As you may have already guessed, many things have combined to make me stop posting to this blog. (First school, now work.) Rather than fitfully posting a handful of times a year, I think I’ll officially call it. But there’s a lot of good content here that I’m going to leave up for posterity. Here are some of my favorite posts:

Transportation – I love looking at the transition here, from driving a hybrid car, to riding a bike, to renting out our car. Now I’m driving to work (boo!), but Jason’s riding a bike, so I guess it balances out.

• Prius
• I Got a Bike
• Renting Out Our Car with Relay Rides

Home Improvement – We made a lot of effort to learn about weatherization after we moved into a drafty apartment, and it was a lot of fun.

• Caulk
• Installing V Channel Weatherstripping on Drafty Windows
• Incense Sticks Find Drafts We Missed
• Weatherization Barnraising
• Fun with a Thermal Leak Detector

Water – From reducing wasted water to reducing wasted water filters.

• Converting to a Dual Flush Toilet
• Truly Low-Flow Showerheads
• Water Filter Update

Energy Use – If I’m going to make an effort to save energy, I like to know the best places to focus.

• Fun with a Kill-a-Watt
• Residential Energy Use with Michael Blasnik: Higher Priorities
• Residential Energy Use with Michael Blasnik: Lower Priorities
• Replacing My Refrigerator with or without Energy Star
• Which TV Is the Most Energy Efficient?
• Steam Radiators? Here’s How to Improve Your Boiler’s Efficiency

Recycling – From municipal recycling to people recycling.

• Cambridge Switches to Single Stream Recycling
• Touring the Casella Recycling Plant
• Festival Recycling: 3 Lessons Learned
• Green Burials

Food – I have a hard time cooking real food regularly, but focusing on it for this blog helped me out a lot.

• Farmers Markets in the Boston Area
• Food Blogs I Have Loved
• Easy Orzo Salad
• Which Reusable K Cup Filter Is Best

Personal Care – Some of the most personal — and successful — changes I’ve made.

• Why I Switched to an IUD
• Smell My Armpit — I Dare You
• Oxybenzone Worse than Parabens
• How Do I Know if My Shoes Are Vegan
• Where to Find Vegan Shoes in Boston

Cleaning – How to clean your house (or have someone else do it) without using horrible chemicals or supporting unfair employment practices.

• Vida Verde A Green Cleaning Co-Op
• Green Cleaning Products from Vida Verde
• Interview with Ruth Alves from Vida Verde Co-Op

Vermicomposting – Probably one of the least impactful things I’ve done, but the most fun.

• Worm Composting
• Baby Worms
• Harvesting Vermicompost
• Vermicompost in Potted Plants

Education – The most difficult (and most fulfilling) thing I did in the last decade was going back to school. It took up so much of my time that I didn’t do a lot of outside writing, but here are a few posts about it, along with a great paper my niece did on land use of my parents’ property in Maine that I know we’re going to continue to refer to.

• My Thesis, Or Everything You Wanted to Know about Anaerobic Digestion
• Environmental Masters Programs in Boston
• Forestry Management

Reviews – Fun reading (and not-so-fun watching).

• Book Review: Green Metropolis
• Negative Impact Man
• Women Don’t Ask

Thank you for reading my blog! I learned so much while I was writing it, and I loved the conversations we had through it.