As I mentioned yesterday, I’m at AASHE in Pittsburgh this week. I’m attending the conference in two roles: as a staff member at Berklee involved with the sustainability committee and as a student in Tufts’ Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning program. I really felt pulled back and forth between these roles on the first [...]

I’m in Pittsburgh today, for the AASHE conference. Truthfully, I’ve never thought much about the city before, and I’m surprised that it’s so environmentally conscious. From the David Lawrence Conference Center (the first to be granted LEED Gold certification); to the hotels’ environmental initiatives; to the city’s planned mixed-use green community, Riverparc, a lot of thought [...]

A guest post by Sharon Tomasulo, from Library Hungry. Adam’s been all about tea parties lately, so we got him this tea set. It’s from a company called Green Toys, which produces plastic toys made 100% from recycled milk jugs. The set is adorable, and we spent over an hour today drinking our water tea and adding spoonfuls [...]

I may have a hard time keeping to my posting schedule in the coming weeks, because I’m starting classes in the Tufts Urban Environmental Policy and Planning program. Writing and Public Communication is the first one, starting this week, and I’m really looking forward to it. I’d originally been planning on enrolling at Lesley University, [...]

This is a guest post by Sharon Tomasulo, from Library Hungry. Enjoy! Do you use your public library?  If you’re a serious reader like me—serious in terms of quantity, not necessarily quality—books can be a huge investment.  As Brenda’s pointed out before, besides the money, there’s paper and energy that go into your books. The eReader helps with [...]