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Aqua Delve-a (Sorry) On water heaters	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a question that's been nagging at me for some time. Since I have a water heater inside my house, any waste heat from the water heater contributes to heating the house. Does it still make sense in terms of energy savings to put an insulating blanket on the water heater? Kurt Littleton, Colo. Dearest Kurt, Getting tanked. Photo: PNNL. After space heat -- that is, heating your entire home -- water heaters are the l ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Thermostatic On turning down the thermostat	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My housemates and I are engaged in an ongoing argument about the heat (gas) in our somewhat old house. I argue that for the minimum eight hours that we are out of the house during the day, we should turn our heat down to at least 62 degrees. They argue that we should leave it at 68 at all times, because it takes more energy to heat up the house later when we all arrive home. Not surprisingly, we can't agree about a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Naturally: Gas On home heating	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Can you shed some light (or some warmth) on the most environmentally sound ways to heat one's home this winter? Natural gas over coal and oil for its lower carbon (and particulate) content? What about fireplaces: good or bad? Would burning gas logs be a good alternative to burning real wood? Thanks for your help! Janet Washington, D.C. Dearest Janet, What we cold eco-folks are looking for is a heat source that is clean to prod ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, coal, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, natural gas, oil (all these topics)

Santa, Baby, Hurry and Recycle Tonight	Suzy Becker	16 Dec 2003	Ha.

Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics)

Green Eye for a Great Buy Demand Rises for Recycled and Organic Home Products		15 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Green Eye for a Great Buy Demand Rises for Recycled and Organic Home Products The hot gift this holiday season (in our humble, green-leaning opinion): anything recycled or organic. Demand for home products made from recycled or organic materials grew by 66 percent in 2001 and continues to rise, according to research conducted by New Hope Natural Media in Boulder, Colo. Plenty of niche sellers such as EcoPlanet ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, recycling (all these topics)

In the Flesh On eco-friendly meat	Umbra Fisk	11 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, While I'm not a vegetarian, I try to choose my foods based on their environmental impact. For me, most non-organic meat doesn't make the cut: It uses too much water, land, and other resources, and it pollutes our land and water. I know this because I know about CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), which are the sources of the bulk of the chicken, pork, and beef that Americans eat. But what about lamb? I've never s ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, industrial ag, local food, ranching, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Ante-Plastic On food storage	Umbra Fisk	11 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently read about the possible effects of plastics on women and the fetuses they may be carrying. I'm ready to change my ways, but I'm not sure how. Do you have some good suggestions about other ways we can package our leftovers or pack foods for lunch at school and work? Natalie Portland, Ore. Dearest Natalie, Time to go old school, perhaps literally. If plastic is the problem, the answer may be one compound word: ante-plas ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, green living, green products (all these topics)

Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles		10 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles Given its vast reserves of oil and natural gas, the Amazon basin should be heaven for extractive industries. Instead, the people who make their home in the basin are trying to make life hell for energy companies. Over the years, Amazon natives have become both more sophisticated and mo ...
Topics: Brazil, Ecuador, energy, green living, Peru, rainforests, South America (all these topics)

Disease on Down the Road Mark Jerome Walters' Six Modern Plagues shows how environmental damage leads to disease	Michelle Nijhuis	10 Dec 2003	Arts and Minds
Six Modern Plagues By Mark Jerome Walters Island Press, 206 pages, 2003 It's easy to look at disease outbreaks as acts of God, or fate, or chance. After all, diseases are often so capricious, so stubbornly beyond our full control, that it can seem as if we humans have little to do with them -- beyond suffering the consequences, that is. But in many ca ...
Topics: green living, health (all these topics)

Bridge Over Bottled Water Recycled Plastic Bridge Proves Inexpensive as Well as Eco-Friendly		09 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Bridge Over Bottled Water Recycled Plastic Bridge Proves Inexpensive as Well as Eco-Friendly You may have heard of plastic bottles being recycled into fleece jackets, park benches, and, of course, more plastic bottles -- but bridges? Yep; that's one of the latest creative uses for old milk cartons, soda containers, and the like. A 56-foot-long, one-lane bridge over the Mullica River in southern New Jersey, built almost entirely of ...
Topics: green living, New Jersey (all these topics)

If Only Enron Had Known About This New Erasable Ink Could Be Boon to Office Recycling		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
If Only Enron Had Known About This New Erasable Ink Could Be Boon to Office Recycling Invisible ink was once the province of spies, then of children -- and now of environmentalists? Beginning Monday, tech industry giant Toshiba will sell a new, disappearing ink in Japan that is designed to enable easier reuse and recycling. The ink, called "e-blue," can be used in ordinary laser printers as well as in pens, and dis ...
Topics: green living, Japan, recycling (all these topics)

Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products What's the perfect holiday gift for the loved one who has everything? Try five compact fluorescent light bulbs. With energy prices expected to balloon this winter, experts are predicting increased sales of energy-efficient consumer products in the U.S. over the coming months. Home Depot recently published a catalog showcasing efficient goods: "We'v ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living (all these topics)

A Consumption Manifesto How to streamline your life and still enjoy the heck out of it	Umbra Fisk	25 Nov 2003	Ask Umbra
Editor's note: Ever wonder when We the People stopped being called citizens and started being called consumers? Take back your real identity, and take the consumption-crazy days from Thanksgiving to New Year's in stride -- with Umbra Fisk's guide to graceful (and limited) consuming. Consumption is one of life's great pleasures. Buying things we crave, traveling to beautiful places, ea ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living (all these topics)

Hail Magnetron! On microwaves	Umbra Fisk	17 Nov 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We recently bought a new (to us) house and acquired a microwave oven. Having gotten this far in life without one, we figured we wouldn't use it all that much. Ha. We use it all the time. It's just so much faster than heating things on the stove. I do wonder, though, which is more energy-efficient. Is it more eco-friendly to heat milk for a minute in the microwave, or five minutes on the gas stove? And is there anything to the pe ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, food, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Go Fish On eco-friendly fish consumption	Umbra Fisk	17 Nov 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently turned 40 and have decided I need to pay more attention to what I eat on a daily basis. My diet has never been horrible, and I've always believed in all things in moderation, but a persistently elevated cholesterol level and my mortality now a smudge on the horizon have helped nudge me in this direction. And everywhere I turn it's fish, fish, and more fish: doctors recommending more omega-3 oils (in the for ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, green living, toxics (all these topics)

Hospital Scrubs Connecticut Hospital Adopts Green Cleaning Regime		17 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Hospital Scrubs Connecticut Hospital Adopts Green Cleaning Regime Surgery patients and birthing mothers in Greenwich, Conn., will no longer be assaulted by that "hospital smell" in most parts of Greenwich Hospital now that the facility has made a switch to using eco-friendly cleaning products. The hospital is thought to be among the first in the U.S. to reject harsh chemicals in favor of equally ...
Topics: Connecticut, green cleaning, green living, health (all these topics)

Still the Sundance Kid Robert Redford gets heated up about the Bush environmental agenda, clean energy, and more	Amanda Griscom	13 Nov 2003	Main Dish
He played the Sundance Kid, the sharpshooter sidekick to Paul Newman's Butch Cassidy in the 1969 classic; he built the Sundance Village in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; he founded the Sundance Institute for independent film and theater production and established the Sundance Film Festival. But all the while, Robert Redford has been doing an altogether mo ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, interview, politics, Robert Redford, water pollution (all these topics)

Zoo Doo Voodoo Zoo Doo in Tokyo Will Be Used to Produce Energy		12 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Zoo Doo Voodoo Zoo Doo in Tokyo Will Be Used to Produce Energy A Tokyo-area zoo, weary of spending more than $275,000 a year to dispose of 1,060 tons of animal waste, has a new plan: It will ferment the droppings to create biogas that can be used as fuel. An experimental processing plant at the zoo should start producing biomass energy in 2005. If all goes according to plan, even the b ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, Japan, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Bigger Homes and Gardens As New Homes in Massachusetts Get Bigger, Enviros Get Worried		10 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Bigger Homes and Gardens As New Homes in Massachusetts Get Bigger, Enviros Get Worried If Americans follow the trend in Massachusetts, they'll increasingly be living in larger homes on larger lots, even though fewer people reside in each house. A new report by the Massachusetts Audubon Society found that the state is losing 40 acres of forest, farmland, and open space to development every day, with abo ...
Topics: green living, Massachusetts, placemaking, wilderness (all these topics)

Liquid Assets Should enviros embrace liquefied natural gas?	Amanda Griscom	06 Nov 2003	Powers That Be
It's clear from the name alone that liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an oxymoronic commodity -- but its chemical state is just one of the many paradoxes of this increasingly popular energy source. On the one hand, natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel and among the most viable near-term alternatives to coal, which currently accounts for more than 50 percent of the U.S. electricity supply. Many envir ...
Topics: energy, green living, United States (all these topics)

It's What's on the Outside That Counts Cadbury to Use Biodegradable Packaging for Chocolates		04 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
It's What's on the Outside That Counts Cadbury to Use Biodegradable Packaging for Chocolates Earth-loving chocoholics, take heart: British chocolate giant Cadbury Schweppes announced yesterday that it will begin using biodegradable candy trays that look like plastic but dissolve in water. At first, the new packaging will only be available in Australia, but the company is talking about using the technology ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, green living (all these topics)

Unsafe at Any Seed? A new consumer revolution could change the way we label food		30 Oct 2003	The Gist
There's a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign going on in New York City right now regarding smoking in public places. The ads feature slogans like, "If they ban smoking in airports, people will never fly again," and "If they ban smoking in bathrooms, people will never gossip again." I thought of this campaign when I stumbled across a Reuters article on Tuesday describing opposition to a new l ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Defrost Cost On car heaters	Umbra Fisk	28 Oct 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My friend and I have a bet going that I hope you can settle. She thinks that running the heat in a car in the winter is "free" -- that is, it doesn't use additional gas. As a conservationist, this pleases her greatly. However, I think that turning on the heat does use additional gas if you are using the defroster. Can you settle this for us? Thanks! Sama Denver, Colo. Dearest Sama, You win. But I fear this is a wager wi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, energy efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Battery FAQ On recycling batteries	Umbra Fisk	28 Oct 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have to humbly admit that for years I've known that one can recycle batteries, but unfortunately, I've never known where or how to do this. I've been living in Seattle and northern Italy for the last year, and I have a pile of old batteries in each place. If you have any insight into how I might go about recycling them in both the U.S. and Europe, I'd so appreciate it! With gratitude, Meg Seattle, Wash., and Ivrea, It ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, Italy, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, waste (all these topics)

It's Not the Size of the Carrot... Advice on choosing carrots	Umbra Fisk	28 Oct 2003	Ask Umbra
Dearest Umbra, I'm curious how they make those mystical little carrots that are just the right size for snacking. Are baby carrots actually harvested that small, or are they carved out of bigger carrots? If they're carved out of bigger carrots, where do all the shavings go? Bottom line: Am I supporting a wasteful production process when I buy baby-cut carrots or is my green consciousness just a tad bit hypera ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

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