Archive for the 'Simple Steps' Category
Save to del.icio.us — tags freecycle recycle environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/13/a-simple-step-to-take-join-freecycle-recycle-2/”; About ‘freecycling’ and The Freecycle Network Freeycling is a worldwide grassroots movement of people banding together to recycle items by giving them away for free. While there are a number of different freecycling groups around the world, the largest and oldest [...]
October 13th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Personal Values, Recycle, Simple Steps, Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags water environment carbon savings Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/03/a-simple-step-you-can-take-install-a-low-flow-shower-head-save-water-money-carbon/”; If you’re like most Americans, you probably take a shower every day. Unless you’re already using a low-flow shower head, you have an opportunity to save some money in addition to cutting back on your family’s environmental impact. Low Flow [...]
October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Environment, Reduce, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, Water | 12 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags energy blackgoogle greenIT environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/10/02/black-is-the-new-green-10-energy-saving-search-sites-black-google-blackgoogle/”; Black is the New Green. At least, that’s the message of a movement sometimes referred to as Black Google. The idea first appeared in a January 20th blog post by Mark Ontkush, where he examines how much energy could potentially [...]
October 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Environment, Fun, Global Warming, Reduce, Simple Steps, Uncategorized | 34 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags food peanutbutter environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/07/01/how-peanut-butter-helps-the-planet/”; One of the daily decisions we all face is what to eat. How do we eat well and in a way that’s good for the environment — and at the same time have meals that are easy to fix and taste [...]
September 21st, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Environment, Quick Bits, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, What to Eat | 15 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags quotes inspiration environment green photo Add to Stumbleupon We can all envision the world as a better place. Each of us can imagine a better life — better government, better living habits, better environment. We can all imagine these — but can we make them real? “When you do nothing, [...]
September 20th, 2007 | Posted in Citizen Journalism, Environment, Image of the Week, Quick Bits, Simple Steps, Societal Values, Uncategorized | 9 Comments
Here’s a great youtube video that shows a comparison between regular light bulbs, Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs and newer, super efficient LED light bulbs. Based on comments left on the site, I know that our readers are interested in learning more on LED Light bulbs. This video provides a very simple comparison that’s easy [...]
September 13th, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Simple Steps | 7 Comments
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Love XOXO, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography. A lot of the time blogging (and reading) about environmental issues and global climate change can be depressing. So let’s lighten up today [...]
September 7th, 2007 | Posted in Image of the Week, Simple Steps, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
