The Climate-Change Bill

The House has passed the Waxman-Markey bill, aka the climate-change bill. Although it passed, 212 Representatives voted against the bill. Did your rep vote for or against? If so, did your rep think the bill was too weak to truly battle climate change, or do he/she simply feel that climate change is not worth fighting. Paul Krugman provides closer look at those reps who feel the jury is still out on science.

Keep an eye on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which now heads to the Senate.

One year of the blog

What's the life expectancy of the average blog? For every blog that has been churning out content and commentary for years, there must be hundreds that lie dormant out there on the web, taking up their small slice of virtual space.

I'm happy that the Going Green Project has survived a full year. For most of that time, it's been active, even though it's limped to the finish line in the last six weeks or so. The primary goal for Year Two will definitely be a more consistent posting schedule. Now, if real life would just cooperate and stay out of the way...

Tomorrow's the actual anniversary, so I'll conjure up something more exciting. For now, I'll leave it to the polar bears:

Local Markets

I've talked many times about CSA (or Community Supported Agriculture) boxes. If you're lucky, in your area you'll be able to find a farm that will deliver the freshest produce to your door once a week during the summer. It's a great way to support local farms and it's probably the best single thing you can do to reduce ye olde carbon footprint.

Not everyone has access to a CSA program, so you may have to be a little more ambitious about seeking out a farmers' market. Or maybe you'll just get lucky, as I did last Thursday. While wandering around somewhat aimlessly on my lunch break, I discovered a farmers' market just around the corner from my office in Boston.

The Boston Public Market has set up a farmers' market on Tuesdays and Thursday, from May through October, right in downtown Boston. With over a dozen vendors selling produce, breads, and other farm-fresh products, the market is going to make it easy for me to stock up twice a week on my way home from work. (As a side note, this also is a smart way to quiet the Rose Kennedy Greenway detractors who think that the green area in the city is a waste.)

If you're in Boston, check out the market in Dewey Square. If you live elsewhere, I hope you stumble upon a market of your own!