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This sign is from the city of Vancouver in British Columbia and it’s purpose is to inform motorists that letting their cars idle is against the law and punishable by a fine of $50 to $100.
Vancouver’s “Motor Vehicle […]
As part of writing this blog I follow a large number of other blogs and news sources — in fact I have over 100 of them in my RSS reader right now (thanks Google Reader!).
So, each week I’ll filter through them so you don’t have to and I’ll give you just the highlights -
(Also, if […]
Tree hugger brings us news on new twist on local food, an underground farm in Tokyo. It’s main purpose is to provide training for Japanese students interested in learning about farming.
It reminds me of the Winter I grew organic tomatoes in my basement under lights. I calculated that it cost me $25 a month for […]
This is the first post of an ongoing feature here at 21st Century Citizen. It’s called ‘Choices’ and it’s purpose is to present a simple, values-based choice and generate discussion.
It’s also intended to make you think a bit and examine the reasons why you make the choices you make. Here we go with our first […]
Here’s a wonderful post from Seacoast Eat Local, wonderful, very-local blog located in the Seacoast area of Southern, NH.
They blogged today about a youtube video that very simply lays out the story of our food supply and some of the issues surrounding it. For example, did you know that the process of growing, processing […]
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Still Life With Produce, originally uploaded by shawn schreiner.
More local food shots today. It’s almost August and we’re at just about the peak of gardening and local produce […]
I’ve been looking for Podcasts that discuss Global Warming and that aren’t a waste of time. After doing all my research, here is a set of podcasts that I believe are the best around.
Please leave a comment here on this post if you have other favorites to add — or if you disagree about one […]
Treehugger!
From their site:
Before the month is out I just wanted to slip in a hearty ‘Three Cheers’, ‘for-you’re-all-jolly-good-fellows’ type greeting for little ole TreeHugger. Yep, we’ve successful navigated through the Terrible Twos and moved right on, without even celebrating our momentous Third Birthday. The other day we ranked 20th out of some 75,000,000 other […]
At Green Options today they’re passing along a story from Engadget on the ‘Greenbox’ — an aftermarket deice for cars that claims to capture most of the greenhouse gases from cars to keep them out of the atmosphere.
The idea is that you’d attach the ‘greenbox’ to your car and it would capture the gases as […]
That in the Summer it’s important to check your sprinkler for leaks. According a post this afternoon:
A broken sprinkler can waste thousands of gallons of water, not to mention bring you a hefty water bill.
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