Over A Year At This And Still Going Strong

I’ve been blogging about our little green adventures for over a year now. My original goal of getting one post up a day was a bit ambitious but I still try to get stuff out at least a few times a week along with the links I find.

Things are going to change quite a bit around here soon and I’ll go over the green things we are up to at the time.

We get plenty of lurkers but few people want to interact. If there is anything you’d like to see let me know and I’ll see what I can get into.

Thanks to everyone who has been checking on us over the past year. I’m looking forward to the next year of this.

-adam

Green Links For The Week Of 8.4.13

Here are some green stories that I came across this week:

Sally Jewell: 'I Hope There Are No Climate Change Deniers In The Department Of Interior'

Combining electric cars and car-sharing to fight range anxiety

Could utilities’ future be selling light instead of electrons?

Richard M. Daley Wants To Make Your City More Sustainable

Sold! First Parcels Auctioned For Future Offshore Wind Farms

First Harvest Of Our Garden

I started panting things really late so I’m harvesting really late. But I did get my first harvest this morning:

It’s not huge or amazing but it is a really cool feeling to grow your own food. We plan on eating it tonight and I’ll add a little update to this post then. If you haven’t tried to every grown anything before do what we did: get a pot and grow it on your deck or windowsill. Start small. Once you figure out all of the little things start adding to your garden.

Quick Tip #15: Outdoor exercise

Now that is warm outside you can do your workouts outside instead of a gym. Save yourself the boring news shows and job, walk, or bike outside. If you are more into resistance training go to a park and do some bodyweight exercises on the monkey bars. Drink plenty of water and don’t overdo it.

Green furniture with Gaiam

Green Links For The Week Of 7.28.13

Here are some green stories I came across this week:

Carbon Dioxide Power Plants: Could The Greenhouse Gas Be Used To Generate Electricity?

Poop-powered sewage treatment system fits in a shipping container

Biking at night: How to avoid hidden dangers and arrive in style

Rare zebra-donkey 'zonkey' born in Italy, cuteness ensues

Poll: Young Voters Call Climate Deniers "Ignorant," "Out of Touch," "Crazy"

Homemade Bug Trap

Every summer we have tiny little flies flying around our kitchen sink being a nuisance. No matter how much we clean they seem to hang around. We could go to the store and buy some bug spray but that is poison we have to breath in as well, not to mention it can be pricey.

An alternative option is this:

Take some dishwashing soap and put a few drops in a shallow plastic container:

Next get some apple cider vinegar and add it to the container about ¾ inch deep:

Set the container out and watch it catch some bugs:

It is important to make sure there is no other source of food for them while you are getting rid of them. If you have food particles in your sink or your trash this won’t work very well.