Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Greening
Some ideas for El Presidente (but really for you and me) for greening our homes. Some of these ideas are awesome. I especially like the Jellyfish Wind Appliance (though it may be a nightmare for utility companies, I'd be interested to hear what they think) and the internet electrical usage monitor. On that second idea, I've always thought a simple wall-mounted device that gives real-time electrical usage information would do wonders for getting people to turn off unneeded appliances and lights. Now it's becoming a reality. Fantastic!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
White House Garden
As promised, a post about the new White House garden. First, a bit of nitpicking: What are they doing?!?!
They are raking the grass. Couldn't the White House come up with a system for removing the grass, you know, like normal gardeners?
Now to the meat: Hooray! This is the kind of thing that our country needs. So often people ask, "What can I do?" Bush once said, "Shop." Obama is saying, "Volunteer." I'm saying, "Grow a garden. Ride a bike. Walk. Turn off the lights. Turn up/down the thermostat. Use less water." For some reason, and it's terribly disappointing, our leaders aren't emphasizing the real, tangible, doable actions that would make a big difference. Simply replacing some of the tomatoes you eat from Chile with tomatoes you grow in your back yard will reduce your carbon footprint significantly.
Good for the Obamas for stepping up and leading by example.
They are raking the grass. Couldn't the White House come up with a system for removing the grass, you know, like normal gardeners?
Now to the meat: Hooray! This is the kind of thing that our country needs. So often people ask, "What can I do?" Bush once said, "Shop." Obama is saying, "Volunteer." I'm saying, "Grow a garden. Ride a bike. Walk. Turn off the lights. Turn up/down the thermostat. Use less water." For some reason, and it's terribly disappointing, our leaders aren't emphasizing the real, tangible, doable actions that would make a big difference. Simply replacing some of the tomatoes you eat from Chile with tomatoes you grow in your back yard will reduce your carbon footprint significantly.
Good for the Obamas for stepping up and leading by example.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Non-Paper Daily, 1.9.2009
*Michelle Obama's mom, Marian Robinson, is moving (it looks temporary) into the White House with the Obama family to help take care of the kids. Strikes me as a good message for Americans: Family helping family and sticking together is a positive thing.
*Dude ate his eye. I guess he won't be needing it soon. Sounds like a sad story.
*It looked like Roland Burris (guy who is supposed to replace Obama in the Senate) was not going to be seated, then it looked like he would, now it looks iffy again. The Illinois Secretary of State is refusing to certify his appointment and the US Senate won't seat him until "his credentials are in order." Time will tell. BTW The basic argument against seating him is that he was appointed by a guy who previously tried to sell the senate seat to the highest bidder. Here's the case in favor of seating him.
*Dude ate his eye. I guess he won't be needing it soon. Sounds like a sad story.
*It looked like Roland Burris (guy who is supposed to replace Obama in the Senate) was not going to be seated, then it looked like he would, now it looks iffy again. The Illinois Secretary of State is refusing to certify his appointment and the US Senate won't seat him until "his credentials are in order." Time will tell. BTW The basic argument against seating him is that he was appointed by a guy who previously tried to sell the senate seat to the highest bidder. Here's the case in favor of seating him.
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