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quotable Tuesday: restoration

I feel that you cannot read the Bible fully unless you have some understanding of environmental principles. People have forgotten that Christianity believes in three primary relationships: humans to God, humans to humans, and humans to nature. We have come to act like humans can only act toward God and others. [ READ MORE ]

Finally, a chance to play outdoors (& thanks Bethe!)

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Celebrate a really, truly green St. Patrick’s Day

Corey and Lynn from Celebrate Green have another fine post for us this month. St. Patrick’s Day is less than two weeks away, and this Irish girl is looking forward to celebrating and reminiscing about my trip to Ireland. March can be a drab month–waiting for winter to end and the first signs of spring to [ READ MORE ]

quotable Tuesday

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. - Dr. Seuss Image: taunting panda [ READ MORE ]

Listen

Listen to this. Share it with your children. Remember it when you’re speaking with friends and family about the environment. Remember it when you’re talking about most things. Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. [ READ MORE ]

Help one of the good guys

Hey all – I’ve got a request here for a friend. If you can spare a couple of bucks to help with medical bills, it would greatly be appreciated. ___________________________________________ Written by David Quilty: One of our green friends needs our help, and I am hopeful you guys can chip in. Adam Shake from Twilight Earth, Jerry James [ READ MORE ]

quotable Tuesday

In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught. — Baba Dioum, Senegalese conservationist Image: OliverAlex [ READ MORE ]

What inspires your desire to take care of the earth?

I got a press release last week about This is Our Moment a “new underground campaign to promote GREEN CHANGE.” Several celebrities, some I don’t recognize – others  who are very recognizable – are urging us via a video to contact our Senators about a clean energy bill. It’s actually a well done video. I [ READ MORE ]

The green home office: signing up for paperless billing

It’s been a couple of weeks since I updated you on my green home office project. Believe it or not, I’m STILL purging. It’s amazing how much paper has piled up and how difficult it is to figure out what to do with it all. Some things are obviously not needed and get shredded and/or [ READ MORE ]

Quotable tuesday

I have mixed feelings about gardens on the grand scale. I can’t help admiring the effort, the optimism, the investment, the skill of the pépiniériste and the end results, which are often superb. … But would I want a garden like that, with its constant need to be nourished by a mulch of 500-franc notes? [ READ MORE ]

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