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Latest blog posts from Miomarmo

Go Home and You'll Help Save the Planet
I love this article from Wired Magazine: Home Sweet Office: Telecommute Good for Business, Employees, and Planet.I didn't catch it when it first came out in September, but nonetheless, it's helped me immensely. Why? I'm a telecommuter. Before I read this I found that I would hide this fact from...
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Published 14 hours ago

And what have we learned?
November's ended, which means it's the end of NaBloPloMo - our thirty straight days of posting. This month we've shared about recycling, solar power, greenhouse gas, mass transit, terrorism, animal cruelty, cutting your energy bill, thrifting, the presidential election, detergents, the economy,...
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Published a day ago

Visit an Ailing Friend
I learned of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai while listening to National Public Radio in the car on the day before Thanksgiving.   Our good friend and colleague Chintan Parikh is originally from Mumbai (he still calls it Bombay), and I was aware that he and his wife, Tanvi, are currently...
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Published a day ago

Stick wins best toy award
I love this:The lowly stick, a universal plaything powered by a child's imagination, landed in the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with the Baby Doll and the skateboard.The cardboard box was inducted in 2005. :)
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Published 3 days ago

Quote of the day
Flee to the Wilderness. The one within, if you can find it. ~ Utah Philips
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Published 4 days ago

It's Already Christmas?
I started seeing Christmas ads about two weeks ago, and I know a lot of people traditionally consider Thanksgiving as the kickoff for the Christmas season. Soon we'll be seeing Christmas trees lighting up living room windows (soon? one house on our street has had their tree up for at least three...
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Published 5 days ago

Giving Thanks
With the holidays ever so swiftly approaching (Thanksgiving is tomorrow, for goodness' sake), I've been taking time out to reflect on my life: the people that love me, the roof over my head, the small amount of money collecting interest in my bank account and the food currently sitting on my side...
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Published 6 days ago

Giving with a conscience
Stuck on what to give for the holidays? Here are ideas for gifts with a heart. Changing the Present â€" offers a stunning array of services you can help fund to make the world a better place. For $75, you can empower a girl for a year in West Africa, feed a child for a month, sponsor three...
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Published 7 days ago

I Don't Need No Stinkin' Gas Appliances
It's been a long-held belief that to live off-grid means no fancy appliances, and the ones you do have are gas appliances. I've been researching highly efficient appliances for months now and thought I was going to have to order my refrigerator from Sweden and my washing machine from Utah....
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Published a week ago

Quote of the day
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Kahlil Gibran
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Published a week ago