AusPens:  The Right Write Stuff

A couple of weeks ago, I found the perfect teacher gift at the San Francisco Green Festival:  A set of eco-friendly white board markers.  Not only are they non-toxic - which is better for all the big and little people in a classroom, but they can also be refilled multiple times.  [...]

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Can Public Art Propel Us Toward Action?

The subtitle of Elizabeth Kolbert’s piece in the latest NRDC magazine, OnEarth, says it all:  “When it comes to climate, it’s five past midnight. Time for the Big Fix.”  She quotes noted scientists saying that the experts - the people who study climate and “do the ice cores” [...]

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My latest bolt of eco clarity struck as I sat at the desk I’d been assigned for my temp job du jour, waiting for the phone to ring and hoping it wouldn’t.
I often have lots of thumb-twiddling time on temp jobs, and as any freelance writer who temps to make ends meet will tell you, [...]

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I love coffee. On average I drink three cups a day. I’m not a sugar and cream kind of gal. I like it bold. I like it black.
“I hope you’re drinking organic,” my eco-conscious friend Jessica advised me.
Organic coffee? It never dawned on me to check for such labels. I’m more concerned about taste.

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I have this recurring nightmare: I’m late for a final exam, and I haven’t studied. I’ve had all semester to prepare, but other things have taken priority. I’ve been distracted, irresponsible. And now: I’m screwed.

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When I think about all that is GREEN, and all that I DO NOT know, I feel overwhelmed. Where to start? Can one person really make a difference? I try to push away the thought, like pressing the Snooze Button for the 100th time. I figure I’ll figure it out some day soon. Maybe Steve [...]

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Marilee Kuhlmann owes her life-long fascination with plants to a Slip ‘n Slide. “We laid it across the grass and it made all the Dichondra seeds pile to the edge. About six weeks later we had two strips going through the lawn and the center part was dead. It was the same size as the [...]

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