Fasten Your Seatbelts Over the course of the last few weeks, I've read a series of articles that, when considered together, paint a particularly scary picture when it comes to the condition of our environment and, accordingly, our future. Each...

Overload As I mentioned in my Purging Plastic post, I am temporarily saving all the plastic I use to, one,get an idea of how much plastic I actually go through on a regular basis and, two, identify where and how I can reduce that amount.I then intend...

My plastic experiment has finally come to an end. For those who haven't read earlier Purging Plastic posts, here's a quick recap. I spent ten days (was originally going to be two weeks, until plastic debris started consuming my kitchen) going about...

Evolve's Sleek, Low-Flow Shower-heads In Phase III of Project Get Off the Grid (for those who haven't been reading previous posts on Project Get Off the Grid, click here to catch up), I haven't made many changes. Differing variables in the 2008 and...

I just got my Duke Energy bill for the period of February 18 to March 19, so the results of PhaseII of Project Get Off the Grid are officially in. For those who haven't read my old posts about Project Get Off the Grid, here's a quick summary. During...