Six tips to go car-free
(I Rode My Bike. Creative Commons photo by Bike Portland)
September 22 is World Car-Free Day! Folks all over the world are pledging to ditch their cars and use bikes, transit, and their own two feet to get around.
Fuel and emissions from cars are major culprits in climate change. Cars are harming our oceans. They stress us out and cost us money in gas, maintenance, and parking.
Meat, the Neighbors
You grow your own tomatoes, harvest your own herbs, and cultivate a few fruit trees (or you wish you did). Why then would you buy meat from a butcher?
More and more people are taking the locavore approach to getting their own meat, including hunting local deer for venison. Though it may seem extreme to some folks, hunting and dressing your own deer, boar, turkey or
25 Easy Homemade Gift Ideas
Once Thanksgiving rolls around here in the United States, I like to try and stay as far away from any malls or large shopping centers. The stress from the traffic and crowds almost matches the stress from seeing greed and consumerism at its peek.
But even though going to malls to buy gifts is not my favorite, I still love the idea of gift-giving. So what
