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Category Archives: meta
No Wordless Wednesday – question for readers instead
No Wordless Wednesday this week, mostly because I haven’t had both time and inspiration converging. Instead I’d like to ask my readers what they’ve been thinking about, green-wise, now that fall is here and winter is coming. Growing food is … Continue reading →
Yours truly, in print in the TribLocal 8/26/10 edition
The TribLocal article I posted on their website (a minor re-write of this post from June of this year) also appeared in the 8/26/2010 weekly print edition of the Oak Park/River Forest TribLocal magazine. You can pick up a copy … Continue reading →
End-of-season food preservation
It’s mid-August, which means we have only about 2 more months of growing season – barring hot houses and cold frames – here in the Midwest. We’ve seen several types of in-season produce come and go at this point, so … Continue reading →
Where was I?
I was camping. Thank whatever deity you do or don’t worship/talk to while walking down the street for this creek because it was about 95 degrees F with tons of humidity during the day in the Ozarks last week. Don’t … Continue reading →
The Hierarchy of Expense and Difficulty
We already know that some green choices are very easy, convenient, and inexpensive, and some really aren’t. Some are a walk in the park (maybe literally), and some are a walk uphill both ways in a blizzard. With no shoes. … Continue reading →
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Goin’ fishin’
Not really, but we here at Green In Oak Park are going camping next week. I have some posts scheduled for you to read, but I’ll be out of pocket, so any correspondence will be answered when I return. Hopefully … Continue reading →
Buzzword alert – what does sustainable mean, anyway?
Environmental issues are hot these days. Everyone’s talking about green this, environmentally-friendly that – whether it’s in a favorable or unfavorable tone. For some of us, green living and discussion of green living are positive facets of life, but others … Continue reading →
Climate change, greener living, energy, and controversy
This post will be slightly more political than what you have come to expect from Green In Oak Park. Fair warning. How many changes have we seen in the mainstream environmental movement since the 1970s, which is when it first … Continue reading →
Catherine Mohr on the science of green building
Catherine Mohr is a robotics scientist and she spoke at TED recently about what makes the bigger difference and what doesn’t. She makes good points. I’ll follow up by saying this: we all have an impact on the earth and … Continue reading →
What is Green In Oak Park, anyway?
Hello, new readers, and welcome to my small corner of the web. I expect you may be wondering what this blog is all about and who I am, so allow me to explain. First off, who am I? I’m a … Continue reading →