Front Door Light Moth Series, Part IIIX

Boy, this little guy is pretty intriguing, isn't he?

He's either had a tough night, or he's really good at making himself unnoticeable.  He's definitely not a glamour moth like this one.

(or she).

I just realized that I am numbering these wrong.  Dammit.

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Al Gore.  The WE Campaign.  You can read the text of Gore's speech from last Thursday here - or listen to it in the video below.   And take a look at No Impact Man - for some additional thoughts (and an interesting, fun blog).  And then - Al Gore's surprise visit to the Networks Nation conference.

You know, I've been reading alot of negative responses and thoughts about the whole going 'green' thing - either folks want all or nothing - or they want it at a lower cost than current energy costs - or, they're just uncomfortable about what 'change' will mean to their comfortable lives.  Frankly, I want to see if T. Boone Pickens can make some headway - hell, I don't mind if a Texas oil guy makes money in the wind business instead.  I think it's alot of baby steps - little changes that globally result in big changes - and old technologies coming back (rain barrels!) and new technologies coming forward.

I love this stuff because it makes sense.  We need to get the price of icynene down to where we all can afford it.  We need to quit taking our leaves to the landfill - and leaving them on our land.  Grow your own lettuce in the winter.  I'm tring to build a LEED certified home, and I'm saying 'no' to a paved driveway because...is it really necessary?  I could go on, but I need to go back out into my garden and weed before it gets crazy-hot.  But I guess how I feel is that we can all do something here - and the things we need to do aren't necessarily big or expensive.  Just do something.  It becomes contagious.

We need to begin to live a little differently - and the change could be good.

(And yeah, I like Al Gore.)

Comments

[Kim]

I agree, people should NOT underestimate the power of baby steps. Would I like to install solar panels and a green roof on my built-in-1919 house and take myself off the grid, so to speak? Of course! But in the meantime I settle for things I can afford to do, like installing a programmable thermostat and keeping everything unplugged when I'm not using it to help keep my usage down.

(Okay, so I'd stay on the grid, and sell back my extra electricity to the electric co. to make up for the times when I don't make enough on my own and have to use theirs, but whatever.)

And definitely a big YES to lettuce grown throughout the winter. I'm trying that this year, but I'm not convinced that even my sunniest window will work... we'll see.

[Luvs2gro]

Hello-Last year I sent you an email with a pict of something I grow and have known as Monks Firespike-you expressed an interest in it-wonderful fall blooming salvia type perennial-4-5'tall-This weekend I found that Dream Gardens on Rivers Ave.,Chas has lots of it-George did not know the correct name either but he knows how to propagate it-big beautiful pots of it! This is the only time I have found it other than the original I purchased at the Gaillard Aud.probably 10 years ago.Get it! You will love it!
Susan

[John B.]

You said, "We can all do something here."

Yes. Case in point:

http://www.pbjcampaign.org/numbers

[Pam]

John B., PB&J! I love it. Definitely case in point. I just feel like folks find something to criticize in all of the environmental stuff - and almost use it as a reason to not do something. That drives me nuts.

Kim, while working on the 'new' yet to be constructed house, I've had to make (and am still making) lots of choices. Some sort of suck. But some fundamental stuff stays in - and you just decide. You can do everything - and I can't come close to affording what I want to do on my salary. But there are things I can do - rain barrels/cistern, etc - things that aren't crazy expensive that make awhole lot of sense. (I'll shut up now, or else I'll write a few pages here).

Luvs2Gro (Susan): Thanks so much for remembering that I liked that plant - I'll definitely have to go and take a look. Fun! Thank you.