Articles tagged “Walking”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Calculate Your Neighborhood's Walk Score By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2007 St. Augustine once adduced "Solvitur Ambulando," meaning "It is solved by walking," which is a familiar theme here at Planet Green. To figure out how your neighborhood ranks, click on over to Walk Score and input your address; the Google Maps mash-up parses your 'hood for grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops,... + READ MORE

Use Less Stuff: 10 Little, Big Things You Can Do By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2007 Free Range Studios and Annie Leonard, the co-coordinator of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), have made a 20-minute short about the underbelly of our production and consumption patterns, as well as how they tie up with a large number of environmental and social issues.Buy green, buy fair, buy local,... + READ MORE

Green Your Move: Use Recyclable, Reusable Packing Supplies By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 30 2007 Okay sport, you've pared down your possessions to a more manageable number. Rent moving crates: A number of moving companies, such as the Continental Moving Company, Earth-Friendly Moving, and Rent-a-Crate lease out reusable plastic moving crates. + READ MORE

Ditch the Dryer Sheets By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 14 2007 Skip the toxic dryer sheets the next time you do a load of laundry. Fill an undyed cotton or linen drawstring sachet with dried organic lavender, give the bag a few squeezes to release the fragrance, and then toss it into the dryer with your laundry. + READ MORE

Walk 30 Minutes Every Day: Save the Planet, Lose Weight By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Nov 13 2007 Attack the battle of the bulge and climate change at the same time, simply by getting out of your car and walking or biking half an hour a day, advise public-health officials. The payoffs of cutting both calories and carbon dioxide are huge: If all Americans between 10 and 74 walked just half an hour a day instead of... + READ MORE

Get on Board with Car Sharing By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Nov 9 2007 A great alternative to car ownership, especially for those of us who live in cities, car-sharing services offer the opportunity to have ready access to wheels without the hassles of paying for gas and insurance, and even finding parking.Companies like Zipcar (which recently expanded) operate in many major cities across... + READ MORE

Boost Your Energy Level: Go Outside By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Nov 9 2007 So many of us spend our days in front of a computer screen; many of us work from home and might never see the light of day without some discipline. So if you feel bad about never having had a skin-cancer check, or not having completed an overdue report, or not having faced this month's bills, force yourself to tackle... + READ MORE

Green Your Home For Winter: Add Attic Insulation By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 7 2007 We have been listing the things you should do to prepare your home for winter, in order of bang for your buck, as determined by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), which figured out the cost in dollars per ton of carbon saved for each investment you make in time and money. If you do not have an accessible attic and... + READ MORE

Find Lead-Free, U.S.-Made Toys By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 5 2007 For parents who've been wringing their hands over the lead-paint-in-toys fiasco, The Daily Green has four tips on buying domestically made toys that adhere to far stricter manufacturing guidelines. Shop local independent retailers: Big-box retailers don't have the time or interest in stocking many of these kinds of... + READ MORE

Make Thai Green Curry Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 2 2007 Now that you have your kitchen set up for Thai cooking, we are going to walk through a recipe to make a green curry soup. The ingredients you will need are peanut or vegetable oil, garlic, fresh ginger, green curry paste, chicken breast (if using), mushrooms, red pepper, chicken or vegetable stock or water, fish sauce, + READ MORE

Campaign for Change By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Oct 31 2007 In his latest book, Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community (2007, Holt Paperbacks), author and environmentalist Bill McKibben offers eight organizing principles for anyone working to push for social change, no matter what the scale of your campaign. Make it seductive (to the media):... + READ MORE

Cooking Basics: Fusilli With Tomato and Chickpea Sauce By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 21 2007 Kelly Rossiter is offering ideas about cooking basics; see introduction here. To make a vinaigrette for the salad put 1 cup olive oil, 1/3 to 1/2 cup white or red wine vinegar (depending on how acidic you like your dressing) a teaspoon of dijon mustard, and salt and pepper to taste into a jar and shake it up to... + READ MORE