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Just Reading – Follow-up

Posted in Can't Go There, Earth Hour, Junk Mail, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on April 10, 2011 | Comments Off

Phew! At this writing, I’ve just woken from a three-hour nap following a straight 24-hours of reading. The Dewey 24-Hour Read-a-thon was a fabulous challenge to take on, and I’m particularly proud to say that in the process, we achieved our target goal for raising money for First Book. Thank you to the friends and [...]

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Our Earth HourS – Reporting in

Posted in carbon footprint, Earth Hour, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , , , , , on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Well, we indeed made it through our 12 “Earth HourS” this past Saturday. It was an interesting experiment, some things to be proud of, but we’re also both feeling a bit sheepish. We chose 6:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26th, 2011 as our Earth HourS — when we would do our best [...]

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Earth HourS

Posted in carbon footprint, Earth Hour, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , on March 25, 2011 | Comments Off

Tomorrow, Saturday, March 26th, 2011, at 8:30 p.m. local time, people all around the world will be participating in Earth Hour. Nils and I won’t be able to join in, so we’re going to try something else — a little experiment. We’re going to do Earth HourS! Starting from the time we normally wake up [...]

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Week 12: More Fun Without Lights – Follow-up

Posted in carbon footprint, Earth Hour, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Whether you support Earth Hour or not, you gotta love it for stimulating some creative thinking. We received several suggestions on what to do with the light out and we spent time together thinking up more. Many (not all!) could make for fun themed evenings for “just two”, with the kids, and/or with friends, and [...]

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Week 12: Earth Hour Our Way

Posted in carbon footprint, Earth Hour, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Saturday, March 27th from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm (local time), hundreds of millions of people around the world are expected to participate in Earth Hour, by turning off their lights, to make a statement of concern about climate change. We applaud all who participate. We believe it’s a wonderful symbol of solidarity and a great way to [...]

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