Archives for People and the Planet - Page 38
The Recycling Mafia
It happened again Wednesday morning, infuriating me: someone had gone through our garbage overnight, taking about our bottles and cans from the recycling bin . . . and putting all the paper and cardboard in our blue bin into the ...
Let’s Just Blow Them Off
Last Saturday morning, I was walking Cosmo before it got too hot for him . . . forgetting that the problem with walking him in the morning is like playing dodge ball—we are always avoiding the neighborhood nemesis, the leaf ...
Paper or plastic? How about neither?
I’m not sure what the official flower of Los Angeles is. But sometimes, when driving down Alvarado or Beverly, I’m convinced that the plastic bag is LA’s official symbol. You see them floating everywhere, fluttering across the street, hanging in ...
Composting: now available at Bamberger’s and other fine stores
Sorry, I always loved that Saturday Night Live line at the end of their TV commercial spoofs.
I've become a gardening addict. Composting is critical for your gardening success, not to mention reducing waste, but too many of us don't do ...
40 Years Since the Mistake on the Lake
Some of the best American cities are in the Midwest. Chicago happens to be my favorite city in the US, and Minneapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis can hold their own. And even Cleveland—I’ve only been there once, downtown during ...
Greening your dog
Sorry PETA, but dogs make great pets. They are wonderful at so many levels. They teach kids responsibility and time management, they guard the house (the stats show you’re less likely to be burglarized if you have a pooch), they ...
Too much energy wasted on this issue
As this site grows, I will have to add a "wacky" news section . . . with all the issues circulating out there, we have to have some fun--even if it's at my--or other's expense.
Now, when it comes to animals, ...
Why you shouldn’t litter
I grew up in the 70s, and one commercial or PSA I still remember is the “Don’t Be a Litterbug” campaign. American highways up till then were NASTY. Just gross. Despite Lady Bird Johnson’s best effort, many of our country’s ...
Less NOx and SOx = more tots?
I love The Economist. I guess the UK has to have one tame level-headed publication considering its outrageous tabloids and magazines. The latest little tidbit I ran into on their web site quoted an MIT professor’s study that basically says
Not ...