Entries for the ‘GREEN’ Category

Imagine what the $700 Billion could do for the Environment

$700,000,000,000 bailout.
This is all we hear about every day in the last two weeks.
I was just wondering what we could do this HUGE amount of money if we could put it towards improving the environment, then I found this article by Jennifer Lance:
If $700 billion was distributed to every US household for green technologies, each [...]

Fresh veggies for dinner!

This is my second year trying to grow my own vegetables in the backyard.
Last year, We had snow peas, more cucumber than we could ever handle, green beans and soy beans (but all eaten by bugs), one tomato plant feeding the horn worn, basil last me through Fall, peppermint which is taking over the whole [...]

2008 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival

During my visit in Taipei, I took a trip to Guandu Nature Park, where Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival – Focus on Global Warming was taking place. I was not there in time for the opening, but I went to see the sculptures under 90 degree heat (dragging my family along with me).
It’s a great [...]

Taipei Trip

Kids and I went to Taipei visiting my parents for the whole month in June.
It’s my kids’ first trip to Asia, and my first trip back after 13 years.
Going from Indiana to Taipei, it is a completely different world.
I meant to write some posting while I was there, but there were so many places to [...]

Bike to Work Week – Did You?

It was the NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK WEEK the past week.
Since I work from home, I did my part by riding my bike to run my errands when the distance was less than 5 miles.
I am not in very good shape. I sit in front of my computer more than 10 hours a day. I [...]

Green Roof?

We visited the new Central Public Library downtown Indianapolis few weeks ago. We heard so much about this over-budgeted, over-due major project for the city.
It is definitely a high-tech, expensive, great looking library. Herman Miller chairs through out, high-tech attractions for the kids, great collections of books and materials brought in endless visitors.
We went all [...]

Earth Day 2008 at Downtown Indy

It was a wonderful spring day for the Earth Day celebration Downtown Indy!
Kids and I had been going to the Earth Day event every year since we moved to Indiana.
And this time, my husband and my daughter was interviewed for TV news!!
Earth Day Indiana Festival on WISH TV 04/27/08
I was helping out at Indiana Living [...]

Earth Day at Wal-Mart?

I went on a little market research last Friday night. Since I had no place to go after 9 pm, during my husband’s sporting event, I went to Target and Wal-Mart close-by.
I used to shop at Target all the time, did not even think anything of it. Since I turned GREEN, I can’t even stand [...]