I’ve seen a lot lately on guerrilla gardening. Spring is pretty much here – will you be doing any guerrilla gardening? Pretty much Guerrilla Gardening entails “bombing” empty spaces of earth with plant life – from flowers to produce. I think it’s a super cool thing to do! Check out the blog at GuerrillaGardening.org Kabloom is an awesome Scottish company that makes seedboms like these… I don’t think we can get them here in the states but if I come across anything similar that we can purchase here I’ll definitely post it!
Thanks to the following for enlightening me a little more on this subject!
I recently saw a super delicious looking recipe on GirlyGirl Army and was set to make it for dinner: Roasted Beet, Sweet Tofu Ricotta, and Horseradish Sandwich. Unfortunately, when I got home, I realized my beets were past their prime. Since I still had a taste for the tofu ricotta, I improvised and used a portobello mushroom. I’d still suggest trying the actual recipe as I still plan to do, but my sandwich ended up being rather delicious as well!
I put a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar on a portobello mushroom and put it under the broiler. While that was going I quickly made the tofu ricotta (I even added fresh basil) and toasted my bread. When assembling I also threw on some romaine. Along with a side of left over risotto from the other night it was a quick and easy dinner. Thanks to GirlieGirl Army for the inspiration!
Ford's HQ in Dearborn, Michigan. Photo: Wikipedia, CC
“In the U.S. alone, over $2.8 billion of PC power is being wasted every year.”
We’ve written many times about easy power management strategies for computers. Whether it is for your computer at home or for thousands of computers in an office building, there’s no reason not to take advantage of power-saving settings. Everybody wins: you get a smaller electricity bill, and less pollution is produced by power plants. The most recent example of putting this in practice comes from Ford. By centrally controlling the power settings on the company’s computers, they are saving an estimated $1.2 million annually and keeping between 16,000 and 25,000 metric tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere.
This is Basic, All Companies Should Do the Same
In the past, up to 60% of Ford employees using computers didn’t shut down their computers at the end of the day (I wouldn’t be surprised if something very similar is happening at lots of companies without a clear policy about IT energy efficiency).
The cost savings and reduced carbon footprint are obtained by developing “Power Profiles” for each PC in the company. With its power profile enabled, each PC monitors its usage patterns and determines when it can be turned off. If the user is working late, he or she will be alerted of the approaching power down and given the opportunity to delay it. In addition, the PC is able to detect when a Microsoft Office product is active and is able to save open documents before shutting down in case the user is not present.
According to 1E Inc, the company that helped Ford with this project, “In the U.S. alone, over $2.8 billion of PC power is being wasted every year.” Crazy. Wasteful. A drain on the economy.
Ellen launched these new stamps on Thursday on her show. I’m so excited the USPS is spotlighting pet adoption – it’s so important! Be sure to purchase these stamps when they come out on April 30 – the more stamps purchased, the more meals that will be donated by Halo, Ellen’s pet food company, to feed shelter pets!!! (up to one million dollars!!!!)
I think I’ll be using these stamps for my wedding invitations!
Tomorrow evening at 8:30pm your local time, be sure to join Earth Hour by turning off your lights, TV, etc. While helping the earth you can enjoy the simple pleasures in life…some quiet time alone, a candle lit meal or the company of friends. Whatever you decide, make sure you at least turn your lights out from 8:30 to 9:30pm
From 1935 to 1995, the average weight of “broilers” [chickens] increased by 65 percent, while their time-to-market dropped 60 percent and their feed requirements dropped 57 percent. To gain a sense of the radicalness of this change, imagine human children growing to be three hundred pounds in ten years, while eating only granola bars and Flintstones vitamins. (Source: Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer)
INSANE!! Do you really want to eat chicken now that they’ve become so modified???
, Jonathan Safran Foer)
