Archive for August 30th, 2007
Tiny Choices Q&A: Dishwashers vs. Handwashers!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Welcome to Tiny Choices Q&A, where we open the floor for discussion on questions which ya’ll have submitted (read the first list of questions here). Lorelei asks: Please compare the water/energy usage in washing dishes by hand & machine. The jury is out on this one, Lorelei! it depends on a number of factors: are [...]
Reusable Shopping Bags
Thursday, August 30th, 2007By this point most folks have heard that disposable plastic bags are killing us, and everything’s starting to suffer–creatures in the sea, the trees, and the victims of Mumbai floods in 2005. Only 2% of plastic bags are recycled in the U.S. each year, which is a miniscule drop in the 10-billion-bags-per-year bucket, and it [...]