It’s a lovely bright day, the first of the days we’ll call ‘the first day of spring’ (spring teases us for months here in the Berkshires). Tom’s off to get his bike out, and in a bout of spring cleaning I came across a fur coat I bought at a tag sale 10 years ago, [...]

My laptop battery died a few weeks ago and I have been using the old one as a paper weight–couldn’t throw it away, but didn’t know what to do with it. Then I saw an ad in Organic Style (more about that another day) for the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. The website has a database [...]

My daughter’s taking a class in environmental management and I’ve learned two important things from her. First, Richard Nixon’s looking better and better: he signed into law the National Environmental Policy Act in 1970.
One of the most important demands of this law is that Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be produced. As Rachel points out, creating [...]

“The Armchair Environmentalist is filled with wisdom for those who want to live an environmentally responsible life. For example, simply saying no to bottled water will save energy and measurably reduce carbon emissions. Karen Christensen has incorporated more environmental advice in this crisp, tightly written volume than in anything I’ve seen to date.”–Lester R. Brown, [...]

This won’t save the planet, but it’s a useful and seasonal tip, here on the East Coast, because so many people go to Florida this time of year. It’s so tempting to bring reminders home—even when we should “Take only photographs, leave only footprints.” (And traveling by any vehicle other than a plane is also [...]