windows. However, if the useful life of windows in your building has been reached, or if you are building new, then installation of highest R value windows can be very cost effective, as it is now the [...]
Posted in Sustainability, urban renewal on Jan 18th, 2010
Religion Journal – Churches Knocking on Doors, to Talk About the Environment – NYTimes.com Across the Northwest, where church attendance has long been low but concern for the environment high, some church leaders and parishioners are ringing doorbells to inform neighbors — many of whom have never stepped inside the sanctuary down the street — [...]
Posted in Sustainability, design, renewable energy on Jan 15th, 2010
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29613&tag=nl.e539 Cool!
Posted in Sustainability, renewable energy on Jan 12th, 2010
Osmosis is an energy intensive water purifying technique that most of us are familiar with. It is a last resort of sorts for water filtration, to be used only when the impurities that must be removed escape all other filter systems. Here is an article about the use of osmosis to generate power: Osmotic Power [...]
Posted in Sustainability, design on Jan 10th, 2010
This is one very important aspect of sustainability…doing more with less. Watch, its fascinating! Moving Walls Transform Apartment: Four Minutes of WOW! VIDEO : TreeHugger.
