13 Aug 2009

An interesting perspective from Hugo Schwyzer, a community college history and gender studies professor: “And you know, as silly as it is, the joking about man-bashing almost always works! Time and again, I’ve seen it work to silence women in the classroom, or at least cause them to worry about how to phrase things “just

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13 Aug 2009

For Laura Ling and Euna Lee, these past days since their return to America have been filled with great experiences and love from their family, friends and supporters. Laura has written a brief message that she would like to share with all of those who signed the Care2 petitions. Thank you again for helping to

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12 Aug 2009

Very cool storage ideas, many are DIY. Be sure to check out the Ikea stripper pole and the sofa bunk bed.

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12 Aug 2009
05 Aug 2009

I discovered the ultimate recipe today and just made a fresh batch. Want to make kombucha from a mother/mushroom/scoby? Check. Make it from scratch using store-bought kombucha? Check. Make delicious fizzy kombucha? Check. Make flavoured kombucha? Check. Bottle and maintain your kombucha? Check! It’s all here. Kombucha Tea – via Green Eggs & Dirt My

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05 Aug 2009

This great news is 4 years in the making! Since 2004, Greenpeace and countless activists and petitioners like you have asked Kimberly-Clark to save the Boreal forest. Today, the company that makes Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle announced a new policy that places it among the industry leaders in sustainability. Today Greenpeace announces the successful end

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03 Aug 2009

This is a sad sad discovery, as my father-in-law Rich pointed me to this New York Times article: An Underwater Fight Is Waged for the Health of San Francisco Bay “Every year the damage wrought by aquatic invaders in the United States and the cost of controlling them is estimated at $9 billion, according to

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