Comments on: Simple changes in values can save energy

By: Stratumseind Tijned

Stratumseind Tijned — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:46:13 +0000

Stratumseind Tijned…

This new study may also support findings by the University of Texas, which found a long- term decline in certain nutritious elements in conventionally grown fruit and vegetables. The researchers theorized that this too reflected the increasing use of s…

By: southAustin(fernando);

southAustin(fernando); — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:58:13 +0000

we don’t like to waste time. when it comes to parking, you see a spot and you take it. walking is good exercise. be outside, look up at the blue sky.

By: Poornima

Poornima — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:23:15 +0000

My fav line from Discovery Channel, “The earth has enough to fulfill your need but not your greed”

I agree that its so much easier to live with basic amenities and manage them. Mom goes mad with the dusting and cleaning most of the time.

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Matt’s Daily Diigo Post 09/19/2007 « Matt’s Cuppa — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:52:19 +0000

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By: sillygoat76

sillygoat76 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:55:02 +0000

I agree with parking away and almost always do this myself. The extra exercise is good for you and it decreases the odds that people will ding your vehicle up.

By: Peter Fletcher

Peter Fletcher — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:28:15 +0000

I came across this website via you following me on Twitter (my first I’ll add) and, unlike a lot of other sites that just try and sell stuff, this site is about making a real difference; and you’re doing it in an amazing way. Thanks for finding me, and thanks for being interested in the future of our planet.

Peter

By: jhimm

jhimm — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:42:23 +0000

we need to look at life that way
regardless of concepts about consumption or conservation.
Industry needs to sell us Stuff.
Industry hires Marketing to convince us we need Stuff.
ironically,
whenever Marketing sells us a room
as a representation of a Lifestyle,
that room will be magically devoid
of all the Stuff Marketing also sold us.
because the room looks sleek, clean and modern if it is empty.

deep down inside,
even Marketing knows we really don’t want Stuff
we really want a Simple Life.

Alton Brown,
the Food Network personality decries kitchen “unitaskers”.
specialized kitchen tools that only do one thing
and are so specialized you can’t make them do anything else well
(some that don’t even do their one task well).
his favorite kitchen tool is the pizza cutter.
he hates things like cherry pitters.

the label maker is a home office unitasker.

even if it won’t save the planet,
we might just all be happier
if we all got rid of all of our unitaskers
(recycled them, of course).

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:29:45 +0000

Good for you.

I once got picked up while hitch-hiking by an old guy that grew up during the depression (this was about 1980). While we were on the highway he always changed lanes into the left hand lane whenever the road curved in that direction — he said it saved him gas and wear on his tires over the life of his car.

At the time I though he was going a bit overboard, but now it seems like we as a society are beginning to adopt some of those same habits — or at lest we’re beginning to.

Thanks for the comment and thanks for stopping by!
-kevin

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:24:15 +0000

We are far parkers ourselves, which means we intentionally park as far away from the store as possible. It gets you a little more exercise, and saves gas.