Outside San Diego

Will I save energy by replacing perfectly good bulbs with new CF bulbs?  The catch is in the bulb itself.  How much energy did it take to make that old bulb,  and how long will it take to make up that expenditure with the new more efficient bulb.  Am I really saving energy and recources,  […]

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Happy Earth Day everyone!   Today is a good day to think about all those little things you can do to make our world a better place for everyone always.  There is so much talk about the science behind global warming and the collapse of our environment.  It will never be conclusive until it is […]

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So I was approached the other day, by a person who noticed me folding up my reusable shopping bags.   This person wanted to let me know that I was harming the environment by recycling,  and not using disposable products.   A little confused,  I politely asked for clarification.   He then admitted that the bags were not […]

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I just finished reading Colin Fletchers book The Man Who Walked Through Time, and was fascinated and am fascinated by his struggles to comprehend the “geologic time” that you are faced with as you walk into the Canyon.  How does a person who lives ,perhaps 75 years, reconcile 200 million years?
My own pathetic attempts to […]

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The powers that be bgan pumping 300,000 gallons of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an effort to rebuild the sand bars and sediment deposits that have disappeared since the Dam was built in the 60’s.  The  Dam has been holding back the natural sediment that helped build these deposits, and contribute to the […]

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Exxon has been postponing paying off a punitive damages suit for $2.5 billion for several years.  This suit brought on when the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound Alaska, due to the incompetent actions of drunk Captain Joseph Hazelwood.  This $2.5 Billion,  down from the $5 Billion initially […]

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In doing some research regarding backpacking equipment, I have come to the conclusion that the companies that produce this type of gear seem to be light-years ahead of most other industries when it comes to sustainable business practices. These companies tout their initiatives to help keep our environment as healthy as possible. […]

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Saturday, The San Diego Union Tribune ran an interesting article regarding Irelands use (or lack of use) of Plastic shopping bags. Among the more interesting tidbits in the article are:
We have used 43 billion bags as of last Friday
Ireland passed a tax of $.33 a bag in 2002, and within […]

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While browsing a post in a Backpacking forum, I can across a concept that hopefully we all practice, but now has a buzz-word. “Negative Trace”- the process of leaving our wilderness areas beteer and more natural than when we arrived. See it here

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Uncooped,  a great blog focusing in on the environment has a short article,  and a link to patterns to make you own reusable plastic bags.   What is great about these is they are made of recycled materials themselves.   If we all make a commitment to stop using disposable plastic bags,  we will make this world […]

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