The two major rock stations in Milwaukee, FM102.1, and 102.9 The Hog, both have practices that I find completely disturbing. FM 102.1 is less disturbing to me, for the most part, because they’re not named “The Hog” and they actually play music I like (along with some crap, but less crap than other stations). My […]
Lowering our Carbon Footprint, #1
In response to Live Earth, I thought I would post some of the things we have done to lower our impact on the Earth. This post is about the most recent thing we’ve done, replacing our old gasoline-powered lawnmower with a person-powered push mower. This was a good idea for us for a couple of reasons. […]
Composting?
We’ve got some partially decomposed yard waste (don’t even ask how – it’s too embarrassing a story) and instead of throwing it away, I thought we might compost it and make it do good. Our municipality picks up “yard waste” as an individual item, seperate from trash and recyclables. Does that mean they have some […]