No Nukes!

March 25, 2011

I haven’t really thought about nuclear power for a while.  Aside from the occasional goof about how President Bush would pronounce it “NUKE-ULAR” – the past couple of decades have been somewhat free of any thoughts about “Nukes”.  I can’t say the same about the couple of decades that preceded those.  I was obsessed with [...]

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Sy, Can I Steal Your Tag Line?

March 8, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, we are an e-commerce site. We sell stuff. Our tag line is “Where it Pays to Buy Green.” EcoPlum started out as a place to buy eco-friendly products and earn rewards in the process. But it quickly morphed into an educational/informational site. My passion has always been teaching and I [...]

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Party Like it’s 2099

February 3, 2011

My Son Noah, Circa 2000 When I was a kid, I was obsessed with gadgets. I remember going to the Science Museum in Boston and playing with a really cool calculator that made clicky noises when you pressed the buttons – my parents had to tear me away from it. I even made a hand [...]

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Awesome Video!!

January 7, 2011

OK, I don’t usually use my blog just to post a video, put I just love this and had to post it: Have a wonderful weekend!!

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Time to Invite Others to the Party

December 19, 2010

As I’ve mentioned frequently, a few years ago I was clueless about environmental issues. I didn’t even know about the effect of cow farts on climate change. But then I had my “AHA!” moment and became keenly aware of the effect that my actions (and my eating habits) had on the environment. I changed my [...]

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Black, White and Green

November 6, 2010

Kids tend to see things in black and white: You don’t like me? You must hate me. He’s not smart, he must be stupid. For many of us, the tendency to present a False Dilemma carries forward into adulthood. Big kid that I am, I often forget the shades of gray in between choices and [...]

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Did you know 1 in 8 people lack access to safe drinking water??

October 15, 2010

It’s Blog Action Day and this year’s topic is WATER. To get the conversation started, I will share some facts about water (many of which, I must admit, I was unaware of prior to this post) and they are shocking: * Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease. * 890 million people [...]

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EcoPlum Got a Facelift!

October 7, 2010

Yippee!!  Our new site has arrived!!  We are so excited and can’t wait to share it with you.  Thanks to our friends at PlanetMediaZone in Denver, we have a whole new look.  Hope you like it.  We also have a ton of new features so check them out: 1) EcoLeisure Section:  Here you will find [...]

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Spam Spam Spam Spam – Wonderful Spam

September 22, 2010

…or How Big Cities Will Transform the Way We Eat I’m not talking about the kind of spam you get in your inboxes, I’m actually talking about the canned meat of Monty Python fame. Why? Well, I don’t know exactly, but my topic today is sustainable food, so somehow I associate spam with… non-sustainable food? [...]

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Video Killed the Radio Star

August 3, 2010

Do you remember where you were when MTV debuted on August 1, 1981? (If you’re too young to remember, then hurray for you). I was at a sleepover at my friend Allison’s apartment on West 95th Street in Manhattan. I lived in the suburbs at the time, so those city sleepovers were super cool. The [...]

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