Reducing our Garbage
We’re finally getting a composting bin put in! I’m pretty excited about it. I brought it up to the board and the other owners in the building and found that some others were thinking the same thing so we’re going to do it. That should help quite a bit with reducing the amount of garbage...
Keeping Your House Cool Without Air Conditioning
This week summer finally arrived. Yay! Well kind of.. This is my first summer in a couple years without central air and it’s definitely an adjustment. The major challenges to keeping the place cool are #1 We’re on the 3rd floor #2 South facing windows #3 No shade from other buildings to keep the sun...
Composting
Now that I’ve finally starting recycling on a regular basis I’ve started thinking about composting. Though I’ve noticed a huge reduction in the amount of garbage we’re producing, it’s still not as good as it could be. My husband and I cook quite a bit and I’d say probably about 60-70% of our garbage now...
The best idea-
I was watching the news this morning and there was a 10 second story about some engineering students and their professors who came up with a relatively inexpensive way to convert existing CTA busses to hybrids. Give these kids a big giant gold star! Almost daily there is a story about how the CTA is...
Quick Vent- or maybe not so quick
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