The Seattle City Council approved a proposal (by a 6-1 margin) that will charge shoppers 20 cents for each plastic shopping bag they use. This is great news. The fee will go into effect in January. Opponents of this proposal have said that it taxes those who cannot afford to purchase reusable bags. So to [...]
In June Co-op America and Clean Edge Inc. released an assessment of the potential of solar energy in the next fifty years entitled Utility Solar Assessment Study. The 75 page report is detailed enough to include data and evidence to support it’s claims while refraining from being written in a dry, unengaging fashion. The report’s [...]
So I just finished ?Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. What a good book. It talks about their year spent on their farm in Virginia as ?locavores?, that is people who are committed to eating locally. In their case, they planned on planting produce as well as raising livestock. The [...]
Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we’re still here, we’ve been traveling this summer. It’s provided us with a lot of different perspectives. Going to other places in our world helps us see our home in a different light, but also learn new and different things about the world. It’s also [...]