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Comment on Starting Your Own Garden, Part III by Kat Morgan

Kat Morgan — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:19:47 +0000

I’m glad I found you! Love it!

Comment on A New Feature by dustin

dustin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:58:26 +0000

i think it would be pretty cool. because i dont do much online shopping though, it wouldn’t really benefit me unless they were local ads however.

Comment on More for Less by The Greener Christian » The Great Thermostat Debate

The Greener Christian » The Great Thermostat Debate — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:24:43 +0000

[...] a previous post, way back in July, I mentioned that I try to save energy by using a programmable thermostat to turn [...]

Comment on Sweatshops, Part Three by tom o

tom o — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:27:42 +0000

In almost the same breath as God’s giving man dominion over all the earth, Genesis says, “and God saw everything He made and behold it was very good.” The implication is that if we have dominion, we have also the responsibility to keep it “very good”.

Comment on New Look! by tom o

tom o — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:23:22 +0000

congrats! I luv it

Comment on The Recession is Here, Get On With Your Life by mrs. helmkamp

mrs. helmkamp — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:21:32 +0000

i can happily say that we never ever watch the news in our house. i don’t really read it online, either. the only news that i ever hear is the 90 second news blurps that they have on wbcl each day. maybe that’s why i am a little less stressed than some.

Comment on Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? by admin

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:53:50 +0000

I guess I see it as leading by example. Much of the rest of the world is becoming increasingly Westernized. Many cultures are being replaced by American culture. They do what we do, want what we want. If we model sustainable living, maybe they will too.

But that’s only half of the equation. As you mentioned, they need to have the knowledge of how to do all of this, and how their negative choices affect the environment. And they have to have access to the necessities of life! It’s hard to care about a tree when your children are hungry.

Comment on Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? by Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:09:01 +0000

Yes I understand that completely. But many of these countries are playing catch-up to the likes of us, and are making major environmental blunders along the way. My question was is my small part going to make that much difference considering the blatant disregard millions of others appear to have. (even though I realize it’s not really a matter of disregard, it’s more a matter of lack of information) I guess there isn’t a real way to get my question answered, just something that nags at the back of my brain.

Comment on Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? by admin

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:30:56 +0000

A conniption?! What makes you think I’m high-strung?

To answer your question, though, it is important to educate those in developing nations about the importance of lessening our impact, while at the same time ensuring they have the resources to do so. That being said, industrialized nations like the US contribute MUCH more to the total environmental impact than most third-world countries combined, simply because the volume of pollution, resource use, etc. is so much greater in developed nations.

Make sense?

Comment on Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? by Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:34:12 +0000

Okay, I have to post a thought. What has been proposed to the third world countries out there to enable them to do their part? Having lived in one I can tell you that they are utterly clueless, and the vast majority of the American people would be shocked to see how little regard they have for the environment. Trash of all kinds littering every street, public transportation systems with absolutely no emissions regulations, and a multitude of other things. I have to tell you that having seen these things first hand makes me wonder if my effort is really worth anything at all. Every time a public bus takes off in Guatemala (and believe me there’s A LOT of them) a cloud of black smoke comes out of the exhaust pipe. Is my giving up bottled water, or using energy-efficient bulbs really going to combat what other countries are doing to work against me? Now, before you have a conniption Todd I fully know that this doesn’t excuse me from my responsibilities. Just something I wanted to throw out there.