by grayisgreen | Nov 9, 2011 | Food and Water, Healthy Aging, Home & Garden, Uncategorized
photo credit: Mark Levin/Flickr “If you are an environmentalist, why do you eat meat?” I get asked this a lot, often around Thanksgiving when of course the traditional meal contains a giant turkey with meat enough for days of sandwiches, casseroles, and...
by grayisgreen | Nov 7, 2011 | Healthy Aging, Taking Action
I just had one of the most energizing days of my life. I spent Sunday standing with as many as 15,000 people in an enormous circle around the White House. All of us came to tell President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. This...
by grayisgreen | Nov 3, 2011 | Food and Water, Home & Garden
If we didn’t feel it already, last week’s East Coast snow blitz gave a sure sign that winter is on its way, bearing colder temperatures, wetter conditions and shorter days. Before you’re bundled in sweaters and dreading to leave the house, spare your...
by grayisgreen | Nov 1, 2011 | Home & Garden, Pathways to Gratitude
photo credit: Andrea R/Flickr When we decided to renovate our Wellfleet, Massachusetts home three years ago, we discovered we were changing just enough of the house to require bringing all of the electricity and plumbing up to current code. This meant removing all of...
