September 18, 2007 at 10:27 am
· Filed under reduce, solid waste, junk mail
Thanks for the patience while we got this episode out! We've been at Dragon*Con doing panels about video podcasting, we've been sick, Rhett's had to go out of town to be at his research lab…life in general has gotten in the way.
The new Greentime logo is out now. As we said, we won't be making merchandise of our own, but we encourage you to get the logo and make your own. (png format) (svg format)
Anyway, we're now back and greening our lives once again! Rhett goes off to the mailbox and throws a little tizzy over the junk mail held therein. Here's how:
And don’t forget that, if you want to have someone take care of this for you, GreenDimes offers a fairly comprehensive service, complete with tree plantings.
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May 8, 2007 at 8:31 am
· Filed under diet, food supply, reuse, solid waste
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Rhett takes some time to answer some viewer mail. In addition, we’ve been tagged with the Thinking Blogger Award! So, in keeping with the award, here are our five favorite blogs and podcasts (they’re blogs, too!). If you write for any of these, consider yourself tagged! We give a blurb about each of the blogs in the video
For this week’s project, Rhett gives some pointers on how to get started growing oyster mushrooms on old coffee grinds. This sort of “direct to food” decomposition is a real godsend for those of us who don’t have back yards or large gardens for making and using compost. Put your kitchen scraps to work making gourmet mushrooms! For more information, check out this primer. For more information and supplies for growing your own mushrooms at home, or to get a professionally made oyster mushroom starter kit, you can also check out Fungi Perfecti (this is not a paid endorsement), Rhett’s favorite mycoloculture supplier. Growing mushrooms can be easy and a really fun way to get rid of kitchen waste. Give it a try!
Formats available: Flash Video (.flv), MPEG-4 Video (protected) (.m4v)
Tags: mushrooms, mycoculture, composting, sustainable living, sustainability, organic waste, green lifestyle, green, environmentalism
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April 12, 2007 at 10:13 am
· Filed under reduce, reuse, solid waste
Rhett and Amy talk about solid waste and the preferable choices to recycling. Think recycling is the way to go? The answer might shock you. This week’s project focused on the oft forgotten ideas of reducing and reusing. Intrinsic to this is adopting a DIY lifestyle where you control the amount of final packaging because you make as much as possible. Since the DIY food production projects together would be too much for one post, they will each be covered in coming episodes. Stay tuned to see how easy it can be to provide your own necessities!
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Don’t forget to email us with your tips for reducing and reusing. Viewer mail always gets a special place at the beginning of each episode.
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