Eco Design + Living

Following up on my post, What is Sustainability?, I couldn’t help but share this line from a recent talk by Dmitry Orlov. “Industrial products that help the environment are a bit of an oxymoron. It’s a bit like trying to bail out the Titanic using plastic teaspoons.”
Gotta love him.
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I think of coal as an invisible source of energy. When we plug in our electronics, turn on the air conditioning, and run the refrigerator, we don’t see the power we are using or the environmental destruction caused by using electricity. See for yourself if your electric company is contributing to unsightly and environmentally degrading mountaintop [...]

The Bay Green Expo was this past Saturday at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. This event was open to the public and a great opportunity to meet vendors of green products and services, as well as, hear talks by knowledgable speakers about things we can all do to live lighter on the planet. The [...]

It’s come and gone, stopping for a few short hours. I managed to step away from the Moonlight Micro-Farm booth at the Seaside Farmer’s Market last Saturday and catch a glimpse of the past-futuristic solar car that was traveling through the area. Read more about the solar journey through Walton County here and here. For [...]

In this extreme, information overload age, it’s often difficult to separate the truths from the non-truths. This is prevalent in many aspects of everyday life and sustainable living is no exception. We are sometimes left with many unanswered and debatable questions like, paper or plastic? cloth diapers or disposable diapers? new Prius vs. old reliable [...]