The Bus Chick’s Manifesto

the Bus Chick riding with her Chicklets

As usual this weekend I was catching up on some of my favorite podcasts  and I heard an interview and a “This I Believe” essay from the Bus Chick.  I had one of those driveway moments when you can’t get out of the car until you finish listening even if you have frozen groceries melting away in the [...]

Nation’s First Net-Zero Energy Efficient Affordable Community to Break Ground in Suburban St. Louis Cornfield

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  Nation’s First Net-Zero Energy Affordable Community to Break Ground in Suburban St. Louis Cornfield 32 three-bedroom homes to lease for $590/month Solar panels, wind turbines to cut utility bill to $0; LEED Platinum eligible design JERSEYVILLE, IL – The long-awaited promise of affordable, net-zero, green living will finally become reality in a St. Louis [...]

Cooking Green: How to Reduce Your Cookprint

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I was recently catching up on a past episode of “The Splendid Table”, (one of my favorite podcasts theat keeps me entertained while working), when Lynne  Rossetto Kasper started and interview with Kate Heyhoe, author of “Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint”. I really enjoyed the  great interview, and I immediately ordered the book from Amazon so [...]

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  By guest writer Jen of SewnNatural On a recent trip to our favorite forest spot near Ottawa, we spotted a family of frogs on the edge of a creek. I actually ended up falling in the creek trying to take some photos (some of which you see below, but that’s an entirely separate story. [...]

An Update on The Uniform Project

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Year 1 was a huge success, and year 2 started  August 1st!  The Uniform Project (U.P.) is doing things a little differently this time. They have created a  ‘Pilot Series’ – a monthly series of micro-challenges featuring “1 Dress for 1 Month for 1 Cause”. The U.P. will unveil a new face in a new [...]