Written By Nate. In Daily Life, Green Living, Indiana, Recycling, Sustainability, Sustainable living

Living just 3 hours away from Indianapolis has allowed me the opportunity to make some visits for pleasure with my family and for work.  Large cities like Indy can be an environmental nightmare but they can also be great catalysts for bringing green life to the forefront of thousands of people who live within its

Written By Nate. In Green Resources, Recomendations

If you haven’t already clued into Organic Valley Co-op, you should check out their website.  Right now, the organic food company is offering up $10 in coupons and a chance to win a $2,500 food pantry donation and a year of free products.  I simply couldn’t pass that opportunity up and though you might be

Written By Nate. In Arizona, Cooking, Corporate America, Daily Life, Food, Green Living, Indiana, Midwest

Thanksgiving might be a week behind us but I’m still pretty pleased with our decision to go local this year.  Instead of elbowing the crowd at the freezer case at the local grocery store, we located a nearby farmer who raises natural and fresh turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday.
This is something we’ve done before when

Written By Nate. In Composting, Daily Life, Green Living, Indiana, Sustainable living

I am a coffee fiend.  Notice I did not say that I’m a coffee addict although I’m sure my friends and family would make a very different testament regarding that label.  My everlasting search for a good “cuppa joe” exceeded my expectations at my favorite local coffee shop yesterday.
Yes, I said a local coffee shop. 

Written By Nate. In Cleaning, Green Living, Homemade, Household

It seems like one of the many products consumers are bombarded with on TV commercials every day are the copious amounts of chemicals and cleaning products to sanitize and freshen your home.  So many of those products contain dangerous chemicals or volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) that may actually be doing us more harm than good.
That’s

Written By Nate. In Energy, Green Living, Holidays, Household, Recycling, Reducing Bills

It’s taken me a while to jump on the LED Christmas light bandwagon, mainly because the incandescent strands we have still work and the prices on the LED lights are still a little high for my liking.  Last year though, I noticed I had about three strands that weren’t working properly, so I began pillaging

Written By Nate. In Baby, Personal Stories, Random

The changing of the seasons is definitely on the march here in southwest Indiana and with it comes a stark quandary about where time disappears to.  This time of year for my little family is often a busy one.  My wife’s teaching work picks up a ferocious amount of speed as she nears the end