There’s a fascinating discussion going on in bike-blog-land as a result of Elly Blue’s Bicycling’s Gender Gap post at Grist. Editor’s Note: This is a guest post on Lindsay’s List. If you’re a friend of Lindsay’s, a friend of energy conservation, or just have an idea to help women live locally with a smaller carbon footprint, then send us a piece of…
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Beauty in Simplicity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. –Miss Piggy By far the biggest concern that women share with me about conservation is the fear that using less of everything means a kind of deprivation that leads to a drab and…
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Bike riding is patriotic
In a world increasingly hampered by economic decline, which is itself hampered by energy decline, there are few things more patriotic than simply using less energy to do what you need and want to do. From turning off lights in daylight hours to eating more foods in their natural state to walking more and driving less, there are many fairly…
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Party time
With July Fourth on the horizon most Americans are likely to participate in some kind of get together or another this holiday weekend, either as a host or an attendee. This brings up the burning question of how to party with the smallest carbon footprint. If not for everything you’re doing (perhaps the party is 45 miles from your home)…
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A produce swap in your 'hood?
Eating plants isn’t just ‘veganistically’ hip these days – countless studies have determined that things that grow in the ground really do wonders once they’re inside our body. Among their many virtues, veggies bestow the habitual muncher with enhanced longevity and immunity, super-fly cholesterol levels and positively radiant skin… plus when prepared with a little panache, they are delicious like…
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Double plus use your own bags!
Back on March 29, when I first started Lindsay’s List, I opened my blogging with the topic Just Bag It, calling reusable bags the “duh!” of the conservation lifestyle and movement. It seemed to be stating the obvious, repeating a message often touted among eco-types, greenies and treehuggers the world over. But coming from the communications world, I knew that…
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