Happy New Earth Habits — 2023!
New year's resolutions come in a variety of stripes: lose 5lbs., save money, write more words... Most folks who've done their bit of...
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Dec 6, 20222 min
Time to Invest in Renewable Energy: Consider Sustainable Aviation Fuel
With an international flight looming, I've felt some pressure lately to make sure I'm doing all I can to reduce the impact of my travel....
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Nov 20, 20222 min
Green-up the Holidays!
I started a discussion on social media: how do you celebrate winter holidays and minimize your impact on the environment? The number-one...
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Oct 28, 20223 min
Volunteers Deliver Green Tech Support
When a climate activist friend told me he volunteers for an organization that supports homeowners trying to go solar, and that advances...
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Oct 14, 20222 min
Enough Already! How Do We Protect Wild Spaces?
As a child I grew up on a small farm in a rural area outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Open land surrounded us, but little by little the...
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Sep 30, 20223 min
Fighting Food Waste
When I was in my twenties, I'd pick up broccoli or green peppers at the grocery because, as an adult, that's what I was supposed to be...
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Sep 17, 20223 min
Going Local
What does it mean to "act locally?" We often think about the health benefits of buying locally-sourced food, but it isn't only that....
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Sep 2, 20224 min
Reducing Carbon Emissions: Choices, Offsets & Recapture
So apparently if I do not eat 278 beef burgers, I can offset the flight I booked to Argentina at the end of the year. Yay! That's easy...
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Aug 16, 20222 min
Climate Legislation: Let’s Celebrate!
Despair, hope, joy—in that order. These were the waves of emotion that barreled over me during the efforts to get the Inflation Reduction...
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Jul 27, 20221 min
Should Biden Declare a Climate Emergency?
Given Congress' recent failure to pass legislation on climate change, many activists are calling on President Biden to declare a climate...
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Jul 15, 20223 min
Environmental Activism: Step by Step
I am super happy the Delaware County Daily Times published my first letter to the editor yesterday. Early in my career I worked for a...
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Jun 30, 20223 min
It's Time to Stand Up—Together
Today's Supreme Court decision to hamstring the Environmental Protection Agency, if left as is, will make capping our carbon emissions a...
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Jun 24, 20222 min
On Some Days, Fiction is Better
On this day in the US a woman's right to manage her own body has been overturned by the Supreme Court—a court of questionable legitimacy...
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Jun 14, 20225 min
Summer Travel—Where Do We Go From Here?
The howler monkeys begin before first light. Their calls echo through the rain forest like creatures descended from the cross of a lion...
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May 20, 20224 min
Mosquitoes Versus the Pollinators
One evening last summer as Lee and I were walking the dogs, I noticed him swatting at his head and grumbling. I prepared to say something...
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May 8, 20223 min
The Tale of Two Eateries & Supporting Small Businesses
Having an unexpected day off, Lee and I decided to run some errands and get a little lunch. There's a sweet French cafe near us, and we...
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Apr 22, 20222 min
A Wonderful Day for Love—Earth Day!
This morning the vegetation unfurled leaves and fronds to the warm spring sun in our local Cobb's Creek floodplain. Bumble bees buzzed...
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Apr 16, 20222 min
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I'm sitting outside on the patio. It's one of the first warm days of spring. The sun is shining. The temperature is perfect. Bird song...
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Apr 7, 20223 min
Palm Oil and Climate Villains
I'm standing in the grocery aisle scrutinizing a label. The man waiting behind me sighs; I step aside. He grabs a box of crackers and...
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