Environment

Water: Time for Action (Blog Action Day)

October 15, 2010




I wrote this post for inclusion in Blog Action Day 2010. Thank you for reading and helping to spread the message. A lot of my blog readers are women. If you are one of them, consider what you do all day. Think of all the things you get done. You may be caring for your [...]

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Social Media School Snack!

September 7, 2010




My kids both have a great little tasty package waiting for them in their lunch boxes today. It is the culmination of searching, testing, shopping, hinting, and baking. So what are those, you may ask? They are mini nut-free granola balls, similar to the very unhealthy sugary processed packaged ones my kids constantly begged me [...]

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Quotable: Unprofitable breasts

August 26, 2010




I read a lot of books, newspapers, blogs, and journal articles. Sometimes I have the time and inclination to write a book review or a detailed deconstruction of something I have read. Sometimes I don’t. But that doesn’t mean the other things I read are not worth discussing. Many of them are very worthy of [...]

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Water: A Right and a Risk

August 23, 2010




I’ve grown up with a love of water. Swimming in it, boating on it, relaxing near it, drinking it. Water brings me peace and gives me life. I’ve often taken water for granted — both the free water that I have such easy access to and the affordability and convenience of bottled water. I’ve made [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Why I Blog

July 28, 2010




Translation: He/she who wants the world to remain as it is, doesn’t want the world to remain at all.

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What do you do with new knowledge?

June 13, 2010




Every day I learn new things. I learn them by talking to other people. I learn them by reading newspapers, books, blogs and journals. I learn them through experimentation and observation.  Sometimes when I learn something new, it serves to confirm my choices or my beliefs. Those moments are certainly satisfying and comforting. I did [...]

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A simple(r) life

April 29, 2010




Since we arrived here in Berlin, our lives have changed in many ways. We’ve moved from the country to the city, from English/French to German/Turkish, from a large home to a small apartment. One consequence of this change is that we are leading a much simpler life in many ways. We don’t have a car, [...]

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Two babies, two good decisions, around $4000 saved

April 22, 2010




My babies are growing up. Both of them are out of diapers during the day and both of them are pretty much done with nursing (Emma still comfort nurses a bit in bed). This is a time of mixed emotions. Happy to be done with some of the baby stuff (good riddance diapers!), but also [...]

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Wake Up! For your child’s sake

February 3, 2010




I want to share a great video with you. This Wake-Up Story by Healthy Child, Healthy World has a very important message for all parents and the video is really well done too. Please watch it, take its suggestions to heart, and share it with your friends.  After you’re done watching it…read below. Okay, you’re [...]

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10 ways to feed your family without killing the planet (Blog Action Day)

October 15, 2009




Today is Blog Action Day 2009. Last year’s theme was poverty and I effortlessly wrote a long post about our Empathy Deficit and how it is preventing us from making poverty history. This year’s theme is climate change. Just a few days ago I was listening to Tim Flannery on CBC radio talking about his [...]

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