One of the great temptations of trying to go green is to buy all the organic, fair trade, etc. stuff you can to show that you really believe in saving the environment. It feels good, but it’s the wrong answer to the question of what you should buy in order to be green.
The right answer […]
Camping - it’s a brute necessity, and one of the most refined and civilized of pleasures. Our remote ancestors would never have survived and evolved without the ability to build strong and protective shelters in the wild - the wiliness and courage to gather or track down their food - and, perhaps most of all, […]
Water is a precious, vital resource. The planet and all of its inhabitants need water to survive. Without it, plant life would not flourish, animals would die, and humans would cease to exist. The world would be a barren, desolate desert with no life on it whatsoever. We all realize the importance of water but […]
Last week when tropical storm Fay finally hit the Florida coastline there was relief because she never really reached the status of a hurricane. Although she did do damage that consisted of downed power lines and some wind damage, the majority of the problem she created was from the almost never ending rainfall that continues […]
Mankind needs energy for heating, cooking, manufacturing and for transportation. Our lives and lifestyles depend on it. If you consider that the vast majority of that energy is drawn from what are irreplaceable sources: fossil fuels. Certain fossil fuels burn cleaner than others do. Natural gas is very clean, most petroleum products are somewhat dirty, […]
So many times during our day at home we take the water that comes out of our faucets for granted. We expect it to either be hot or cold depending on the handle we use and we expect it to be clean. Well, it might still be coming out of the faucet and it might […]