Eco-conscious parents can be overwhelmed by the amount of plastic-filled, extravagantly packaged, and ultimately unnecessary items that are commonly marketed for babies and toddlers. But parents need not despair: not [ … ]
Tag: Education
Why I live here (instead of doing some of the other cool sustainability stuff I could be doing) (PPB #28)
Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig is another resident at Dancing Rabbit who’s written a post for us… My background is in community living and sustainability education. I’ve been to about 75 different [ … ]
The Story of Sustainability
We’ve all heard of The Story of Stuff. But The Story of Sustainability? This past weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting Dennis Paige, founder of Swiftdeer-Paige, at Inn Serendipity [ … ]
Green the Zoo: Four Ways the San Diego Zoo Pumps Up A Family’s Eco Experience
A day at the zoo brings back classic kiddie flashbacks for just about everyone. Who doesn’t remember an afternoon of lions, tigers and bears? But – oh my – as [ … ]
Working hard for the money, but NOT coming out ahead? Kiss Off Corporate America
For several years, my wife and I worked hard for the money at a job with a full service ad agency. Every year, however, we kept coming out on the [ … ]
Can Big Oil Companies also Do Good?
We seem to be piggybacking off of each other here around Green Options lately – reading each others’ posts and writing new posts based on them. I just finished reading [ … ]
Sacred Places Future: Nature in the World of Generation W (Wild)
In my previous posts on sacred places, I have claimed that: 1) Sacred places in our past are crucial for making us appreciate nature and formulate an ecological consciousness. So [ … ]
Sustainable Building Course for Working Adults
As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of college and university programs that expose students to sustainability either through the classroom or through working projects and installations on campus [ … ]