{"id":3994,"date":"2008-12-30T20:44:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T02:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2008-12-30T20:44:15","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T02:44:15","slug":"the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-urban-homesteading-green-colleges-and-recycling-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-urban-homesteading-green-colleges-and-recycling-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Urban Homesteading, Green Colleges, and Recycling by the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/hot-sun-summer-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3995\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/hot-sun-summer-day.jpg\" alt=\"bright hot sun on a summer day\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>Dog days of August? Not at sustainablog!<\/h3>\n<p>While most people are wondering if the summer heat is ever going to end, we were hitting our stride here: many more posts, and much more variety. Perhaps it was the cool breeze created by fingers flying across the keyboard&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>August 2008<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kelli Best-Oliver<\/strong> reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/29\/the-art-of-self-reliance-bloggers-document-urban-homesteading-movement\/\">a couple of bloggers documenting the American urban homesteading movement.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Low Impact Living<\/strong> discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/28\/spend-100-on-green-upgrades-save-500\/\">a much better investment than the stock market: green home improvements.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa Kivirist<\/strong> showed us <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/27\/untapped-abundance-three-steps-to-adopting-a-neighbors-fruit-tree\/\">how to adopt a neighbor&#8217;s fruit tree.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Raz Godelnik<\/strong> of Eco-Libris wondered if <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/26\/eco-libris-open-source-and-free-online-textbooks-is-this-the-future-of-textbooks\/\">free online open-source textbooks represented the future for college students.<\/a><\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li><strong>Tom Schueneman<\/strong> shared his thoughts on <em>Sierra<\/em> magazine&#8217;s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/25\/the-ten-coolest-and-greenest-colleges-in-america\/\">the ten greenest and coolest colleges in the US.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Williams<\/strong> laid out the good, bad and ugly <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/22\/recycling-by-the-numbers-the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-statistics-and-comparisons\/\">recycling statistics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Gladwell<\/strong> listed 10 ways that <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/25\/10-ways-that-social-media-and-sustainability-line-up\/\">social media and sustainability line up.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lester Brown<\/strong> of the Earth Policy Institute expounded on <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/28\/raising-water-productivity\/\">the need to raise water productivity.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>John Ivanko<\/strong> argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/27\/sustainability-blending-lifestyle-and-workstyle-in-a-green-business\/\">an ECOpreneuring venture offered the opportunity to blend work and lifestyles.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aaron Symanski<\/strong> asked <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/19\/so-you-compost-drive-a-hybrid-wear-recycled-boots-and-eat-a-lot-of-hummus-but-are-you-green-enough\/\">&#8220;Are you green enough?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keith Rockmael<\/strong> took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/15\/a-new-home-for-old-appliances\/\">a new home for old appliances in San Francisco.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Robin Shreeves<\/strong> took <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/06\/new-facebook-application-green-my-vino-helps-vineyards-go-green\/\">the &#8220;Green my Vino&#8221; Facebook app for a test drive.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/tag\/green-with-heart\">Justin van Kleek<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/tag\/caroline-savery\">Caroline Savery<\/a><\/strong> engaged in a multi-post dialogue on (re)defining sustainability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simran Sethi<\/strong> and <strong>Sarah Smarsh<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/05\/e-wasted-where-will-your-computer-and-ipod-go-to-die\/\">got e-wasted.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Environmental Defense Fund&#8217;s <strong>Sheryl Canter<\/strong> revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/21\/environmental-defense-fund-20-energy-solutions-from-you\/\">twenty tips for saving energy contributed by EDF blog readers.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And <strong>Amiel Blajchman<\/strong> considered <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/08\/21\/electronic-bills-convenience-and-sustainability\/\">the sustainability of e-billing.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Next: Back to School&#8230; September 2008<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/tag\/twelvedays\">Read more of the sustainablog 2008 year-end wrap-up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/jenniferboyer\/45378851\/\">Anosmia at Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dog days of August? 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