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how safe is your home?

lorraine — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:02:18 +0000

I received two emails this week within minutes of each other. One was about a new service called GreenScreener that allows you to look up your address - or any US address for that matter - to see if any toxins or hazardous materials have been reported within a 1/3 mile radius. The other was [...]

making the Earth move for this green festival virgin

lorraine — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:28:51 +0000

Two major things happened this past weekend. Firstly, Saturday saw the first of what will undoubtedly be a string of protests against Proposition 8, the rather ridiculous California ballot proposition that banned same-sex marriage less than two weeks ago. National organizers said there were about 300 such protests around the world on Saturday and about [...]

are you carborexic?

lorraine — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:02:10 +0000

So, here’s a snippet from a recent Daily Telegraph article that I just had to pass along to you all. Rumour has it that psychiatrists in the US are warning that extreme environmental awareness may be creating a generation of greeniacs. The survey claims that 7% of Americans now qualify as ‘dark green’, that is, [...]

bowls made of sugar, spoons made of starch… whatever next?

lorraine — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:06:39 +0000

Since I learned that every piece of plastic ever created will never die and just fill up our landfills and oceans and choke the life out of the planet, I cannot stand the thought of adding to the mix. For example, when we’re out to dinner as a family and the left-overs are then presented [...]

c’mon guys - is 46 mpg the best we can do?

lorraine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:44:24 +0000

Not sure what’s with me and transport today but, with the economy taking a huge dive and car sales dwindling, it’s rather comical watching all the car companies rallying to try and drum up business. It’s not the sudden deluge of 0% interest offers or even the planting of trees in totally unnatural corn row [...]

hybrid urban myths

lorraine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:21:35 +0000

I was flipping through a local magazine while my 2 year old was at dance class last week and I came across the following list of common myths and other bits and bobs about hybrid cars, so I thought I’d share them. Now, I wont lie. I used to be a naysayer. I used to get [...]

the prix pictet - a photographic documentary of our Earth screaming

lorraine — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:13:39 +0000

My husband emailed me this morning about a BBC World Service article he’d listened to on the way into work. It was about the Prix Pictet, a major new global prize in photography that focuses on what the general populus and politicians alike should consider a #1 prioirty for the twenty-first century: sustainability. The award [...]

cut the slack, get up and start the revolution

lorraine — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:26:46 +0000

In an unprecedented move, Michael Moore debuts a major feature-length film as a free download on the internet with the sole aim of bring out millions of young and new voters on November 4th. With millions of people apathetic about influencing their own future and the future of others, the message is simple, “get off the [...]

what a crock

lorraine — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:09:22 +0000

…of soup, silly! OK, so in a rare Martha Stewart moment (brought on by the sudden change in weather), I thought I’d share with you a really quick and easy recipe that’s so easy that there’s really no excuse, plus it’s also a great way to use up all those lone veggies that seem to litter [...]

cleaning up our act - a community sets forth…

lorraine — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:47:49 +0000

Whenever I get the chance, I love to get the word out about great people doing great things for the community. It’s all part of who we are, our place in society and on this planet. I’m also very lucky as I get to live in a great part of the world. Rolling hillsides, just a [...]