The Green Parent

  Today’s Meter Reading: 89691 OK, almost half of the month is over, so I wanted to take a minute to reevaluate how the month of energy savings is going.  Thus far, I am pleased.  I have consistently used less energy each day than I have at this same time of year in 2010 and [...]

This morning’s meter reading (89204 KWH) shows that we used 43 KWH of energy yesterday, which is not too shabby but not too great . If we keep up that rate, we’ll use 1333 KWH for the month of March, which is more than we used in March, 2009; but less than we used in [...]

My meter reading this morning: 89161 Can you guess what this month’s eco-challenge is?  That’s right, I’m cranking down the energy use in my home.  I’ve done this before.  But this month, I’m going to do it smarter.   Like most green bloggers, I’ve written tons of articles of the years on saving energy.  Heck, [...]

This past weekend was out local town’s Earth Day celebration.  As part of the festivities, I built this solar oven from a pizza box and handed out yummy smores made from solar energy.  My girls (ages 6 and 3) were easily able to help with this project and after assembling the materials, we had it [...]

So, you’re turning off lights, teaching your kids to recycle, walking to the store, and buying organic produce. Now what? Well, if you really want to go the extra green mile, you might try purchasing carbon offsets, or credits, that literally “offset” the energy you use at work, while traveling, or around the house. Ideally, [...]

If you’ve got an email address, you’ve more than likely been hit by spam. On an average day, my spam filter catches everything from phony PayPal sites that need to “verify” my password to requests from Nigerian oil ministers that are offering outrageous sums of money to help them embezzle cash out of their country. [...]

Feeling the sting at the pump lately? You can alleviate some of this misery by making sure your car is properly tuned. Your car should receive a professional tune-up every two years or 30,000 miles, whichever comes first, in order to run at its maximum fuel efficiency. But there are a number of things you [...]