I was pondering what to post today…. and I am now a regular user of Ecosia, the search engine that uses its profits to plant trees. I am still unable to make it my home page (don’t ask, I do everything they tell me to do) but I remember now to type it in first and then use it. (full disclosure, it did not find my website, but it has so far found everything else..) I stumbled upon their history…
I am still getting junk mail, despite the paper karma app…. They did say it would take a couple of weeks so if I see a decline I will report it. I have used a few cotton q-tips still but I have used the other ones too. I have tried to make Ecosia my default search engine, (every search helps to plant trees) but the instructions did not result in a different default page. So I type it in, when…
another piece of plastic made abundant and unnecessary. Time and again I am struck by these small innovative companies, how they all have a similar frame of mind (and web site approach) Upbeat, and personal, a “we can do this” frame of mind, a website with information about the impact on the environment of product they want to replace and often some kind of visual feedback of the impact one has with the change of (consuming) behavior. I like it!…
Now here is a company that is going the distance! https://unitedbyblue.com and here is bit of good news.
2 days ago my friend send me this article. This made me very happy, because that is exactly how I intend this website to work, sharing information and resources to make better choices. I few things that I picked up on while reading it: Nothing is really “new” we know this stuff already. The situation is dire, but not hopeless and there definitely is growing awareness and willingness to do something about it. There is an emphasis in this article…
So I bought the products to start making my own cleaning products…. I am especially interested in the window cleaner ( with corn starch?) I am quite happy with the natural products I buy so this is a bit of a leap for me, but if they work it will really make a difference in the amount of waste plastic I will produce so it is worth the try. I like the idea of using “grand ma” period products and…
Here are some new technologies that can really impact our climate, and our mother earth in a positive way. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/11/19/heliogen-bill-gates-energy-solar-zw-orig.cnn-business As said before, the problem has to be dealt with from many angles. I really like initiatives from communities, cities, universities, etc, to become carbon neutral. I am amazed by the technology that is invented to curb climate change. It is all possible! ( my son said: “If we can create it we can solve it too” My only question…
I am no germophobe, but I like to clean with a bit of Bleech! My friend, who is a generation younger then me said once ” that is very much your generation:-) ” But, I am also learning more and more how we are (initially unknowingly!) exposed to MANY harmful chemicals in our life through the products we use on a daily basis. Cleaning products are a big part of that ( not the only one though, there is clothing,…
Yesterday I went to a meeting about “sustainability in Ann Arbor” A bit out of my comfort zone, I ended up at a Nature Conservancy presentation, surrounded by healthy looking, gray haired, probably some formerly hippy associated people, listening to a talk based on a scholarly paper that shows that with a few not too drastic changes in our behavior we actually still can save this planet and live her peacefully ( all 9 billion of us) come 2050. https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-insights/scientific-papers/the-science-of-sustainability/…
https://www.captain-planet.net/scientists-develop-artificial-leaf-to-reduce-global-warming-and-produce-clean-energy/?fbclid=IwAR2O2JSB40wf8a21Id0PZ4C-jjn-XzjDPum1Ol2ZhoEP8WU9bwtzI9eBa_Q of course I prefer the real trees, but we can use all the help we can get. and I get very hopeful when I read about these kind of initiatives, so many people on so many fronts are trying to heal the planet.