What I love about visiting colleges is that I get to see so many different towns.  For years, I have heard about Ithaca, New York because of the famous restaurant, Moosewood.  This restaurant is known for its inspiring vegetarian and fish cookbooks. ..
Topics: Cornell, Gorges, greenest US town, Ithaca, New York, Sustainable life, travel, yest

Some call me frugal. Others would call me cheap. I prefer the term practical and thrifty. Take for example buying school supplies. I can’t conceive of buying all brand new school supplies when my cabinets could double as my own Staples stores....
Topics: back to school, books, children, education, household products, school supplies, thrifty

I always carry my camera these days since green is all around us. As we traveled through Pennsylvania my kids saw the turbines as we approached them on the highway. This is the first time I had a close encounter of the wind turbine kind.Are these...
Topics: alternative energy, green energy, green technology, wind miils, wind turbines, wind turbines in Pennsylvania, wind turbines on the highway

I was toying with this post on how to write it and came up with 2 different senario both with a green intent. I am curious which version you like.Version #1: Are you Chained to your Bathroom?When you read the title of this artcle, you are muttering...
Topics: bathroom reuse ideas, green ideas and tips, green ideas for your bathroom, Readers' Reuse Tips, recycled toliet paper, Reuse of chain link, reuse of chains

When you read the title, “Biker bathroom” does it conjure up images of chrome fixtures, skull and bones wallpaper, leather padded toliet seats, and chains around the sink?  Well close. Take a look at the picture above. I shot this picture...
Topics: bathroom reuse ideas, green ideas and tips, green ideas for your bathroom, Readers' Reuse Tips, recycled toliet paper, Reuse of chain link, reuse of chains