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Enjoy exercise without a stable of pricey gadgets

I’m not sure just how I wound up taking a semester of rope skipping to fulfill my 1960s-something college freshman physical education requirement. Suffice it to say that once I found myself ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Divest or desist: Are you doing the right thing?

Praise be to Nero’s Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody’s shouting “Which side are you on?” – Bob Dylan, “Desolation Row” ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Refrigerator crisis solved by cool local business

“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That’s not a criticism; they’re passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that’s why they got in the ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Innocent actions at home creating deadly superbugs

“Antibiotic resistance exemplifies par excellence Darwinism: Surviving strains (of bacteria) have emerged under the protection and selection by the antibiotic.” – Dr. Stuart B. Le...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Hand sanitizers’ dirty record; let soap do the job

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.” – Sir William Osler, M.D., “the father of modern medicine” I was both amused and distressed as I watched...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Anything goes during epic game of ‘Extinction’

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” – American soccer star Mia Hamm I got out of my environmen...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Climate change is upon us: So now what?

“Climate change is already affecting the American people in far-reaching ways. ... (It is) disrupting people’s lives and damaging some sectors of the economy.” – 2014 National Cl...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Should we pursue a new generation of nuclear power?

“They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.” – James Buchan A line from an arti...

DATE: May 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

This summer, let a solar oven cook for you

“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy, what a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out, before we tackle that.” – Thomas Alva Edison ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Global pollution bound to become a local problem

“What goes around comes around.” – American adage Because local news is often most relevant to readers, I had planned to write a column focused on environmental issues...

DATE: Apr 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

For future’s sake, consider taking a carbon fast now

“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.” – Carl Sagan Yes, d...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Climate chaos has arrived on our planet

“Filthy water cannot be washed.” – West African proverb I felt a bit odd as I completed my previous column – which discussed the ongoing drought in the Western and West Coast stat...

DATE: Mar 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House