From the U. N.’s sustainable development website, co-lyricist Natasha Bedingfield says: “Many people turn a blind eye, arguing that everything is OK environmentally. The song reminds us that having ownership of our world means taking care of it. With this song we wanted …
While not suffering from a shortage of sustainable buildings/environmental/lifestyle material to blog about, I’m bringing to today’s post an article of very high resonance for me…and, I hope, for you readers too. It’s written by a journalist/author for whom I …
I posted last year about tiny houses, mostly featuring some in Garrett County, Maryland. Going back to that post some time later I was chagrined to find that a couple of links embedded no longer went anywhere. Vowed to try …
Tiny House Concept Seen in a Techie Boutique Hotel Chain. Welcome to My World, citizenM! Read more »
I subscribe to these organization’s emails. Monday’s email from the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) included a letter to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe who is the current Chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council. Among the Council’s responsibilities is advocating for and …
Two Organizations Doing Important Work- IPC and Nature Sacred. Read more »
A giant mechanical earthworm named “Lady Bird” has been carving a cavernous storage conduit beneath the Potomac from Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant in southwest Washington, DC (just south of Bolling Field) toward Nationals Park, creating the first of several …
Cleaner DC-Area Rivers – The “Lady Bird” TBM. (More on Resiliency.) Read more »
This green thing has really gotten me. When reading Hedrick Belin’s opinion piece in The Washington Post last week about Donald Trump’s vision for a golf course remake along the Potomac, I was surprised by how deep my feeling of regret …
Fore! Archie Bunker on the Links. Trump Impacts the Potomac River, and Local Residents. Read more »
Near year’s end last I wrote about PARK(ing) Day. The other day The Washington Post featured a piece called “A ‘parklet’ parks itself on K Street NW. Subtitle: “To mixed reviews, District allows street meter spaces to become zones of …
Updates on Previous Posts – Curbed Relaxation and Drought Read more »
About a year-and-a-half ago, the largest fuel cell generation plant in North America was unveiled in Bridgeport. There are five FuelCell Energy DFC3000™ systems combined, called Dominion Bridgeport, producing 14.9 MW of power from the downtown Bridgeport area just off I-95. …
Fuel Cell Technology – Powering Neighborhoods. And Your Ride. (+ late-breaking news) Read more »
This post is about sustainable golf course design with several nods to golfer expectations at Chambers Bay. “The land set aside for the golf course was degraded after a century of industrial usage but contained bold landforms shaped by wind …
2015 U. S. Open Over? Not Yet–Here Anyway. Bring Your Clubs to Play It Again. Read more »
A recent article, “Smells Like Hawaii (and Benzyl Acetate): Revealing the Chemicals in Glade’s Fragrances,” brings good news and relief to those of us who do our best to recommend commercial and household cleaning products that are green. Read: (a) …
Chemistry Disclosed in Household/Personal Care Products. (Great!) Read more »