March 13th, 2010 by admin
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I have decided to take a hiatus from this website for a few weeks. I live in Fargo, ND and right next to the Red River. We have been experiencing flooding during the spring over the past few years and this year is turning out to be a doozy. I may make a post here and there, but until I feel me and all of my Fargo peeps are safe and sound, I am going to focus on the flood.
For those who are interested, I actually started a separate page dedicated to this year’s flood. It is www.fargoflooding.com. The site has flood information as well as a live webcam from my house. Thanks for your tolerance and I hope you all stop back once we start writing again.
March 10th, 2010 by Ashley
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One tip I had read about recently is the fact that many staples end up in the garbage each day. I don’t have any statistics on how many are thrown away, I just know what I have done to eliminate my staple waste. Paperclips are reusable and do just as good of a job as staples if not better. I actually have grown to prefer paperclips because I can easily change the order of the stack of papers; with staples I can’t. They also make earth friendly staplers. They perforate the pages and you would fold over a small cut-out which replaces the use of staples. Give me your tips of reducing staple use in your home or work environment.
March 1st, 2010 by admin
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After some thought, we decided that our big green goal for this week on vacation is to get out and clean up the beach. There are several things we could do to participate and become more active, but I think that as long as we commit to making small green decisions every day, in addition to cleaning up the beaches, we will have made some progress this week. This week’s task is to spend some time cleaning the beach while we are on vacation.
After some discussions about various activities we could participate in or tours we could go on, I thought it appropriate to take our vacation and do nothing. Since we are close to the beach and restaurants, I think we will not need to drive that much or really need to spend much in resources for our daily living. I am sure we will do some driving and wasting, but it may be minimal.
I will try to keep you all updated on what is happening in these neck of the woods and will post some pictures of our environmentally friendly escapades.
