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Suppose that those whom you loved most in the world were slated to be horribly tortured and brutally killed. Now suppose that all you have to do to stop this hideous occurrence is to stop eating meat. Would you do it?
Al Gore claims we are all going to die from Global Warming…
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The fireplace has long been the favorite spot to gather in the American home. A place for warmth, the fireplace adds ambience, sparking memories that are to be treasured. With all the benefits that a fireplace can bring, there are some major downsides that if not addressed can cause a love for…
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Barter is the most topical buzz-word in business right now due to the bad economy and the dire need for American companies that are going to foot the tax bill for the bail-out to be more…
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July 30th, 2009
I love the expression “Don’t push the river,” which in one sense means: Do things when it’s time, not before. I noticed that if I try to do things when it doesn’t feel comfortable, or I don’t have all the information I need, I end up spinning my wheels, wasting my…
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Voltaire is the great thinker responsible for the observation, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
I’ve found this precept to be extremely useful with my happiness project. Instead of pushing myself to an impossible “perfect,” and therefore getting nowhere, I…
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A while back, I read a study that having more than one computer monitor gives you a big efficiency boost, but I put off getting a second monitor for a long…
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If an item is going to take
up space in our home, it should pull its weight. Gorgeous is a
given, but we want our purchases to simplify, ease, and appease the
way we live. So the editors of Read More »
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When I was growing up, my mother was always after family members to turn off lights in rooms they weren't using. It's a common sense policy I'm pleased she nagged into me; now it's second nature. Last week I was having (
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Discussions of home energy savings usually focus on using less energy to heat and cool a house, in order to achieve a...
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When I was growing up, my mother was always after family members to turn off lights in rooms they weren't using. It's a common-sense policy I'm pleased she nagged into me; now it's second nature. Last week I was having (IrvingFarm) coffee with a green-leaning architect, Julie Torres Moskowitz , who contributed an essay about building a nontoxic nursery to The Complete Organic Pregnancy at one of my favorite green leaning local spots, The City Bakery. As we caught each other up on our latest projects, and chatted about the overabundance of greenwashing, especially in the building supply arena, a bakery worker with a tray full of votive candles walked around the space, placing one on every table. It was seriously odd -- not only have I never seen candles at The City Bakery, it was 10:30 in the morning. We half-joked about the economy being so bad that they had to resort to flames instead of electricity. Our conversation shifted for a while, and I forgot about the candles until suddenly the lights went out and the candle-toting server whooshed by lighting wicks. Read More »
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