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Green is… kinda overwhelming

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Because I’m taking the summer off from school, my husband and I have decided that this is the summer we officially make our apartment into everything we’ve ever wanted it to be… starting with paint.
Even if I wasn’t the self-proclaimed eco-nerd I am, I still border on freakishly chemically sensitive. Cigarette smoke, Lysol, almost all […]

FINALLY!

Friday, January 11th, 2008

City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags
Do you know many NYC stores currently offer plastic bag recycling?
ONE: Whole Foods. And some D’Agostino’s (but not all) — not that there are any in my neighborhood. Not even the Greenmarket currently offers bag recycling (but they will soon, according to an email I just […]

Dear Brita, it’s over between us.

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I hate my Brita water pitcher so much I would rather destroy the planet with bottled water.
There, I said it.
A little background info: before we moved to New York, when we still lived in the suburbs and had access to a Costco, we bought a bulk pack of Brita filters. Twenty filters, in fact.
Let me […]

My green-grinch heart just grew three sizes.

Monday, October 1st, 2007

This will mean virtually nothing to anyone living outside of FreshDirect’s delivery zone, but I’m all ecogeeked-out over FreshDirect’s new environmental goals.
Here are my favorite parts of the email I just got:
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Ten days!

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Is that the longest I’ve ever gone without a post? I think it may be.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been completely absorbed in first getting my textbooks (a tip: never ever buy from Barnes & Noble’s website) and then catching up with my studies. The language department recommends spending two hours studying […]

Life in Maison Greenzellig

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Well, with my poll showing 92% in favor of hearing more about what I do in my apartment to be a little more environmentally friendly, let’s get to it.
Rather than try to cover everything at once, I’ll break it down into one or two subject areas per post. This time around, I’ll cover energy use.
What […]