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Comment on Dust: The Other Four-Letter Word by Leandro

Leandro — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:17:14 +0000

sometimes I motivate mleysf by taking “before cleaning” and “after cleaning” pictures. And sometimes I take “before cleaning” pictures thinking it will motivate me, and then I’m called away by the baby, the computer, the sewing, the sisters, the soccer, the read-to-me-mommy, the telephone… pretty much everything gets a priority over cleaning around here!

Comment on Dust: The Other Four-Letter Word by dearhippie

dearhippie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:48:15 +0000

Dear Joel, please send photo of you cleaning in full latex body suit; we need some more amusement around the office here! If I really really like it, I may send you a lambswool duster as a thank-you. If you can rig it as a tail, you’d be the envy of your block!

Comment on Dust: The Other Four-Letter Word by joel

joel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:41:35 +0000

instead of latex gloves – i generally do my cleaning in a full latex body suit. the neighbors are starting to look at me funny. am i doing something wrong?

ps: it also keeps the dust mites at bay. i think they’re mostly afraid of it – but no matter how it works, as long as it works, it’s fine by me.

Comment on Dust: The Other Four-Letter Word by dearhippie

dearhippie — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:24:01 +0000

Rock on, Motherona! 8^)

Comment on Dust: The Other Four-Letter Word by Motherona

Motherona — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:18:29 +0000

Thank you for all the great tips. My home rocks because of you!

Comment on Holiday Sense by sublimecenter

sublimecenter — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:14:40 +0000

Check out this really great short video – The Story of Cosmetics with Annie Leonard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfq000AF1i8 for more information

Comment on What to Do in Light of the Gulf Oil Catastrophe? (The long version) by hsaker

hsaker — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:28:57 +0000

I especially like the off the grid part : )

Do you know about this Online Spring Database, where you can locate spring water by region that is regularly tested and in some cases, free?

http://www.findaspring.com

Comment on City Gardening? by Ali. S

Ali. S — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:16:44 +0000

Wow! This was very helpful, thank you.

Comment on Urban Food Waste: What to do? by dearhippie

dearhippie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:29:48 +0000

Thanks for the great suggestion and information, Kelly.

If one has an in-sink disposal, it’s definitely a great option for someone not wanting to compost. For someone who’s weighing composting vs. disposal, I like to emphasize composting for a couple different reasons. If one is considering purchasing a new disposal, it would require manufacturing & procurement of materials and production, as well as contributing carbon from shipping and packaging – but that would go for purchasing a new composting bin, as well. If one already has a sink disposal, the electricity and processing is negligible and is comparable to composting at home. However, if the compost is well used and contributes to better food or joy production, the benefits outweigh the sink disposal method. Even better if it replaces the use of a synthetic fertilizer. I was going to say that the gratification from composting outweighs disposal use, too, but I well remember the sheer pleasure of flipping that switch and absolutely destroying all kinds of stuff. That is pretty fun.

Someone may argue this point specifically for Philadelphia as the City features a cute combined sewer overflow with frequent incidents of raw sewage flooding into residential basements. I don’t know enough to say if this is relevant to our discussion here.

That all being said, using a sink garbage disposal instead of dumping food waste in the garbage/landfill is generally a superior option!

~Hippie

Comment on Urban Food Waste: What to do? by kelly hirai

kelly hirai — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:58:04 +0000

an in sink disposal might be your path of least resistance depending on your city’s treatment of sewage. landfill recovery of bio-waste seems restricted to hit or miss methane recovery whereas sewage sludge can be reprocessed into fertilizer products.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_sludge_treatment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill_gas