I'm starting to wonder where the time went. Here it is. The middle of summer. Or even later, depending on when your kids go back to school!We've been busy with the normal summer activities....
Most of you have probably seen this video already...I'm sure it was all over Facebook when it first came out. The band OK Go had 20 engineers construct an enormous, elaborate Rube Goldberg machi...
Have you heard about this grocery store opening in Austin, Texas? It's like your bulk food dream come true: a grocery store without packaging. in.gredients will offer an array of foods including...
My name is Heather Hawkins, and it's been nine months since I last composted my food scraps. I think a support group for greenies-who've-fallen-of f-the-wagon could be a good thing, yes? Cou...
The Portland forecast for Saturday looks amazing (and just what's up with that? we expect clouds, cold and rain in June, thankyouverymuch!). So our family's participation looks good for the...
Over the past year, Portland Public Schools has been switching out old toilets for new, water-conserving dual-flush models. This happened at our school sometime in the middle of the school year, and ...
I recently finished reading the book, Plastic, A Toxic Love Story, by Susan Freinkel. It was an eye opener for me. Plastic is something I've just not wanted to get into. Over the past few years,...
We are soooo happy to be in our new house. But it seems the previous owner had some sort of catalog addiction because we've received 21 product-laden glossies in the past 8 mailing days. Insanit...
I'm the first to admit I know next to nuthin on plastics, toxins, chemicals, blah-blah-blah, zzzzzzz. See? It happens every time! String those words together and I'm asleep in record time. ...
We moved! Again. After renting for six months, we finally bought a house and moved in last weekend. Stuff from storage that we hadn't seen all this time moved in, too. We had (and still have) bo...
Last year on Mother's Day, a group of some of my favorite moms met to go for a nature walk in a nearby state park with our families. We all got together at our local neighborhood elementary scho...
Sorry for the late notice on this. Tomorrow, Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 10am to 2pm, the DEA is hosting a national prescription drug takeback day. Search for a collection site near you. It's...
On Monday morning, our kitchen remodel kicked off. And yesterday, the porta-potty was delivered. So that makes it official! It seems like we've been discussing kitchen stuff now since the invent...
It's Earth Day. Do your best to be green. Today and every day. Thank you for all that you do.
I don't normally take a bag of non-curbside recyclables out for a walk, but this morning, and yesterday, I did. Why? Our school is hosting a recyclable plastics collection (in partnership with t...
It's been almost five months since my family up and moved from Portland to Columbus, Ohio, and while it hasn't been an easy transition, I am feeling hopeful. Things are looking up. We just ...
Are you planning to tune in? It's on ABC at 8pm (7pm Central). If you watch this snippet from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, one thing's clear: it's not going to be a repeat from the f...
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