http://simpleandgreen.net taking steps towards a simpler and more sustainable life Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:49:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pressure canners and pressure cookers seem to be everywhere I look now. Canning in particular seems like an obvious way to store the goodness of a haul from the local farmer's market through the winter. I picture a pantry full of applesauce, carrots, squash, green beans, squash and more. From ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2010/10/30/pressure-canners-and-simple-living/ Wool packaging to replace styrofoam? In what might be considered a pretty amazing achievement, UK organic food delivery firm Abel & Cole has replaced its polystyrene-insulated packaging with a sheep's wool packaging called Woolcool. Abel & Cole, which makes approximately 25,000 deliveries to customers every week, has begun using Woolcool packaging ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/09/30/organic-food-firm-adopts-wool-packaging/ U2, arguably one of the world's very biggest bands and tour attractions, kicked off a massive world tour last month in Europe in support of their recent release, No Line on the Horizon. Not content with revisiting their previous stage designs, U2 is performing in what they call "360", where ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/07/18/u2-360-tour-and-carbon-offsets/ March 28th is the day we do Earth Hour. What is Earth Hour? All you have to do to Vote Earth is turn your lights out for one hour tonight, Saturday, March 28 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm local time, in your city. Your light switch is your vote! This is a genuine ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/27/earth-hour-march-28th/ Friends of ours just moved to San Antonio, which gave me the idea to check them out for their green-ness. Having visited there as a teenager, while visiting family friends in Austin, I have a fond recollection. Everyone knows it for its river walk and champion NBA team, the Spurs. ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/23/san-antonio-green-city/ For those visiting the Chicago area, check this out: A well-known Chicago museum just reopened its newly remodeled green home. The Museum of Science and Industry's briefly closed (for renovation) their environmentally friendly home exhibit. The Smart Home exhibit closed Jan. 4 but reopened March 19. The home is on museum grounds ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/23/chicago-museum-reopens-green-home-exhibit/ The White House is set to have it's first organic vegetable garden since the Roosevelt administration, the economy (and resulting inflation) is causing people to rethink the way they spend their food budget and the increase in home food gardens are reported as on the rise. And then there is ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/20/organic-gardening/ Really interesting news in the Green photography realm: Ecovisual Communications has launched the nation's first 100% Green Custom Photo "Lab" Greenphotoprint.com is a new photo-printing firm, headed by industry veteran Rick Colson, and is the first to offer an exclusive combination of totally green, museum-quality, archival photographic print services. "We're bringing ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/20/green-photo-printing/ Here's a question: I'm looking to possibly update the theme for simple + green. This blog is run via Wordpress. Within that, something like this looks pretty cool: Custom WordPress Theme Software. Does anyone have any experience with a company like that one, or feedback about them? The custom work they do is ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/19/wordpress-theme-update-for-simple-green/ California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a number of new Green jobs for youths. What is this all about? The governor on Monday announced the new California Green Corps, a statewide effort to train young adults between 16 and 24 years old to work in the state's fledgling green-tech industry. "It's the ... http://simpleandgreen.net/2009/03/17/green-jobs-for-california-youths/