12/31/11

Deb’s 2011 End-Of-The-Year Carbon Report

Deb Seymour Eco-Blog www.debgoesgreen.com

December 31rst of every year is a day I look forward to, not only for the usual reasons, but because it’s day I fill the Honda Insight’s last gas tank for the year. Then I get to sit down with a hot cup of tea  tally up my carbon emissions for the year: gasoline, jet [...more ...]

12/27/11

Trash Slash Success 2011: So Much Less!

Deb Seymour Garbage Output 2011 www.debgeosgreen.com

Happy Boxing Day to all my Deb Goes Green readers and fans! I hope you Yule (etc.) was pleasant and meaningful. As I sit here now in my Seattle living room, I hear clink and the clank of the neighbors putting out their trash for pickup day tomorrow… and I am not joining them, as [...more ...]

12/21/11

Video Update: Zoe ZENN Car Is Becoming An International Star!

"Little ZENN Car" by Deb Seymour www.debgoesgreen.com

Wow! Who’d have thunk it? The “Little ZENN Car” music video (about Deb’s electric car) is receiving all sorts of attention…wow! -Video was aired Friday Dec 16, 2001  by a UK based Internet Show,  “Transport Evolved”:   http://www.transportevolved.com/transport-evolved-episode-80-birthday-candles -Video was reviewed and posted also on   Friday Dec 16, 2001  by Green Car Reports the same day: [...more ...]

12/19/11

Less Waist = Less Waste (The No Wheat, No Dairy Method)

Deb Seymour www.debgoesgreen.com

Last July, I got the scale and it said “195″. Ouch. I’m only 5’5″. Double ouch. I realized that the last two and year of taking care on one dying and one ill parent had done a real number on my health. And that number was staring back in my face with its evil red [...more ...]

12/13/11

“Little ZENN Car” Music Video Is Here!

Deb Seymour www.debgoesgreen.com  "Little ZENN Car" Music Video

  The “Little ZENN Car”  Music Video is finally HERE!  Yes- it’s about my all-electric car, a ZENN, made by the ZENN Motor Company in Toronto, ON. As most of you know, not only am I an eco-blogger and web designer, but I am also an actively gigging singer-songwriter. Mostly I write of love, loss and goofy life [...more ...]

11/25/11

The Last Straw

www.debseymour.com

No, I don’t use plastic straws at home. In fact, I don’t use straws at *all* at home. Thought doesn’t even occur to me. So why is it, when at a restaurant- no matter what kind-it is assumed that there *must* be a drinking straw in any kind of cold drink I order? Do they [...more ...]

11/22/11

Boycotting Black Friday & Giving *Real* Gifts That Count

Boycott Black Friday & GIve REAL Gifts That Count www.debgoesgreen.com

The holidays are upon us (argh) and so is the siren call of STUFF! STUFF! MORE STUFF! But you can ignore that call. In my household, I strive for a waste-free Christmas and also to keep things as local as possible, rather than support shipping container loads of cheap junk from over-seas. Here is a [...more ...]

11/17/11

Kicking The Plastic Habit (Part Two)

Garbage Art

In “Kicking the Plastic: Part One” I discussed the ubiquitous-ness of the stuff (it’s everywhere), a brief history of plastics, (multi-useful, inherently moldable) the myths of plastic recycling (it never really breaks down) and health hazards of plastics (it off-gasses, chokes oceans and landfills and too much may lead to various illnesses) I then said [...more ...]

11/01/11

“There’s No Such Thing As Waste” (A Song About Garbage)

"No Such Thing As Waste" by Yardboideroony

OMG! I just stumbled upon this *incredble* song about “refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle” on Treehugger.com. Written by a young Australian man who goes by the name of “yardboidoroony“,  this song manages to nail all the tenets of Permaculture Rule #6 ( “Don’t produce any waste”) and writes it into a  humorous, sing-able, dance-able and, most [...more ...]

10/30/11

Flying Green

Flying Green

I’m in the air right now,  returning  from a trip where I tried to fly as “green” as possible. I know-it’s kind of a weird thought since airlines consume so much fuel.  It almost makes one think “why bother?”  But until we get better options for jet fuel and airplane design (go Boeing Dreamliner!) I [...more ...]

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