Comments wolfelena has made

  • Igualmente Jezebel. Right back atcha...On Ask Umbra on shower caps, computers, and junk mail posted 1 week, 1 day ago 20 Responses
  • Sure you did Jezebel. Sure you did.On Ask Umbra on shower caps, computers, and junk mail posted 1 week, 1 day ago 20 Responses
  • Dear Umbra's Mom, I did see the plastic bag suggestion, but I've taken her previous advice and use reusable cloth bags so I don't have any, and the cheapo plastic ones - I don't know how BlueskyKate does it ... short hair? - are too small and disposable (wasteful - same reason for the plastic grocery bags). I guess someone who's still dyeing their hair on a monthly basis wouldn't get the idea that switching out one type of wastefulness for another isn't really a solution, it's just another problem. However, sewing my own durable one from the fabric that Umbra suggested is an idea inspired by her, so that's why I thanked her. Maybe you should check the archives in regard to the environmental/health impact of hair dyes! Good luck with that. I hope you're not living upstream from me.On Ask Umbra on shower caps, computers, and junk mail posted 1 week, 1 day ago 20 Responses
  • Re: the silk and/or cotton shower caps. If only there was one available for actual purchase from somewhere on the internet. The only one I found that does not have a vinyl liner had to be purchased on ebay from a seller in China! What's the impact of shipping me a shower cap from China?!? Hardly worth the effort. I guess I need to start looking for shower caps sewing patterns and also start buttering up the neighbor who sews! Uh, thanks Umbra. I guess.On Ask Umbra on shower caps, computers, and junk mail posted 1 week, 1 day ago 20 Responses

  • Well, I guess for now we just wait until 2011, and then the Kleenex boycott can end. It'll be here before we know it. Progess, not perfection, is probably the best we can hope for. I hope the forests can withstand it until then. 

    On Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace hug it out posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago 8 Responses

  • mmm tlacoyos!

    Tom, where in the city were you? From your description you could have been anywhere in Mexico DF (Ben & Jerry's, Starbucks, Walmart, Walmart, Walmart aaaugh!) I'd love to swing by that particular stand and try their tlacoyos!!

    I am temporarily living in Mexico City, and I have had to look far and wide to find ways to support the locals as much as possible when it comes to food and groceries. Fortunately I've found an organic farming co-op (La Granja Organica) which will deliver organically grown veggies and farm items to homes throughout the city. Also there's a great little chain of grocers called The Green Corner which carries more of this local produce as well as a fair selection of other organic and sustainably produced grocery items, many from small businesses throughout Mexico. Unfortuantely, when I shop there I'm usually the only person there. All of my Mexican neighbors can't keep themselves out of Walmart's Superama. Ay caramba!  

    Thanks for the great report about things happening in my neck of the woods!On Notes on a recent trip to Mexico posted 1 year, 3 months ago 8 Responses