Category: The environment

Earth Hour

I just tonight received an email from my town reminding me of Earth Hour on March 28, 2009 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM – Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008, the message...

Earth Hour, Kill-a-watt and electricity usage

Last night’s Earth Hour reminded me that I had wanted to write about electricity usage at my house and had already drafted this entry. It turned out that Earth Hour was not well observed in my neighborhood. It looked like every other night on my street. Our house was...

Recycling at its finest

Chris writes: I was doing some kitchen work and was removing an old and dated cabinet to make room for a bay window. I needed a place for my power tools so I decided to make it worthy of placement in the garage. I spray painted it with a...