I am not sure why I get to thinking more about green aspects of life during the holiday season, but I do. Maybe it because I start thinking about the primary colors of Christmas or maybe it is the green of the Christmas tree? Really I should be thinking more about it all the time and I suppose in some ways I am doing that. Anyway, all that aside I have a few more green tips that I have been keeping in my head for a bit and thought I would get share before the end of the year.
GPS vs Smartphones
Posted in: Green-Living, History, Technology | Posted by: rcornish | Comments: 2 | Date: 23 November, 2009
Anyone asking for GPS for Christmas this year? If you are I would ask you think twice about it and probably check it off your list. Consider this for just a second, most smart phones and even more then a few phones from the generation before, have a built in GPS navigation system of some sort of another. Take it a step further when you consider the GPS is a basically a single (or perhaps double) function device for at least $100 if not closer to $150 or more.
Horse = Horsepower
Posted in: Farming, Frustrations, Green-Living, History, Horses, Life, Technology | Posted by: rcornish | Comments: 0 | Date: 08 November, 2009
I have had this little note burning in the back of my mind for sometime now. Driving around Circle 4 in Lexington, I caught site of a billboard for the Speed School at the University of Louisville. I think, if I recall correctly that is in particular the engineering school. The billboard said something to the effect of without engineers horsepower would still be horses. That has kind of stuck in my crawl if you will and every time I think on it, it chaps by proverbial behind end.
National Parks
Posted in: Faith, Green-Living, History, Philosophy, Thankful | Posted by: rcornish | Comments: 2 | Date: 13 October, 2009
Over the last couple of weeks I had the enjoyment of catching Ken Burn’s latest production on the local PBS affiliate of National Parks. I should have posted before now, because it was available online as well up until last Friday, though there are a few supplemental videos still available at video.pbs.com and the entire series can be purchased from I-Tunes. Regardless, I am sure it will be aired again on several PBS stations here shortly and when it does in your area it is amazing and well worth the effort to watch it.
Food
Posted in: Farming, Green-Living, Movies | Posted by: rcornish | Comments: 0 | Date: 19 September, 2009
This past week, after seeing one of my favorites, the band BLCP I took a friend to see a movie. The movie was kind of odd, in that it was a documentary. But I had been wanting to see the movie Food for some time and it was playing downtown at the Kentucky, just a few blocks over from where BLCP was playing at Thursday Night Live.
Two Week Daytimer
Posted in: Green-Living, Life, Movies, Music | Posted by: rcornish | Comments: 2 | Date: 14 September, 2009
That should probably really say two week night and weekend timer, but that seems like a mouthful. Seems an odd thing to blog about, but at least more then a few of these I want a bunch of other people to come out and have at least half as good of a time as I plan on having. So, I thought it prudent to just post what it is that is coming up that I plan to attend, where and when it is, and what my general expectations are of the matter. Met up with me at your own risk of course…
I was thinking it had been awhile since I had written anything about being eco-friendly and going green. It has not been because I have not thought about some things and even given some of them a lot of deep thought. I have always had this debate in my head about disposable razors versus the more expensive but more optioned disposable blades. A little background is in order there I think for those may not know me well.
Of several things that I have noticed of late is the seeming price creep and amount of expense that I have had recently on my lunch dining experience. Combine that with a similar creep in my weight again and I decided I have to get motivated and do something about it. A quick observation that came about with some conversation from a friend is how I really do not mind that $2.00 – $4.00 lunch that you can get around at various places, especially if you watch just a little bit and are willing to be flexible on given days.
As I noted a toward the end of last month I plan on participating in the the NaBloPoMo idea for the month of February. The theme for the month is wants. There are lots of ways to interpret the theme of wants and I thought I would start off with something that I have been thinking about a little bit of late and especially this afternoon. Before I got into that though, it should be noted that I will not be using the theme for every post this month, but I will pick it up on occasion.
I bought some CDs sometime in the last week or two. I pleased to observe as I browsing the shelves looking for the specific music that was appealing to me that date that about one half of the new music is packaged in a card stock folded case. To many I am sure this is not such a big deal, but it made me very happy to see it. Seeing such cases over the regular plastic jewel cases was a positive step for the green movement. Yes, they are made from trees. However, trees are renewable resource if managed correctly and the case it self is then recyclable and further biodegradable. And given that I usually buy a CD put it in my case and end up maybe keeping the jewel to put a data CD in to give to someone, if I am lucky to remember such, it is a win-win. Read more…
