Welcome again to the Good Morning America and Nightline viewers who are still finding their way here for the first time. You’ve come by just as I finish a series of three posts on climate change and what to do about it. Yesterday I wrote about how we can all help reduce climate change by driving […]
Flying less, driving less, using less power
First of all, a warm welcome to the viewers from ABC’s Good Morning America and Nightline who are here for the first time. For those who want to know a little more about my project, please noodle around on the blog. For good background, you can start by reading this. Today’s post, though, is less about my No […]
A vision of what we can do—at last!
I don’t know about you but when I came out of the Al Gore movie what depressed me more than the state of the planet was not having a clue what I could do about it. It was like a dire doctor’s message on a voicemail that got cut off: “The bad news is you […]
How my computer will stay on when the lights go out
I don’t know if this is the most eco-correct solution (commenters feel free to weigh in), but I’m giving a borrowed solar panel a try to keep my laptop running after I snap off the circuit breaker to the apartment’s mains. To be precise, I’m using a SolarOne Harvester, an all-in-one unit that includes a panel, a battery […]
Worse than giving up toilet paper
Two words I never wanted to hear in the same sentence: books and purge. I felt panic. What was this dumb project driving me to now? Why do I have to be the sacrificial lamb? Please. Couldn’t I leave myself at least with my books, if not my loo roll? I felt like pinching myself […]
Another dead whale
It’s old news—but to me still sad news—that a baby minke whale that swam into New York City’s harbor ended up dying last month. I grew up in Massachusetts, in a seaside town, and this is going to sound weird, but I’ve had recurring dreams about whales and dolphins all my life. Dolphins and whales are supposed to be […]
Worms in the apartment
I just spent the entire day–and I mean entire, as in beginning at 7 AM and ending at 9:15 PM–with a TV crew. They are doing a segment on the No Impact experiment for a major network (details to come). I hope it’s good for the cause and good for the project. Meanwhile, I’m spent. […]
Money is green
What I got myself into with this project: 50 emails a day asking about my toilet habits and another 50 asking about my personal finances. Oy vey! How much money are we saving? Here’s a hint: I rarely carry cash anymore unless I’m on a jaunt to the farmer’s market. I forget to put my […]