Category: Sustainable Lifestyles
“With these ‘watershed eyes’ we can view the sacredness…
Little Falls Watershed Alliance logo
of water from our Creator’s perspective.” This from the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake’s Kolya Braun-Greiner, MDiv, Project Coordinator, Trees for Sacred Places. Her piece in the current bulletin is so worthy that I want you to see a good share of …
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Cupless Running
From the always imaginative folks at Annapolis Green comes the suggestion that Hydra Pouches be substituted for paper cups at events like 10Ks, marathons or triathlons. What a sensible way to eliminate unnecessary waste! Do you have one? Use it …
One Researched Reason for Why Neighbors Add Rooftop PV Systems
Washington Post (print ed.) headline today: “What’s behind the spread of solar? Peer pressure.” I’d have thought it’s because the price of panels has dropped so dramatically. From the article: “The installation of one additional solar photovoltaic roftop project within …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services. Know About It?
Beleaguered Liberia (Ebola) will receive $150M in aid from Norway in exchange for Liberia’s cessation of clear-cutting its rain forest. Now that’s progressive! This negotiation is a payment for ecosystem services. Negotiations of this kind follow a rationale known as …
Flooding. And, a Nobel.
Couple of interesting pieces in newspapers last week. Flooding– A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns of cities at risk of regular flooding in years to come. Some may view UCS as left-leaning politically. Perhaps you can edify me …
Have-Carbon-Offset-Will-Travel
Some of you may know that Amtrak offers its passengers the choice to offset the carbon associated with train travel. For an upcoming trip to New York I was offered the opportunity to pay $.40 to offset .04 tons of …
Ford. Galloping for Green!
1956 Ford F100 Emblem
Some who know me know why I have an affinity for FoMoCo. For one, I grew up in Motown. I even knew a Ford or two, including a racy Cougar. So, the Baltimore Sun picked up a piece about Ford originally printed …
Eco-labels. Seen ’em? Counted on ’em?
A. Definition Eco-labels are affixed to products that pass eco-friendly criteria laid down by government, association or standards certification bodies. The criteria utilise extensive research based on the product’s life cycle impact on the environment. (source: Google search) Here are …
