Don't just sit there like a bump on a log,  Mark Twain, 1863  I mentioned in a previous post, Going Zero Waste , that, since moving to ...

Garbage. I'm going to be talking about this a lot, so bear with me. When I was living in Seattle we could seemingly recycle and compost ...

I recently learned that San Francisco has a mandatory compost recycling law for all households, commercial properties and food vendors. The ...

I'm sure this won't be as exciting to anyone else (unless you live in Seattle ), but we are now getting food waste pickup weekly at ...

It's been a while since I've covered any of the personal changes I've made whilst trying to live a little lighter on the Earth. ...

A while back I wrote about what I did with my food waste that I generated at work. For those that don't know, I have been diligently pac...

I'm finally getting around to selling a bunch of items we no longer use or need. They are mostly kid related. I managed to sell two Brit...

Fake Plastique Fish has taken on a new effort to force responsibility back on Brita for recycling their enormously wasteful water filter ca...

I'm not sure whether this will pass the City Council this year, but Seattle mayor Greg Nickels has proposed a 20 cent fee for all dispo...

I've been mulling over something that I wanted to get your opinion on. When I'm sorting through my garbage determining what I can re...

One of the moms from my son's school asked me a question recently. It turns out she checked out my blog and has a host of questions, so ...