Posts tagged as: re-use

Monday Monthly Mission #8

December 1st, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Monday Monthly Mission

On the first Monday of every month, we take on a ‘mission’ – a shift or habit or inspiration – to work on together. There’s strength (and support) in numbers! On the last Thursday of the month, we reconvene to see how far we’ve come. #8 You’ve all been so amazing joining me in these [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #11

August 25th, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful. Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change. #11 We can all agree on the profound importance of recycling, right? For example, if each US resident would recycle 1 newspaper / week, we could save [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #9

July 17th, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful. Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change. #9 You know what thrills me more than it rightfully should? Brand new, freshly sharpened, perfectly pointy pencils. HA! In college, the first day of class was [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #8

July 2nd, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful. Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change. #8 So, we’ve all agreed that wasting paper is bad. We’ve canceled our newspaper subscription and we recycle all our mail and our ‘brown bag’ lunch comes [...]

My Growing Garden: Potato Tire Project

June 18th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

^^^  Way back in springtime, I planted some potatoes. It’s a simple strategy: as the foliage grows, more tires and dirt are added to the stack. This converts stem into root and produces more potatoes, as the leaves continue clamoring skyward. This intensive small-space system is supposed to yield 25-30 pounds of potatoes. I planted [...]