Category Archives: Little Things

These are the easy little things that we can do on a daily basis that are better for the environment than what we were doing.

The Perfect Earth Day Movie

By kimba | Published: April 21, 2009
Hey, if you are going to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow, or this week, why not take that celebration on into the evening and watch a good movie? My pick for the occasion is: Erin Brockovich A real woman. A real story. A real triumph. Julia Roberts stars as Erin Brockovich, a feisty young mother who fought for [...]
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Earth Hour

By kimba | Published: March 27, 2009
Last night we had a practice run for Earth Hour here in Berkeley, with a power outage that started during the last ten minutes of Grey’s Anatomy and lasted through ten minutes into the nightly news. Too early to go to bed, I did chores by flashlight to keep myself entertained. Just as I was [...]
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Spring Ahead

By kimba | Published: March 6, 2009
Sunday is Spring Ahead Day. It’s kind of odd these days to say turn your clocks one hour ahead before going to bed Saturday night since so many of us are now digital divas. So move you clock, change your clock, or if you still have an analog clock in the house, then go ahead and [...]
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