I’m embarrassed to say that when we opened the lid to our worm bin this week, dozens of fruit flies flew out. The culprit was probably a melon from my fruit salad last week. (The seeds from the cantaloupe are the only things still recognizable in the compost, except for those darn cabbage leaves.) Not […]

We all already know that bottled water is bad. It’s expensive–more expensive per gallon than gas. It’s polluting–a waste of gas to transport all those heavy plastic bottles. And, it turns out, it’s not any better for you than tap water. While towns have to report the results of water quality tests annually, most bottled […]

Among all the environmental ideals I fall short of (and it’s a loooong list: eating dairy products, taking the bus when I could walk, watching TV, using a clothes dryer, flying, etc.), there’s one thing that stands out from the rest—takeout. Not even just takeout, but delivery. I know, I know, it’s horrible in so […]

We were eating at Stone Hearth Pizza tonight, and I noticed a box on the menu that said their takeout containers were made of corn plastic rather than regular plastic or styrofoam. This started a debate about whether corn plastic was actually any better than regular plastic. Okay, maybe not as much a debate as Sharon […]

Okay, let’s face it: recycled toilet paper sucks. It’s too thin, too rough, and rips too easily. That’s because each time paper is recycled, the fibers get shorter and shorter. I’ve tried different brands over the years and always gone back to Cottonelle (partially because Jason insists he has a sensitive bum). But it seems […]