Environmentally-friendly entertainment?

I’m sitting here, watching the Borat movie on USA (don’t judge), and I saw an commercial for the National Geographic Channel’s new show, “Hooked.”
I haven’t seen an episode yet, but by the commercial, it seems that it’s about fishing (duh).  And not any fishing, but virile man testosterone adventure fishing where they try to find [...]

Recycling Rundown

Nowadays you can recycle just about anything from yard waste to paper products to plastics.  Figuring out what materials your local curbside pick-up will accept is fairly easy with the help of the internet.
You can find your local recycling center by using this handy tool: Find a Recycling Center.
You can find out what items are [...]

10 Ways to be More Green

This Earth Day try some of these easy tips to be more eco-friendly in your daily life.

Eat More Vegetables! The Union of Concerned Scientists cites eating meat as the most eco-destructive activity in which humans take part.  The United Nations states that cattle-rearing generates more green-house gases than transportation.  If all Americans replaced just one [...]

Price is Right Goes Green

I am sure you’ve heard it, Bob Barker signing off The Price is Right by telling folks to be sure to spay and neuter their dogs and cats.  When Drew Carey took over, he continued the tradition, and this Wednesday he is taking his ecological message a few steps further.
With Ed Begley Jr. guest starring, [...]

What’s Up With Water Bottles?

I’m sure you’ve seen it, the crunchy-looking thirty-something coming back from yoga sipping on an aluminum water bottle as she gets into her Prius.
Pretentious? Perhaps. Trendy? Sure. Necessary? Absolutely.
According to the Chicago Sun Times, it takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture the plastic bottles that supply Americans with bottled [...]

Support your political party and get 10% off a Nalgene bottle

I really like Nalgene bottles, so much so that I gave one away last year, they just make sense.  Stop buying bottled water, spend a few bucks on one of these and a Brita pitcher and you’ll help reduce global waste.  OK, enough preaching, onto the actual story.
Because I’ve purchased from the official Nalgene website, [...]

What happens to those roadside political yard signs after November 4th?

The November 4th Presential election is quickly apporaching and the marketing camps are in full swing.  The nice part about most of the political marketing is that it’s very short lived, by this I mean you can change the channel if you don’t want to see a commercial, turn the page in a magazine or [...]

Ride your bike to work and get $20 a month from Uncle Sam

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/politics/Ride_your_bike_to_work_and_get_20_a_month_from_Uncle_Sam’;Yesterday President Bush signed the Bicycle Commuter Benefits Act into law. This is pretty exciting stuff since I’ve been commuting to work on my bicycle three to five days per week for nearly four months now. The Bicycle Blog says,
The benefit — up to $20 per month — begins with the [...]

Black and White

Prepare to be schooled. Legitimately.
On the second Tuesday in November, history will be made. America will have elected either its first African American president, more than 140 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, or the first woman vice president, nearly 90 years following the ratification of the bill that gave U.S. women the right [...]

Naked hand soap dispenser on the cheap

I’m a guy in every sense of the word, but I do clean because no one wants their home to smell like a guy’s house. Fine, I clean, no big deal. Most cleaning products have a decent scent, in my case I prefer citrus, but none the less, a scent works for most [...]