Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

Going Green... Sort Of

It's been mentioned before on this blog that I have aspirations toward living environmentally-friendly. Note that I used the word "aspirations," not necessarily indicative that I always follow through on those hopes and dreams.

For example, I posted a blog a little while back about an environmentally-friendly mobile home that I pined after greatly, but I didn't go out and buy one. But I do participate in easier-to-manage green activities such as recycling (paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, and steel) through my city's recycling program at the park. So I'm not a total loss.

So that's where I am--a quasi-environmentally-conscious person without a whole heck of a lot of motivation. Knowing that, what do you think about composting? I'm seriously considering it.

Yesterday I read Design Watcher's blog post about trendy composting units that linked to an article in Apartment Therapy with lots of good little tid-bits about compact composters. I think, for my money, I'm considering that I'd either get one of these two units (neither of which relies on worms for the composting action).

Unit #1 is very cute, but retails for around $300...

...whereas unit #2 isn't quite as aesthetically pleasing, but is far cheaper ($60).

By the by, I mentioned this to my sister last night and she said we should get a wind turbine instead. Then she read this article and changed her mind... we're pretty sure our condo association won't let us install an 80-120 foot tower for our turbine.

So tell me your thoughts. What do you do that's environmentally-minded? Do you think I can pull off the composting? Have any composting tips or tricks for me?

Monday, May 11, 2009

Not Your Mama's Mobile Home


Do you believe me when I say that these pictures are of a mobile home?


What if I tell you that this mobile home is energy efficient?


How about this mobile home being roughly $100K?


Do you believe me when I say I want one?


Do you trust that I'm heart-broken that I live in the mid-west (prime tornado target), so one of these beauts isn't possible for me?


Do you want to find out more so you can get one and rub it in my face that I live in such a god-forsaken-weather strip? If so, read the article about this cheap, eco-friendly mobile home at MSN.com (where I jacked all the pictures from).