Today, I am a dung-beetle.
I am a dung-beetle, pushing my cherished ball of odoriferous dung up a large hill that is seemingly three miles high. I know if I […]
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Slowing Christmas morning
When my husband and I were first married, we were not able to do much for Christmas gifts for each other and it was just […]
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Mythbust #2: There’s a silver bullet
Okay, back to the wonderful Jaime and Adam:UNLEASHED show at Proctor’s in Schenectady. If you get a chance to see this show, do. I’m just […]
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Greenbuild: There is work to be done!
Being with tens of thousands of my peeps is always healing, energizing and exciting. And it is challenging. I just returned from a few excellent […]
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Heading to Greenbuild
I’m lucky enough that part of my job description includes creating partnerships between DASNY and the USGBC, and I have been able to attend Greenbuild […]
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Food must be sustainable for us AND for our planet
I am not a vegan or vegetarian, though I do not eat much meat. Sadly, the meat I do eat is highly processed, such as salami […]
Continue reading »No-Idling at School (and what I should have said…)
I approached an SUV idling at the sidewalk at the back door to my son’s school and said to the driver “the school has a […]
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VW, Greenwashing, and a Learning Moment
Hello, my name is Jodi (hi, Jodi) and I am the once-proud owner of a 2012 TDI Jetta Sportwagon named “Jetty”. Prior to that I […]
Continue reading »Knitting and GHG reductions
There is an author of novels whose work I admire and re-read often. She’s sort of a modern-day Louisa May Alcott in that she writes […]
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Am I a Curmudgeon?
Am I a curmudgeon? I hope not. I’m too young, for one thing, and for another, I actually mostly like people. But…I live in Albany, […]
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