repurpose:

(I know, one woman’s repurposing is another’s kludge, but it creates much nicer light than our old thick lampshade, and it makes us smile. Happy Thanksgiving!) *NOTE COMMENTS SECTION FOR FIRE HAZARD WARNING IF YOU TRY THIS AT HOME. USE CFLs OR COOLER BULBS, KEEP FABRIC FAR FROM BULB, DO NOT LEAVE UNATTENDED, ETC.*

Faith Aloud is a religious voice for reproductive health. They’ve made several videos for abortion clinics, with clergy of different faiths addressing women’s spiritual and ethical concerns. This is the video I did for Faith Aloud last spring, which I just found on Faith Aloud’s Youtube channel.

Many of you probably read about No Impact Man, a guy who tried to live a zero-carbon-emissions lifestyle in New York City for a year. He’s teamed up with the Huffington Post web site to provide a how-to guide, not for going as “extreme” as he did, but for you to try a low-impact [...]

I haven’t read Superfreakonomics, but I’m assuming that a number of you have. I understand that on the topic of climate change, the authors assume that getting people to shrink our carbon footprints is too hard, and it would be easier to shoot tons of particles into space to reflect some of the sun’s [...]

I’m sad about the vote in Maine to take away the rights of same-sex couples to marry–although the fact that the vote was so close in a state not known for being superliberal shows that we have come a long way, at least. And in Washington State, a domestic-partnership law passed that gives same-sex [...]