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A Lively Pair of Flip Flops

Walking through a plot of fresh grass in your bare feet feels glorious, right? But what if you could saw a patch of grass into your flip flops? Would you do it? I don’t think I would be game for such footwear, but apparently the creators over at Krispy Kreme – yes, the guys [...]

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Some ABC’s of Greenology, Part 4 – Grease Lightning?

 Welcome back to our continuing series on greenology! If you would like to read part 1, part 2, or part 3 of this series first, please follow the links.  In the meantime, we will continue with our primer of greenology. G is for Grease. No, I’m not talking about the movie, although cars do play an [...]

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The Truth about my Green Roots

People often ask me how I came to be green. I tell them it’s the leprechaun blood. Seriously, I owe my green roots to my dad. He is the one who has inspired many of my so-called cockamamie (as my hubby claims) ideas. Now my dad is a mixture of Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, the [...]

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No, It’s Not the Scientology Movie Starring John Travolta

While waiting for The Dark Knight to begin, I was treated to the usual pre-previews. These typically consist of various commercials and the promotion of the latest derivative pop star signed to a label owned by the same company as the movie theater. But this time, I was in for a revelation. We, living serendipitously [...]

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Stephen Colbert vs. the Sierra Club

Recently on The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert interviewed Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, in a segment entitled “Better Know a Lobby.” In typical Colbert fashion, he asked the tough questions that most reporters are afraid to ask. We all know that Pope has hugged a tree, but has he ever gone [...]

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Bra-Vo!

I shared a story in a previous blog about how I worked in an arts and crafts room for a summer day camp and how we reused pretty much everything we could for our beautiful craft projects and I remembered a cute story of one such a reusable item.  My assistant and I were going [...]

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