Container Store & Plastic Bags
It probably comes as no surprise to my friends that I love The Container Store. The fact that my local Container Store is situated within yards of a Caribou Coffee results in a blackhole-like...
Category: Environment
Farewell Incandescents
After much to do and delays, I’ve finally replaced the last of the incandescent fixtures in my studio apartment. Tracking down matching CFL bathroom vanity bulbs proved to be the only challenging part. I...
Fruits and Veggies Delivered
After a morning chat with Twelveoaks where I confessed that I’d discovered that my last batch of oranges came from South Africa* we started talking about the halcyon days of Web Van and about...
Chestnut tree poised for comeback
(Christian Science Monitor) Tromping through a Massachusetts state forest, Brad Smith spots an old stump with dead shoots and one lone, green sprout – a sad but not uncommon remnant of a once-proud species...
Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
(New Scientist) A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC),...
