Posted in Eco-quandary, Environment, Green Living, energy, tagged auto, car, carbon footprint, Denver, driving, Driving Change, global warming, greenhouse gas on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week, I have an appointment with the government, and I’m excited.
No, I don’t mean mailing my gargantuan check to Uncle Sam. Not so thrilled about that one.
I’m talking about Thursday, when I’ll head to a local park to have three small devices affixed to my car:
The two small measuring devices will usually be installed [...]
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Posted in Eco-quandary, Green Living, Saving, money, tagged auto loan, cars, gas mileage, hybrid, prius, Saving on April 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Every morning for a couple of weeks, Mr. Cheap’s car has been drooling some green iridescent solution (yes, that would be coolant … and apparently everything else under the sun) in the gutter. He drives a 14-year-old Toyota Camry with hideous paint that he bought for a song in January 2007 to shuttle him to [...]
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As I continue with the Buy Nothing Challenge, I’m enjoying the challenge to my mindset.
On the one hand, I’ve several times this week had the urge to go out for coffee. I’ve instead made coffee and chai at home. I am looking at my desire to go buy stuff for entertainment - as a break [...]
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This Monday series checks out whether something that sounds like a good deal — or takes a bit of extra work — is a good deal. We’ll look at cost and benefit — with everything filtered through my individual experience. Please chime in with your take.
Last Friday was a beautiful day, and Little Cheap and [...]
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to save paper. In some ways, we’re using more paper — I’ve been tending toward choosing a product packaged in paper over one packaged in plastic, simply because it at least can go in the recycling bin.
But in other ways, I’m trying to cut down. I work at home, [...]
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When is the last time you got your feet dirty?
If it was ages ago, chances are you haven’t been to a farm lately.
Do you have a farm near you?
I bet you do.
A company I work with has a client, Culinary School of the Rockies, that has started a program to get future chefs out onto [...]
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Often, I find myself diving into a big project in my spare time, and all too often, my spare time happens at 8:00 on a Saturday night. While the footloose and fancy free are out tripping the light fantastic, I’m up to my elbows in some dusty project at home.
Thus, I spent one recent, scintillating [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day, featuring my non- eco- friendly (but cheap, crafty and personalized) child’s Valentine’s!
Yes, that’s right, it’s a whole stack of pretend flowers made from straws and cellophane tape. Landfill, here we come.
Little Cheap learned how to make these at a Chinese New Year event this weekend, and she loves them. It’s a detailed, [...]
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Yesterday, I posted about our upcoming order of a quarter beef. This purchase is part of our ongoing work to consume only meat that has been “treated kindly,” as Little Cheap puts it. At age 6 (and 5/6ths), she is a dedicated carnivore, but even her meaty preferences have wavered in the face of word [...]
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This year, we’re buying one-quarter of a locally raised, hormone- and antibiotic- and cruelty-free steer.
Beef. From the hoof to our house via a local processor.
We’ll be investing a few hundred dollars (it comes out to around $2 a pound, a great price for beef raised on grass and locally raised organic grain in a non-feedlot [...]
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