low-stress ideas for living a deeper shade of green
While visiting my dear friend Alex in Vermont, I met and spent quite a bit of time with the lovely and witty Gwen Huneck who is “the woman behind the curtain” in the world of her artist husband Stephen Huneck and their love of dog’s seen in his paintings, carvings, books and their dog-centric place [...]
In the year 2000 I found myself quite by accident working with the Lake Placid Film Forum, and I proceeded to coordinate the festival for the following 3 years. Normally I got there 6 weeks before the event and needed to get 6 months worth of work done. Needless to say, I never left Main [...]
Next stop Maine. After a lovely visit in CT with my 5th grade steady, where I didn’t need my new boots because we went sailing – ahhhhhh – I decide to get a quick visit in with my future daughter-in-law before she headed back to Austin, TX. Mel grew up in Kennedbunkport, ME and you can [...]
The evening after my last post at my stop at the Mormon Pioneer Trail site in Nebraska, I found a really sweet public camp site that was only $5 and tucked into a nice wooded area. Of course I forgot to write the name of the place and now am not quite sure where is it. [...]
So, here I find myself grabbing my new Patagonia hiking boots from PlanetShoes.com again. Every summer I go to South Dakota and camp with friends. It’s pretty much due north from Austin and I have a few good choices of routes to take. My favorite is U.S. Route 83 which stretches from Texas to North Dakota. It’s almost [...]
I’ve had the good fortune to travel a lot for work and play. This past year I hung out in my hometown in North Jersey so I could work with my sister, Green Diva Meg. One of the upsides has been spending time in the woods of my youth. And it’s been even more fun with [...]
In 2007, I had the opportunity to stay at Knoll Farm in Vermont for a week with a group of very inspiring environmentalists. My daughter dubbed the adventure “Farm Camp” and it stuck. The forward-thinking Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation thought it would be a good idea for a few of us to go up to [...]
Here are a few of the links that were relevant to the 3.31.12 show The Green Divas on iTunes The Green Divas on Facebook The Green Divas on WMTR GD LISA ON SUSTAINABLE AND FUN ROAD TRIPPING TIPS GD Lisa shares some tricks of the trade as a road warrior from her most recent road trip to Austin. She shares [...]
This Green Divas is a consummate road warrior. I usually travel alone, but this time, I got to travel with my daughter-in-law from New Jersey to Austin, TX. Some would see the trip as being stuck in a car for a few days. I see it as having a chance to have my daughter-in-law all to myself for a few days. And if I am traveling on my own, I get excited about catching up on some books-on-tape or working on some language skills, etc. Here are some of the ways I take care of myself while on the road so that I am not burned out when I arrive.
I have been a member of AAA since the 70′s and they have been very good to me so when I found out about the Better World Club from Green America, I found my loyal self in a quandary. Well, not really, I know I need to take action and make a change. The Better World Club seems to offer everything (and more in many cases) than AAA, but in a more earth-friendly way.
