Posts Tagged by Environment
The Occupy Movement as Cultural Resistance
| January 6, 2012 | Posted by Issa under Mother Culture |
John Duffy has written a post at Nature Bats Last called Occupy: Embrace what you are! I found the whole post interesting, as well as some of the comments. He starts out talking about how both the expected opponents and the presumed supporters have taken every cheap opportunity to criticize the Occupy Movement, citing their directionlessness, joblessness, and soaplessness, whether or not these things are true or even make any sense. The critics and even some people within… Keep Reading
Recycling
| January 24, 2011 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
I was recently a participant in a conversation with a man who runs a recycling center (let’s call him Thomas). I’ve got no particular beef with Thomas – he seemed pretty committed to overall environmental issues. And I’ve got no particular beef with recycling as an industry – it’s what we’ve got, and it serves a valuable function in the system we’re in. However, talking to him revealed some places where our perspectives really differ.… Keep Reading
Issa’s Reviews: Raising Baby Green Part Two
| November 25, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Parenting, Simple-Eco-Happy |
The book Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care gave me so much material to rant about, I broke it up into two parts. If you’re ready for another dose, here’s part two. Keep Reading
Issa’s Reviews: Raising Baby Green Part One
| November 22, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Parenting, Simple-Eco-Happy |
Lately, I’ve been perusing the pregnancy section of the library. I came across Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care. I’m not really looking for any guidance on “green” topics, but it is a topic I care about, and I figured I could at least review it for LoveLiveGrow. Plus, in the meantime, I might learn a thing or two.
Instead of any education or pleasure, though, all I got out of this book were frustration, anger, and incredulous sputters. Keep Reading
Heating Isn’t A Challenge
| November 3, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
I’ve been seeing “challenges” related to heating your home pop up on different eco-crunchy-green blogs I read. One is the Freeze Yer Buns Challenge at Crunchy Chicken and another is The No-Heat Challenge at The Non-Consumer Advocate. I’ve never gotten interested in the various challenges, and I think the main reason is that I’m not really trying to “challenge” myself, I’m just trying to do what makes sense for me. The Wallow came with a wonderful wood-burning stove installed, and what makes sense here is to heat the house with wood. Keep Reading
Mother Culture
| June 7, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Mother Culture |
Mother Culture whispers to us from the day we are born. She speaks to us through the voices of our parents and other caretakers and from the picture books and nursery rhymes. And it grows from there. Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, internet pages. School teachers and school books, the word problems in the math sections, the chapters in the history book, the charts in economics class. From billboards and graffiti, sermons, jokes, and casual chitchat with neighbors. We hear a same story, and we share it with others. Over and over again. Keep Reading
Switching to Bathroom Cloth
| June 1, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
I recently switched over to using cloth in my bathroom, instead of toilet paper. The guest bathroom and Joshua’s bathroom still have toilet paper, but I’ve been enjoying cloth in my own. Like the switch from paper towels to washcloths in the kitchen and the switch to reusable menstrual products, switching to bathroom cloth has been equally satisfying. Here’s a little 101 on the whole idea. Keep Reading
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