Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 134 – Where did I put my organic labelling decoder ring?

We spend some more time this week with the book, Do One Green Thing. There’s a whole section in the book on prepared foods, packaged foods, and the engmatic labelling used thereto. I think I finally understand it… maybe. And if I don’t, it’s ok. I have *my* copy of the book… do you have yours?

Some key links

• USDA Organic Labelling Information… if you want to dig deeper
• Greenerpenny.com
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 133 – Some projects that I’m doing to reduce my consumption.

What are some of the things I’m actively doing to make the little changes in my consumption around me? I’ll share with you how I’m cutting power usage and working to reduce my carbon footprint because of the travelling I’m doing. Listen in, and then let me know what you’re doing… or what you think we should all be trying next.

Some key links

• The Kill-A-Watt
• The Carbon Footprint Calculator
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 132 – Produce. Organic? Local? Local Organic? Why bother?

Another session with the book, Do One Green Thing. Tonight we talk about Produce, organic and local… or organic or local… Mindy has some useful hints and reasons to try out those two types of produce that we haven’t talked about in the past. Listen in, and you can find out what some of them are.

Some key links

• Local Harvest – Farmer’s Market database
• USDA’s Farmer’s Market List
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) References
• Greenerpenny.com
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 131 – A break to do some sharing.

And we’ll take our first break from the Do One Green Thing book. Sure, we just got started, but I like to let y’all know what’s going on with me… because this may be the only time we get to talk I’m gonna let you guys know what’s gone on with some recent fun things I did, and what some of your fellow listeners are up to. Check it out.

Some key links

• Greenerpenny.com
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 130 – Water bottle discussion. Different this time.

On to the first section I’d like to talk about with the book, Do One Green Thing. We’ve talked about using water bottles in the past, yet reading Mindy Pennybacker’s book showed me a couple of salient points I’ve missed in my reading. Do you want to know what those points are? Why not listen in… I’m enjoying this book so far. Enough to highlight parts of them and share them with you guys.

Some key links

• Greenerpenny.com
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 129 – Let’s introduce Mindy Pennybacker

It’s time to start the review of the book, Do One Green Thing. Tonight I’m gonna give you some background about why we’re going to trust this particular author… and what I’m hoping to achieve with this long book report. I’m also going to give you guys a new way to let me know what you’re thinking. Shout out to Kreg Steppe and Chuck Tomasi of Technorama for the idea…

Some key links

• Greenerpenny.com
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 128 – I found a good source of info. Let’s share some for a bit.

Well, this week, I’ve spent some time in the place where I learn some new stuff, the book store. I bought myself a copy of a Do One Green Thing by Mindy Pennybacker I’ll use for the next few weeks. If you’ve got a favourite book, website, conference, or other source of info, let me know. As always, I’ll freely admit that I don’t know everything.

Some key links

• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 127 – Where do I go to learn about all this living the change?

Good grief there’s a lot of stuff to know in this whole world of living the change. I read a lot, I follow a lot of news, I try and learn as much as I can… check out the show notes for some of the places on the web or my iPhone where *I* go to do my learning. Why don’t you share some of the places *you* go to keep up with all of your information.

And yes, I know I say “126″… but I meant “127″…

Some key links

• Joseph Jaffe and Mitch Joel discussing marketing … and Causeworld is in here
• Beth Kanter’s blog about how nonprofits can use Social Media
• Zoetica – an iPhone app for RSS feeds about nonprofits
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 126 – Overcoming a lack of information about taxation

Sure, nobody likes taxation, but the way things are now, most people have to file them. If you know somebody who has to file, and can’t afford to, I found a way we can give them some help. Listen in to learn about how you can help the people you know about, and even some people who you *don’t* know about.

Some key links

• The Somerset County United Way Tax Help Flyer
• My United Way search in Google
• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

 

Whole Lot of Nonsense – Show 125 – The P. from NJ family on vacation

The boys and I and the Mrs. are all off on vacation. So, I let them help me put together tonight’s show. They even hunted down some information to share about the place where we’re staying, The Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos.

Some key links

• The email to send your good (insert name of thing here)
• eReader – Now with a free reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Browse and buy Over the Air. Carry a library with you in the palm of your hand.

This is available as an mp3 for download.