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A friend is terribly ill, so I didn’t have the heart to post a video for Dance Party Friday this week. We’re lighting candles, with hopes of dancing in the future. There could not have been a better day to come home to such a nice surprise from Jazzy and her humans. Who knew there was such a thing as an organic lollipop? And how lovely is it to have family who know that a discovery like this had my name written all over it?
Pax.
Time.
Fame.
Cold pairs.
How many times do I search the web each day? Several organizations have created web search interfaces that make small contributions for charity every time we use their engines. To date, most of these sites have used Yahoo as their search engine. Yet I recently learned about a newer option, EcoSearch.org, which uses Google. The upside: a much more powerful search engine, and support for organizations including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Save the Bay. (The downside is that EcoSearch is light on details about how much they contribute per search, how often they make their donations, etc.)
Are you registered to vote? In some parts of the country, times’s running out! While a few states (yea, Wisconsin!) allow same-day registration at the polls on election day, most states have registration cut-offs in October, as early as October 5th.
Overshadowed by this week’s continuous stream of scary economic news — and my 401(k) beginning to look more like a 201(k) — on Tuesday the House passed a bill to open up most of the U.S. coastline to offshore drilling when the current ban expires on September 30. It’s especially depressing that this was a Democratic introduced and sponsored plan. And just to prove that the world has turned upside down: the GOP opposes the bill (partly because it doesn’t allow drilling within 50 miles of the coast) and its best chance of it not being implemented, ironically, is that the current occupant of the White House may veto it. I don’t even know where to send people for complaints about opening up the coast for drilling, just something to keep an eye on for the post-election season when, possibly, sense will return.
Coop America is running their annual People’s Choice contest to vote for the Green Business of the Year. Voting is open to everyone. This is a fun way to check out and help garner attention for a neat array of environmentally friendly businesses— from Bozema, MT’s West Paw Design, making pet care products out of organic and recycled materials; to Portland, OR’s Babyworks, featuring cloth diapers and organic cotton baby clothes; to Ft. Lauderdale, FL’s Pizza Fusion, “Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time.”
I’m racing toward the last quarter of the year: time for the monthly Daily Mitzvah Charity Piggy Bank update. August is always a slim month for freelance work, so I’m happy school has started (and the 9-month pay cycle will start back up in October!) In keeping with the blog’s theme, the charity pigggy bank is a small way to make a difference in a big world (even on a budget). Here are the August totals:What Your Back to School Personality Says About You |
 You are most likely to succeed when you are able to be independent and self directed. You are perfectly able of carving your own path. Your greatest skill is making things interesting. You can turn the dullest day or project into something amazing. Your biggest stumbling block in life is worrying about what other people think of you. Their opinions matter even less than you think. You're not quite sure what you're thankful for in life, it doesn't seem like there's a lot to be thankful for these days. |
I’m not sure how I feel about this, yet the time is now. Back to school! I’m finishing up classroom tasks for the first day, but I did have time to check out this week’s Carnival of the Green, where I discovered a useful post from Nature Mom about choosing a BPA-free water bottle — a must for every backpack and bookbag. You can even win a free bottle from a very nice array of choices; see the post for nature Mom’s contest! (You might even win a neat Sigg “Sunray” like mine, pictured at right.)
