Low-tech cooling when you have no A/C
It may be 100 degrees outside but we’re able to keep it to the double digits within.
NEW! July 2010: The sounds of silence
He may have toured Europe and the Caribbean playing bass for bluesman Corey Harris, but Houston Ross is firmly rooted here at home. A Charlottesville native, he lives just over the Fluvanna County line in a small brick house that holds four generations of his family: his mother, his daughter, three grandchildren and a godson—plus [...]
Garbage revealed (and reviled)
If you want to confront your own landfill contributions, just run out of garbage bags.
Cutting down on power use at work
We should conserve on crazy hot days, sure – and every other day too.
Preserving season is underway, for real
This weekend, I realized that canning time was staring me in the face.
A green and nostalgic way to dry hands
Rolling cloth towels seem less wasteful, but can we overcome our germophobic training?
Garden update: Between things, plus peas
Spring stuff is on the way out and summer crops still have a ways to go. It’s kind of a gap in the season.
Is there a greener way to feed the cat?
We put all this effort into what we feed ourselves, and the other mammal in our household eats processed food.
Laundry, the light footprint way
Friends hand-wash their clothes in a plastic tub. I’m not prepared to take that on.
Your June calendar turns green
All in one day, you can celebrate local food, waterways and footpaths. Get ready.
June 2010: Action at the edges
Thirty-one years ago, Roger Voisinet moved to Charlottesville from Montreal. He lived near Sugar Hollow, at one end of the single road that bears many names: Sugar Hollow Road, Garth Road, Barracks Road, Preston Avenue, and Market Street. “Like any newcomer, I would explore the city,” he remembers. One fall day, he was biking [...]
June 2010: Passive House: the next frontier
For several years, the terms “green building” and “LEED” have been all but synonymous. Considered the gold standard (or, in some cases, platinum) for sustainable design, the LEED program has made inroads nationally, with lots of local buildings now LEED-certified. Many others are recognized under EarthCraft, EnergyStar, and other programs. Now, a group of home [...]
Surprising food news is coming to your mailbox
The 2010 Buy Fresh Buy Local guide is about to hit the mail stream, and it’s worth a close read.
How cold does the fridge need to be?
When I take stuff out of our office fridge, I get surprised by how chilly it is.
Rid us of mildew, sans bleach
Our wonderful, healthy cotton shower curtain has turned out to have a flaw.
Just like that, we have an orchard
It’s been a surprisingly tough process to get our little orchard going, but at last the trees are in the ground.
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May 2010: Designing woman [with video!]
“When I got here,” says Jeannine Lalonde of the Walker Square condo she began renting in 2005, “there was one guy upstairs, and the next door neighbor moved in the same weekend. It was my first time living in new construction; it was a ghost town.” She kept waiting to meet people, but even power [...]
May 2010: The little kit that could
“Living carefully, purposely, frugally just. makes. sense. And is tons of fun.” Green living enthusiast Copeland Casati wrote that recently on her blog, and it’s as good a summary of what she and her family are up to as you could find. For the moment, this clan—pink-haired, tech-minded Copeland, her German-born husband Christoph and their [...]
Spotting wildlife at the Eco-Fair
No, that’s not the setup for a joke about hippies. I really did see some wildlife.
Green Scene blog is now in print!
My new Green Living column appears for the first time in C-VILLE this week. (Page 46!)
Spawning something good to eat
“The best food travels no further than arm’s length,” said Mark Jones at a mushroom-growing workshop last weekend.
ABODE breaks all the records
Our cover story features architect Jeff Sties of Sunbiosis, who will speak April 10 at the Home Show.
April 2010: Green Living
What’s black and white and green all over? Answer: the new column called Green Living. It’ll have much in common with the Green Scene blog I’ve been writing for a year and a half on c-ville.com, but Green Living will be most at home in the print version of C-VILLE Weekly. Consider this page a [...]
