Arnold posted this article to Facebook on December 7th. We should have been addressing this long before climate change became a concern. 7 million people dying from pollution each year should have been reason enough. … [Read more...]
The GMO Challenge
I wanted to wait to discuss this until after I went to a talk by Michael Pollan about the aftermath of Prop. 37. While the votes are still being counted Proposition 37 – the Right to Know initiative that would have labeled GMOs in our food – has been called as defeated. We can hold out hope but we still need a lot of votes headed our way to change the looming outcome. … [Read more...]
Greenwashing Light Bulbs
NOTE: this is a reprint by permission of a blog from Paul Wheaton (jedi knight of permaculture), as per the note in his email here. "For those of you that have blogs and want to use this as a "guest blog" on your blog, you are welcome to use any of the blogs here: http://paulwheaton12.wordpress.com/ I’m Paul Wheaton. Treehugger.com calls me “hardcore green”. I feel the … [Read more...]
One Year Anniversary
It's been one year since I installed Wordpress on the HighlyUncivilized domain and started to chronicle some of our projects and lifestyle changes. We kicked off the year by following the No Impact Week program, and made a commitment to keep that discipline in other projects. On one hand I'd say the year flew by, but on the other hand, when I look at everything I've done at … [Read more...]
White Vinegar Removes Hard Water Stains
You've all seen them; ugly hard water stains on your counter and faucet, left behind by mineral content in your drinking water. You can go to the store and buy some goopy, mysterious chemical, made for just this, or look to a natural approach using something simple you probably already own. The "benefit" claimed by the products in the store are usually around how quickly … [Read more...]