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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 |

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 50: Greening toward 2011

Posted in Buy Local, carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, Plastic, Water conservation, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Garbage day on our farm in South Africa doesn’t mean rolling a big green garbage bin out to the front lawn for pick-up. It means, hauling the bag(s) into the back of the car and driving 40 minutes on mostly country roads to our dump. This is what we saw during Week 50. I believe [...]

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Week 48: Really Cool Holiday Stuff

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Arts and Culture, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Friends, Gender Equality, Gift Giving, Homeless, Hunger, Micro-financing, Plastic, Shopping, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2010 |

Not long ago, the mere mention of socially-conscious gifts or green giving would likely provoke offers of “let’s not exchange gifts this year” by adults, tantrums by children. At best, it meant a packet of cards with flowers pressed in waxed paper, or a lamp made from popsicle sticks (no offense to either). But now, [...]

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Week 42: Speaking as a Drop in the Ocean

Posted in Children, Children - Chronically Ill, click-to-donate, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Homeless, volunteering on October 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Still a little bit backwards as I try to catch up after this flu. Week 41 (from last week) will be posted shortly. Tuesday evening, I had the privilege to speak to an audience at my local Toastmasters meeting. It’s not something that I do often enough, I still fear public speaking. But when there [...]

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Week 28: OMG it’s HOT!

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

As I sit here, normally the envy of several friends back in the States, in our beautiful 19th century apartment with double high ceilings and decorative moldings in the historical city of Vienna, Austria, I think back to the days when I wouldn’t be sitting on a ^$%)#*@& hand towel to protect the office chair [...]

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Week 20: Retrospective

Posted in Children - Chronically Ill, click-to-donate, Eco-Friendly, Education, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Homeless, Micro-financing, Random Acts of Kindness, Search-to-donate, Water conservation on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I admit it. There have been times when we’ve said, “what have we gotten ourselves into?!!” “Life Happens,” and not always at moments when it’s convenient. Twice during the first 20 weeks we’ve had to scale back our expectations due to illness, household “disaster” or just plain fatigue. But, we’re proud to say that we [...]

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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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February MIC: Winner and Wrap-Up

Posted in carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Monthly Impact Challenges (MIC), Water conservation, tagged , , , on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »

We were ecstatic over the response we got to February’s Monthly Impact Challenge, “Green Our Home.” As you’ll see below, so many friends and followers submitted good and excellent ideas for making day-to-day life greener and more eco-friendly. We thank all those who participated. But, there was one person who gave the most tips that [...]

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