I have joined Sierra Club and began recycling my trash. I have also purchased two flannel sheets I'm going to make into reusable toilet paper. I hang most of my laundry. I wash in cold. I have a programmable thermastat.
I would love solar panels, a turbine or a Prius but alas, I'm disabled and money is something I don't have a lot of.
I would love the opportunity to read this book. Please consider me for your drawing. Thanks.
I'd like to check this out. :) I strive to save energy partly for the financial savings but also for the environment. There may be some ideas in there for things I've wondered about - that would be a really great thing to find. :)
If it turns out that I don't find a lot of value in the book, which doesn't sound likely, I'll either donate it to the library or offer it on Freecycle, so someone else could have a chance to examine it. But, since you found it so valuable, odds are good I will too. :)
The college I teach at has a good sabbatical program. You can either take one semester off after 3 years, or a full year off after 7 years. Because one semester runs into the summer, it ends up being 8 months. You are paid 80% during that time.
The hardest thing for me has been determining what goal I want to achieve during that time. I'm considering applying for a sabbatical for next year, as I have some goals worth pursuing.
Lots of great, great ideas. And all familiar enough dishes that it makes it easy for a non-vegetarian to have at least one vegetarian meal. Or, even better, start down the vegetarian path.
I am always looking for ways to leave less of a footprint on this earth and involve the whole family - what could be better. Does it include goats as family pets?
We're starting to turn our backyard into a garden, and we've already got a worm pit (there's a really cool instructable on how to make a worm bag that we're working on too). I'd be really interested in what other things we can do besides playing with the thermostat and changing all the lightbulbs!
Sounds like a great book! I've been trying to "get greener" around the house, but I never feel like I'm doing enough; plus it can be hard to do some typical green things where I live (our winter last mid October until April so lots of energy is used to heat our house, we have about a 2 month growing season, and bears are frequent visitors to my backyard, making composting and gardening a challenge).
A guy I used to date plays this game with his two brothers. Whenever they are all together they sporadically challenge each other "Will you do X for $Y?" Then the challenged would say yes or no or state at what price he WOULD do the act, and the other two would debate what they'd pay to see it done.
I always thought it was fascinating, and this game/conversation was played consistently over the years. Usually it was embarrassing stuff, not gross, such as addressing a crowded movie theater or putting ketchup on your face for x minutes (in public) or whatever.
Terry Southern's book, "The Magic Christian" was published in 1959, about a character named Guy Grand. As Wikipedia explains: "All his escapades are designed to prove his theory that everyone has got their price — it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay them."
The movie version of "The Magic Christian," starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, as Guy and Youngman Grand, respectively, was released in 1969. Of the characters, Wikipedia says: "Their misadventures are designed as a display of father Grand to his adoptive charge that "everyone has their price" - it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay."
At 22 the girl should be paying someone to take her virginity.
And all these people willing to do extreme things for money overestimate their worth. I could pay someone $1000 to do anything to them; and it would be more entertaining since it would be against their will. That said I'd wrestle an angry pit bull for $10,000, but only if the pit bull got the money if I lost.
Last year our financial counselor challenged us: "be as radical as you can be" in saving money. One of the unexpected side effects of accepting that challenge has been that our household has become much greener. Buying in bulk saves packaging and money. Buying on craigslist or getting things from freecycle saves us money and reduces waste. Our most radical change was becoming a one-car household. Our most socially unacceptable change has been using gray water.
I recently joined the green team at my work. Later this year we'll be starting learning lunches to share info and encourage green practices in the workplace and at home. It's easier to keep going - and to go further - when you've got a group of like-minded people for encouragement.
HAHAAH this post was hilarious. The cutting off pinky one is pretty damn scary. The old lady who said she would skydive is pretty cool I think. My mom always wants to skydive, and she's 55.
I appreciate this information - I am currently contemplating a move to Guilin, China - I am currently living in Mexico on my SS check and I find it inexpensive here, rather than fighting the rat race in Panama City, FL where I am from.
I hope to be in China after the first of the year.
Only thing missing was meat
I was thinking the same as Kevin- that knowing my luck I'd end up in a foreign jail cause they'd think I was a drug mule!
I have joined Sierra Club and began recycling my trash. I have also purchased two flannel sheets I'm going to make into reusable toilet paper. I hang most of my laundry. I wash in cold. I have a programmable thermastat.
I would love solar panels, a turbine or a Prius but alas, I'm disabled and money is something I don't have a lot of.
I would love the opportunity to read this book. Please consider me for your drawing. Thanks.
I'd like to check this out. :) I strive to save energy partly for the financial savings but also for the environment. There may be some ideas in there for things I've wondered about - that would be a really great thing to find. :)
If it turns out that I don't find a lot of value in the book, which doesn't sound likely, I'll either donate it to the library or offer it on Freecycle, so someone else could have a chance to examine it. But, since you found it so valuable, odds are good I will too. :)
The college I teach at has a good sabbatical program. You can either take one semester off after 3 years, or a full year off after 7 years. Because one semester runs into the summer, it ends up being 8 months. You are paid 80% during that time.
The hardest thing for me has been determining what goal I want to achieve during that time. I'm considering applying for a sabbatical for next year, as I have some goals worth pursuing.
Thanks for the post.
My kids will only eat baby carrots. You mentioned how we tend to like uniformity in our foods. Well, kids are obsessive in that way!
We are trying, but it is hard work, and often seems impossible, to green up our lives.
Lots of great, great ideas. And all familiar enough dishes that it makes it easy for a non-vegetarian to have at least one vegetarian meal. Or, even better, start down the vegetarian path.
Cheers!
kind of like,"what would you do"....with mark summers
that damn pie machine never hit anything
I'm just beginning my green journey, and I think this would be a big help to me.
I am always looking for ways to leave less of a footprint on this earth and involve the whole family - what could be better. Does it include goats as family pets?
Some of the replies made me scared, Especially the amputation of finger on live TV, ughh. But frankly the idea and the responses are hilarious:)
I could not stop laughing at some of these comments they were hysterical.
No amount of money could get me to eat toe nail clippings!
We're starting to turn our backyard into a garden, and we've already got a worm pit (there's a really cool instructable on how to make a worm bag that we're working on too). I'd be really interested in what other things we can do besides playing with the thermostat and changing all the lightbulbs!
Sounds like a great book! I've been trying to "get greener" around the house, but I never feel like I'm doing enough; plus it can be hard to do some typical green things where I live (our winter last mid October until April so lots of energy is used to heat our house, we have about a 2 month growing season, and bears are frequent visitors to my backyard, making composting and gardening a challenge).
A guy I used to date plays this game with his two brothers. Whenever they are all together they sporadically challenge each other "Will you do X for $Y?" Then the challenged would say yes or no or state at what price he WOULD do the act, and the other two would debate what they'd pay to see it done.
I always thought it was fascinating, and this game/conversation was played consistently over the years. Usually it was embarrassing stuff, not gross, such as addressing a crowded movie theater or putting ketchup on your face for x minutes (in public) or whatever.
Sounds like a good read - thanks for the review!
Terry Southern's book, "The Magic Christian" was published in 1959, about a character named Guy Grand. As Wikipedia explains: "All his escapades are designed to prove his theory that everyone has got their price — it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay them."
The movie version of "The Magic Christian," starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, as Guy and Youngman Grand, respectively, was released in 1969. Of the characters, Wikipedia says: "Their misadventures are designed as a display of father Grand to his adoptive charge that "everyone has their price" - it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay."
Looks interesting! I'd love to win!
At 22 the girl should be paying someone to take her virginity.
And all these people willing to do extreme things for money overestimate their worth. I could pay someone $1000 to do anything to them; and it would be more entertaining since it would be against their will. That said I'd wrestle an angry pit bull for $10,000, but only if the pit bull got the money if I lost.
Last year our financial counselor challenged us: "be as radical as you can be" in saving money. One of the unexpected side effects of accepting that challenge has been that our household has become much greener. Buying in bulk saves packaging and money. Buying on craigslist or getting things from freecycle saves us money and reduces waste. Our most radical change was becoming a one-car household. Our most socially unacceptable change has been using gray water.
I recently joined the green team at my work. Later this year we'll be starting learning lunches to share info and encourage green practices in the workplace and at home. It's easier to keep going - and to go further - when you've got a group of like-minded people for encouragement.
HAHAAH this post was hilarious. The cutting off pinky one is pretty damn scary. The old lady who said she would skydive is pretty cool I think. My mom always wants to skydive, and she's 55.
I appreciate this information - I am currently contemplating a move to Guilin, China - I am currently living in Mexico on my SS check and I find it inexpensive here, rather than fighting the rat race in Panama City, FL where I am from.
I hope to be in China after the first of the year.
I'm in. Sounds like an interesting book. I recently started composting and am very interested in other ideas.
What about the question they always ask: Are you carrying any bags/packages that aren't yours? I guess this is technically "yes", but a loophole?