For some, the end of October marks the beginning of a new year. Many neo—pagans celebrate Samhain, looking back on the year that was and on those who have passed on, and looking forward the the year that is beginning. I love the idea of taking a serious account of what has happened in the last year—it’s a good reminder of how much I can accomplish even when I feel like the days are shooting by.

Green Drinks is finally coming to Charlottesville November 14th. We’ll meet the second Tuesday of every month at 7pm at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. Green Drinks is a casual meeting of folks from all sorts of different environmental fields.

I finished up the water diet on Monday, and I’m pretty pleased with what I’ve learned. The first week, my calculated residential use was 86.1 liters per day. This last week, I averaged only 39.8 liters a day. That’s a 54% reduction!

Photos and tutorials for some cheap, easy, homemade green gifts.

As promised last week, I’ve collected some ideas about what to do with those cds you don’t want anymore.

I used 86 liters of water per day last week and drank beverages that needed a total of 3272 liters to grow and process. I learned plenty about my water usage, and this week I plan on implementing some conservation measures to lower my totals. With my baseline established, I’ll be able to measure the percentage decrease in my consumption this week.

Here’s a video about the evils of PVC and a list of products that use PVC—many of them aren’t marked, so consider printing out a little wallet guide for yourself.

Record Theory proves that fans and musicians can both benefit from digital music downloads.

I’ll start by assessing my own average water use over the course of a week. The American average is 350 liters/day for residential uses. Then, I’ll scale back to the world average and finally the minimum necessary for health.

The slight chill in the air and the diverse pumpkin ale offerings combine to create the perfect curl-up-with-a-book setting. Here are some of the best ones I’ve been reading.

I just want to make sure you know about the Bike Summit this Wednesday. I can’t stay for the whole thing, so I’ll bake you some cookies if you take notes for me!