What’s Going On

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Allie

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Made By Rachel is using food to fight the common cold.

Allie’s Answers is included in this week’s Carnival of Improving Life.

The Good Human discusses the finances of green home improvement.

Elements in Time takes a tech-free day.

Must Love Geek talks about a phone made from bamboo.

Simple + Green has sustainable furniture resources.

Raise Green Dog says lead isn’t just for children’s toys.

6 Comments +

  1. The bamboo phone is intriguing. I love the idea that it grows after you throw it away.

    April 4th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
    Comment by Noelle
  2. Thanks muchly for the link love :) The concept of that phone is freaking awesome!

    April 5th, 2008 at 1:29 am
    Comment by Jenn
  3. The Good Human post was really interesting–I think it’s great that one individual would take such a personal risk to reduce his community’s carbon footprint. While the actions of a single individual can be powerful, I think we still really need more public policy changes in this direction.

    I’m really fortunate to live on the Bay of Fundy (in Nova Scotia) where tidal power is a possibility en route to becoming a reality. Wind power is possible there too, but there’s a lot of NIMBY-ism where wind farms are concerned.

    April 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
    Comment by susan
  4. Yeah, that bamboo phone is so cool.

    I think wind farms are kind of cool looking. And, of course looking at a wind farm is a lot nicer than looking at smog. . .

    April 7th, 2008 at 1:01 am
    Comment by Allie
  5. hey, just a side note to people on garlic - it’s ok to make it more palatable! make soup! pickle it! fresh may be “best” but its more important to eat lots of garlic, not how you eat it.

    thanks for the tips Allie!

    April 7th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
    Comment by erikka
  6. Erikka, that’s a great point. It’s easy to get discouraged when you can’t make yourself do something the “best” possible way, but sometimes its better to do what you can than do nothing at all. Goes for garlic and lots of other things too.

    April 7th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
    Comment by Allie

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