Three Sisters Gardening

As an experiment this year, and partially for fun and curiosity, I have convinced HB to let me devote a small section of the garden towards a “three sisters garden.” The Three Sisters Garden is a method of planting seeds that has its base in Native American civilization.  Many Native American tribes adopted this form of [...]

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Let it rain … into my barrel

I had Wednesday off so HB suggested I head over to the market for Green Market Wednesday and the afternoon’s scheduled rain barrel workshop.  So I did. The first part of the workshop presented a lecture on rain gardens.  Rain gardens are planned depressions in the ground that allow storm water to runoff and collect [...]

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Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving

Perhaps a little late for this year, but let’s save them for next year, shall we? 10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving, by Sarah Newman Posted at TakePart.com 1. Buy organic. Organic produce and products are so commonplace now that Coca-Cola and Doritos are practically getting pushed off shelves to make extra space for these [...]

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Contentment

At what age did I start to think that where I was going was more important than where I already was?  When was it that I began to believe that the most important thing about what I was doing was getting it over with?  Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach [...]

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No Impact Week, Day 4, Food

Wednesday is Day Four of the No Impact Week, with a focus on food – mainly, eating locally and eating wisely. I started off the day with eggs for breakfast – eggs that the chickens laid not 100 feet from the front door.  Thanks, girls, they’re delicious!  I proceeded to have lunch at the Wednesday [...]

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No Impact Week, Day 3, Transportation

Wednesday is Day Three of No Impact Week, with a focus on transportation.  Here’s where I hit my first major snag in the week. The facts?  I live roughly 25 miles from work.  If I were to ride my horse, at a competitive endurance pace (keep in mind, my idea of competitive isn’t really competitive), [...]

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No Impact Week, Day 2, Trash

Monday was Day Two of No Impact Week.  Day 2 focuses on reducing trash production.  This may seem like an easy way to help the environment, but it is not. Think about it – we get up in the morning and take showers using shampoo and body wash that comes in plastic containers that we [...]

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Day 1: No Impact Experiment – Consumption

Today we kicked off the No Impact Experiment, a week long project to see if we can live with less impact on the environment.  Inspired by the year-long project of Colin Breavan aka “No Impact Man” the project has been taken on by people across the globe.  Slightly familiar with his book of the same [...]

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No Impact Man

Friday night, Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) hosted the first of a series of talks on sustainable living.  To start the series of talks, Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man engaged the audience with his year-long experience of living “off the grid” with his wife and daughter in New York City. Colin proved [...]

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