Make haste, not waste

Stuff I like

• Save the Rain

  This site highlights all the amazing, innovative work going on with Green Infrastructure in Syracuse. I heard a presentation about it last weekend at the We Live NY conference and came away quite impressed: http://savetherain.us/ Someday when i have time, i’ll type up the notes i took for a proper update….

• Story of Stuff

  Just got The Story of Stuff from the library. Tge author makes illustrative short films and posts them here: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Check it out, from the site: “What?! A book? Isn’t that stuff? Yes, but it’s GOOD STUFF. Want to know why Annie decided to write a book? Please read this. Here are the Cliff’s notes [...]

• i heart tiny houses

  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/garden/24tiny.html?emc=eta1 Cool story in the NY Times about a guy outside of Boston who builds tiny shelters from recycled materials. Giving me some ideas about how to build my chicken shack that we are planning to construct over spring break….

• Water issues

  I watched two  documentaries recently that deal with clean water issues that hit close to home: “Gasland” and “Bloom.” The first looks at hydrofracking and the devastating effects this practice has had on personal wells out West. The warning to the Northeast is this: Don’t be so quick to drill, unless you want to permanently [...]

• The importance of shopping locally

  I’m pleased to report that about 90 percent of my holiday shopping was either handmade, bought locally, and in some cases, both apply…in honor of the season, i’m printing 10 reasons to shop locally, taken from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. This exact list can be found here: http://www.chooselocal.com/pages/why-shop-local 1. Protect Local Character and Prosperity [...]