Green Tip of the Week: One-Stop Learning
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | No Comments »November 16, 2009 Question: All this environmental information is hard to process. Is there any way to learn about the big picture without years of study? Answer: Yes. Here’s a new book, at a reasonable price, that supplies the knowledge we all ...
Green Tip of the Week: Signing IS the Action
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | No Comments »November 9, 2009 Question: I’m sympathetic with the 350 movement to reduce carbon emissions, but I’m too busy with schoolwork now to help. Answer: If you have 5 minutes and a computer, you can take a meaningful action to reduce our atmosphere’s ...
Green Tip of the Week: Keep Tons More on Earth
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | No Comments »November 1, 2009 Question: What else can I do, just by myself, to bring worldwide carbon emissions down to that 350 parts per million number? Answer: Spend 10 additional minutes after washing your clothes. Background and Explanation: Remember last week, we discovered each ...
Green Tip of the Week: Keep the Tons Down on Earth
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green, Green Acts | No Comments »October 26, 2009 Question: I know we’re trying to reduce CO2 in the entire atmosphere – as in last week’s worldwide 350 movement -- but small places like Fairfield can’t help much, can we? Answer: We each can do more than you’d ...
Green Tip of the Week: No Melting
Saturday, October 17th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | 1 Comment »October 15, 2009 Question: Why is the number 350 all over Fairfield campus? And what’s happening on the School of Business roof? Answer: We’re joining an international team urging world leaders to keep the planet from melting. Why 350? The safe upper limit for ...
Green Tip of the Week: Clean Clothes at a Good Green Price
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 Posted in Basic Green, Green Acts | No Comments »October 4, 2009 Question: Should I buy those new “green” laundry detergents that cost so much? Answer: You don’t have to. You can put together laundry detergent that’s just as “green” for much, much less. Simple. One small shopping trip, 15 minutes to ...
Green Tip of the Week — Gimme 5
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | No Comments »September 28, 2009 It’s easy now to recycle yogurt cups and other #5 plastics on campus. Like these: ➢ Yogurt cups ➢ Hummus containers ➢ Medicine bottles ➢ Sour cream cups ➢ Plastic storage containers (take-out Chinese, Tupperware, and the like) ➢ Margarine or Benecol or “I ...
Post #36: Better than Walking
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green, Green Acts | No Comments »September 21, 2009 This is a big campus to walk around. With no shuttle, and no cars for first or second-year students (half the student body), what will students do in the bleak midwinter? Think of walking from Julie Hall to Donnarumma, ...
Post #35: Easy Shopping for Non-Toxic Food
Sunday, September 13th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green, Green Acts | No Comments »September 14, 2009 The Daily Green, a terrific website that I check regularly, has just published two separate lists of fruits & vegetables. At a glance, shoppers can learn some basics. Even though folks debate the meanings of “organic” or “local,” two ...
Post #34: No Impact Experiment and Advice (Some Free)
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Posted in Basic Green | No Comments »September 8, 2009 Last Wednesday I received an intriguing email. I’d like to share it here. Background: “No Impact Man” is a blog by Colin Beavan. In his own words, it is “about what each of us can do to end our ...