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Changing the Joneses

June 24, 2008

Keeping up with the Joneses is a saying that originated in a comic from the early 1900′s, or at least that’s what Wikipedia would have me believe (just confirmed by Toonopedia). The Joneses are the unseen neighbors in the comic and are often referred to with some degree of envy by the strip’s main characters. [...]

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An Excess of Cool

June 10, 2008

It has been hot in Philly. Not the kind of hot where you slip on some shorts and sandals and make your way into the long absent sun after a cold, cloudy winter (love that kind of hot). No, this is the kind of hot where you stay as still as possible for fear of [...]

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$6 a Gallon?

May 27, 2008

Well, we’ve talked about high gas prices, but it seems that the ceiling may be a bit higher than we thought. Based on the projections for crude prices, some are suspecting a potential rise to $6 or even $7 a gallon. We could see prices at the pump this high in the next 12-24 months. [...]

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Eco-ethics

May 20, 2008

The arguments over climate change and the action it demands include scientific and economic considerations. What are the potential effects of ongoing warming, and what is the cost of slowing that rise in temperature? Will the relative cost later be less than the cost now? Do we have time to wait? Does the environmental benefit [...]

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Sometimes the Sky is Actually Falling

May 16, 2008

Chicken Little may be a crazed, hyper-reactive, fear monger, but occasionally that bump on the head actually is a piece of the sky. Unfortunately, a history of apocalyptic prophets have made her voice difficult to hear. Doom sayers have been calling our attention to impending catastrophe since the beginning of time. I remember being mortally [...]

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I Might Just Love Expensive Gas

May 13, 2008

According to a New York Times article from a few days ago, record numbers of people are leaving the cars in the driveway and taking to public transit. Across the country, buses and trains are filling as commuters shun their own vehicles. High (for this country) gas prices have made workers think twice about filling [...]

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Renewable Energy is Not the Answer

May 5, 2008

Provocative title I know but . . . We spoke before about cheap energy and the ways in which we have formed our society around it, made it an integral part of the way we live. Our ability to extract energy from fossil fuels with relative ease and, for many years, with little worry over [...]

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Changing the Cheap Energy Mind

April 25, 2008

Michael Pollan’s article, “Why Bother?”, in the New York Times Green Issue is ostensibly about growing a garden, but there are larger issues looming in the shadows of that leafy produce. In exhorting the reader to plant and grow their own food he leads us through ideas of community, the possibility of viral change, the [...]

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Have a Great Earth Day

April 22, 2008

A quick note to wish everyone a happy Earth Day. Here are a few Earth Day posts from some of my favorite green bloggers: Earth Day 2008, This is How We Do It – Jetson Green What Are You Doing on Earth Day? – Inhabitat OK, there weren’t as many Earth Day posts out there [...]

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Blog Action Day via FHN

November 14, 2007

Apparently I missed out on Blog Action Day last month. Check it out for some good posts related to impacting the environment from some of the most popular blogs on the net. Since I missed it I will share one of the posts that I really liked from one of the blogs I monitor – [...]

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