There is an endless list of ways in which you can “be more green,” but don’t feel that you need to do them all in order to have a positive impact. Every little bit helps! The following list includes some very simple tasks to ideas with limitless possibilities. You needn’t spend a fortune in order […]
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First read our original post on this subject which includes many more details about financing, roof types, company selection, and net metering. Twenty dollar electric bills are a beautiful thing! It’s consistently in the 100s here in Tucson right now, and our air conditioning seems to be running non-stop, but the cheap electric bills […] Once upon a time, we had lush, green, soft natural grass in our backyard. Sometimes. However, in the winter if we didn’t overseed the grass and it went dormant it became brown, crispy, and ugly. Maintaining the grass to keep it looking beautiful involved reluctant mowing, the occasional edging, lawnmower maintenance, yearly overseeding, and a […] Bike sharing is popular around the world, but the United States has been a little late to the game. You may picture China as a smoggy, polluting place, but the vast majority of public bikes are found there, so you have to give them a little credit. Tucson was one of the first U.S. cities […]
Have you heard about Cape Town’s imminent water shortage? The popular vacation destination in South Africa is expected to run out of water in the next few months. This is the stuff that nightmares are made of, especially for those of us that live in the desert. Though Tucson isn’t expected to run out […]
I’ve been hearing rumblings for a while now about the need for homeowners to install solar panels ASAP because of impending changes from TEP, but of course I was skeptical that this was just a ploy from the solar installation companies to get more business. So after a class at the Tucson Association of […] You won’t find any beachfront property in Arizona, save the shores of the Colorado River in Lake Havasu perhaps, yet we Arizonans love to beat the heat with a nice trip to the ocean once in a while. A six hour drive away, San Diego is probably the most popular destination for this, but […] I’ve lived in Tucson my entire life, but other than what I learned in 8th Grade about Tucson and Arizona history, sadly I don’t know much. Nor did I really care to, until I read Nancy E. Turner’s historical fiction novel These Is My Words, written in the style of a young woman’s journal in the […]
“I don’t feel like much of anything. It all seems so repetitive. Not enough variety.” That was Stephen’s response to my text about what I should get for dinner that night. Great. Cooking vegetarian dinners (my requirement) that two adults and two kids will eat just got harder, so when […] April is just one of many fantastic months to get outdoors and experience all that Tucson has to offer. The weather is ideal for running, hiking, biking, and general outdoorsiness. In fact, April is Bike Fest presented by the Living Streets Alliance, and there are activities and events going on across town throughout the month. […] |
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