On his blog “Notes from the Food World,” writer/journalist Michael Ruhlman espouses the virtues of the humble coffee percolator, declaring “Percolator Love.” He wants to “rid the world of the ridiculous automatic drip coffee maker, a sham perpetrated on an unthinking, convenience-minded public.” I’d like to help him.
I currently own electric and stovetop percolators, and […]

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Mary Landers’ story “Savannah taps into tap water,” in the Savannah Morning News reports that the City of Savannah is making an environmentally- and fiscally-prudent effort to limit the use of bottled water by city employees. Laura Walker, who is organizing the Savannah’s Earth Day festivities, is interviewed for the story. Why is the city […]

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Plastic bags have been in the news a lot this week. Whole Foods is fazing out the things. And I caught a segment about U.S. cities that are enacting bag bans on a network nightly news program, but I don’t remember which network (Dumont, maybe?). Also, last week I noticed reusable bags for sale […]

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The Savannah College of Art and Design’s Sustainability and Eco Practices Council was featured in the Jan. 10 issue of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education bulletin. The AASHE bulletin linked to a story in The Chronicle, the faculty/staff newspaper at SCAD. Here’s a snip from “SCAD forms eco practices council,” […]

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Thanks to everyone who sent me links to this story about the Chinese plastic bag ban. In a coastal area like ours, we should be especially emphatic about saying “do not want” to these things. They are a scourge on our land and water.
Because of their ubiquity, plastic bags become invisible to us. I’ve […]

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