I spent a lot of time in my backyard this weekend and on Saturday I heard a rumble coming down the lane. I looked looked over the back fence to see an battered pick-up truck glide by with its bed full of castaway children’s toys, rusty lawn furniture, old vacuum cleaners and a tangle of […]

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A story in today’s Savannah Morning News reports the flame has gone out at the city’s controversial incinerator. Scott Larson’s story “City dumps garbage incinerator,” features an interesting quote from an elected official about refuse that would previously have been burned, but will now end up in the landfill:
Chatham County Commissioner Dean Kicklighter represented the […]

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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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