April 30, 2010
Plastic-Free Living: Let’s Talk
A plastic-free living discussion. What does plastic-free mean to you? What questions do you have about getting plastic out of your life? And why is it important?
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Category Archives: Discussion Questions
February 4, 2010
Disagreeing on Green Values: Why Michael Thinks I’m Ned Flanders
A few weeks ago, my husband Michael forwarded me the NY Times article, “Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes“: As awareness of environmental concerns has grown, therapists say they are seeing a rise in bickering between couples and family members over the extent to which they should change their lives to save the planet. In […]
December 14, 2009
Men Less Plastic: What Do You Want?
Last week, after several posts about cosmetics, I promised one targeted to my male readers. Here it is. But women, of course, are encouraged to weigh in. As most of you know, this blog is written by a female. Genetically, physically, mentally female. I couldn’t be, nor have I ever desired to be, any other […]
October 8, 2009
No Impact Man Book Discussion: Chapters 2 & 3
As I mentioned before when discussing the first chapter of No Impact Man, the discussion questions are open to anyone, whether you have read the book or not. So please feel free to join in! DAY 1: A Stuffed Up Nose Chapter 2 begins with Colin, having decided to embark on the No Impact Project, […]
September 21, 2009
In which I run into No Impact Man again, and nothing happens…
… you know, because of that chemistry accident several years ago while he was working late at the lab so that now things just slide right through him instead of creating an imp… Oh, forget it. That was the scenario Michael created tonight after we saw the No Impact Man movie again and heard Colin […]
July 7, 2009
Plastic – What is it good for?
This morning, I had a telephone conversation with a plastics industry insider who runs a web site dedicated to supporting plastics professionals. Greg from Plastics.com is a nice guy. Very sincere. And surprisingly, we found many more areas of agreement than probably either of us expected. I won’t go into the details of the conversation […]
October 17, 2008
Find the plastic contest winner!
Last week I held a contest to find a big mass of plastic hidden in some photos from Vajrapani Retreat Center. And the winner is… JULIE who wrote, “I definitely think it’s the decking around the larger building. I’ve been at houses with the reclaimed plastic decking before.” Julie, please email me your address so […]
October 7, 2008
Vajrapani Retreat Center: find the plastic; win a prize!
Vajrapani Institute is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery nestled in the Santa Cruz mountains. Care for the earth and all its creatures is one of its core practices, to the extent that the members try as much as possible to avoid killing even insects. This is where I spent the weekend, sitting in silence, listening to […]
September 17, 2008
Learning to Sleep
Why would anyone have to learn to sleep? The body does it naturally. When the lights go down, melatonin kicks in and we get sleepy. Then, we go to bed, right? Except, in this day and age with computers and artificial light, melatonin doesn’t necessarily kick in. And when you’ve got genes like mine (father, […]
July 9, 2008
Help! I’m on the Low Carbon Diet and I need some advice.
So a few weeks ago, I started to write about how I and a couple of guys from Green Sangha had begun the Low Carbon Diet challenge (as if we all need one more freakin’ challenge right now!) but I was tired and feeling fluey and never finished the post. Well, I’m back on it. […]