I went to a Green Living class last night at the Springfield Whole Foods. Wow! Their Green Mission Specialist Sean Mahaffy gave us tons of great information!
Each class has a different topic and last night's was on energy efficiency. Check out their calendar for a list of classes.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Healthy Food At Your Fingertips
Here's a great source for healthy food...
I picked up some vegetable seeds today. Spring is just around the corner. A planting chart at the store listed that our section of the country will be ready for planting in the ground around the 26th of April. So, I can get my seeds started indoors and transplant them out in the garden then.
Here's to sunny days!
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I picked up some vegetable seeds today. Spring is just around the corner. A planting chart at the store listed that our section of the country will be ready for planting in the ground around the 26th of April. So, I can get my seeds started indoors and transplant them out in the garden then.
Here's to sunny days!
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Vroom Vroom!
Check out the latest in automobile technology this weekend (Feb. 4-8) at the Washington Auto Show.
There will be a Green Car Pavilion where the 2010 Toyota Prius will be with its optional solar panels on the roof.
You can also see Tesla Motors' all electric roadster. We had a chance to see this car 2 years ago when it was in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Senators to check out. It goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds and has a range of 244 miles per charge.
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There will be a Green Car Pavilion where the 2010 Toyota Prius will be with its optional solar panels on the roof.
You can also see Tesla Motors' all electric roadster. We had a chance to see this car 2 years ago when it was in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Senators to check out. It goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds and has a range of 244 miles per charge.
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Electronic Waste Recycling Days
Don't put your computers, TVs or cell phones in the trash. They contain toxic elements and chemicals that do not belong in the landfill.
Fairfax County and Covanta Fairfax are sponsoring Electric Sundays at the I-66 Transfer Station.
Your old cell phones can be recycled at Whole Foods. Just remove all of your numbers and data and place in the bin at the exit door.
Small electronics can be recycled at the post office too. They have envelopes to place your item inside and mail off for recycling.
Home Depot will recycle your rechargeable batteries and fluorescent light bulbs (the compact ones and the long tube bulbs).
Radio Shack has an electronics recycling program. They will also recycle batteries.
Staples is another store who will recycle your electronics and ink cartridges.
There are lots of convenient places to recycle.
It's easy to keep electronics of all types out of the trash.
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Fairfax County and Covanta Fairfax are sponsoring Electric Sundays at the I-66 Transfer Station.
Your old cell phones can be recycled at Whole Foods. Just remove all of your numbers and data and place in the bin at the exit door.
Small electronics can be recycled at the post office too. They have envelopes to place your item inside and mail off for recycling.
Home Depot will recycle your rechargeable batteries and fluorescent light bulbs (the compact ones and the long tube bulbs).
Radio Shack has an electronics recycling program. They will also recycle batteries.
Staples is another store who will recycle your electronics and ink cartridges.
There are lots of convenient places to recycle.
It's easy to keep electronics of all types out of the trash.
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Vermi What?
Vermicomposting. I blogged about it last year when we had our meeting about it.
How are your worms doing? Ours are going to town enjoying our carrots and eggshells, among other food items (never meats). We didn't have many to begin with (couldn't bring ourselves to mail order worms) but found that if we kept adding shredded newspaper and gently shook the container once in a while, the worms were happy. And it's great when we're lazy and don't want to take our vegetable and fruit cuttings outside to the compost heap in 20 degree weather. We just put our clippings into our 32 oz. Stoneyfield yogurt container (also see Whole Foods market's Gimmee 5 program).
But our yogurt container is getting too small for all of the sweet smelling dirt the worms are creating for us. So, we went to IKEA looking for a bigger container. It not only had to be big, but it had to be a dark color (at least opaque) and have a lid. Really, the free breakfast that IKEA advertised got us into the store. But we'd been talking about getting a larger container for a while.
So, we're in the household storage solutions area of the store and spot some white containers. Then, jackpot! We spotted the perfect container. It's a good sized black plastic one with a lid... and it's Made in the U.S.A.!!
Our worms will be happy in their new home. We'll drill some air holes in the lid and place the container in our basement where it will stay cool.
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How are your worms doing? Ours are going to town enjoying our carrots and eggshells, among other food items (never meats). We didn't have many to begin with (couldn't bring ourselves to mail order worms) but found that if we kept adding shredded newspaper and gently shook the container once in a while, the worms were happy. And it's great when we're lazy and don't want to take our vegetable and fruit cuttings outside to the compost heap in 20 degree weather. We just put our clippings into our 32 oz. Stoneyfield yogurt container (also see Whole Foods market's Gimmee 5 program).
But our yogurt container is getting too small for all of the sweet smelling dirt the worms are creating for us. So, we went to IKEA looking for a bigger container. It not only had to be big, but it had to be a dark color (at least opaque) and have a lid. Really, the free breakfast that IKEA advertised got us into the store. But we'd been talking about getting a larger container for a while.
So, we're in the household storage solutions area of the store and spot some white containers. Then, jackpot! We spotted the perfect container. It's a good sized black plastic one with a lid... and it's Made in the U.S.A.!!
Our worms will be happy in their new home. We'll drill some air holes in the lid and place the container in our basement where it will stay cool.
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Classes at Whole Foods
Whole Foods markets hold free classes every month. Our Springfield store began its Living Green class series last week and what fun everyone had! There was a wealth of information shared. We all got a free gift for attending too!
Check out their calendar of classes. February's class will focus on home energy efficiency. Can't wait!
Sign up as soon as you can. Classes have limited admission and this one is sure to fill up fast.
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Check out their calendar of classes. February's class will focus on home energy efficiency. Can't wait!
Sign up as soon as you can. Classes have limited admission and this one is sure to fill up fast.
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Help U.S. Children This Valentine's Day
I was watching CNN the other day and saw Julianne Moore talking about helping children in America. She asked illustrators for children's books to come up with some wonderful pictures for special Valentine's Day cards.
You can see them here.
Mrs. Moore said that her dream is for Valentine's Day to become a time when children do wonderful things for other children. Donations from these cards will make a difference in many lives.
The Save The Children site requests that you order by February 4th to receive your cards by Valentine's Day.
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You can see them here.
Mrs. Moore said that her dream is for Valentine's Day to become a time when children do wonderful things for other children. Donations from these cards will make a difference in many lives.
The Save The Children site requests that you order by February 4th to receive your cards by Valentine's Day.
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