Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
A Minor Plastic Debate
This week, after I sent out the zen kitchen’s monthly newsletter (which you can sign up for at the tzk website), which mentioned my recent entry on turning off your surge protectors, I got an e-mail from a reader who mentioned that, while the surge protectors were a great step towards saving energy, the plastic [...]
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
web usability and social networking
So, as I read through my latest copy of Yoga Journal (which, finally, I’ve made some time to read), I see an ad for zaadz, a social networking site (think MySpace) for spiritually-minded, conscious-capitalism type folks. Think MySpace meets a yoga/nature retreat. Great idea, I thought. So I started clicking around, checking things out.
Overall, it’s [...]
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
Save energy this season; turn off your surge protectors
So, about a month ago, I decided to try a little experiment at home. Having heard from both Ideal Bite and my electrical engineer boyfriend that putting things like small appliances and electronic equipment on surge protectors and turning them off when not in use can save electricity, I decided to make a couple of [...]
