Recycle, reduce, reuse!

I must disagree with people who believe the earth is ours to strip and despoil. Though I agree that too many conservationists ignore human need while setting agendas for sand fleas and termites, sensible conservation is in our own best interests. We do not own the earth. We cannot take anything in it with us […]

Troy Spindler writes (Aug. 5) from the EnergySavvy website that the “average home in the U.S. wastes about 30 percent more energy than an efficient one.” I take exception. The average American home wastes nearly all of its energy usage. Properly placed shade trees eliminate all summer season cooling energy needs for single family homes […]

It may be of interest to readers who shop at Trader Joe’s that the company has agreed to shift all its seafood purchases to sustainable sources by December 12, 2012. This decision came after a campaign called “Traitor Joe’s,” mounted by Greenpeace, pressured the company to abide by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “red list” of […]

For my whole life, I have been buying used clothing when possible; it started in childhood since I was the younger boy and it was a matter of economics. But no more! Now when I buy at Goodwill, I am recycling, thank you.

I loved the “Election night of the living dead” article (Oct. 28). My husband and I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. Thanks for the comical relief during a sometimes trying political season.

After using the supposed congressional miracle drugs, vitriol and hyperbole, for the past year, I have had an election lasting more than four months. I am not impressed at all. Matter of fact, I am sickened by it all. Where, finally, is the antidote for an election lasting more than four months? This election/political business […]