It’s exciting news! Betty has her own post office box. (Thanks to everyone who participated in the Bread Event Raffle and Auction!) Now you can send your tax-deductible check or money order to VOP (memo-Better World Betty), 1926 Abbey Rd. #66, Charlottesville, VA 22911! And the location couldn’t be better: Mailbox Express on Pantops. As […]

I think most of us would agree that the American suburbanite’s dream of the ultra-green lawn (surrounded by the white picket fence) is neither sustainable or environmentally friendly. On the other hand, as a family, we’ve always loved the playing field a lawn has provided us. We romp around our yard playing catch or frisbee; […]

Earth Hour 2008 For our family Earth Hour was a beautiful reminder of life before electricity and also the inevitable modern-day tie binding us to electricty. My boys and I went around the house and turned off all the lights and unplugged whatever we could. They loved that. A kind of hide-and-seek. Then we lit […]

Of course the answer to that is NOWHERE. Better World Betty walks, bikes, and uses public transportation. BUT she has plenty of friends (FOBs – Friends of Betty) all across the green spectrum: retirees with Prius’; families with kids,(with the accompanying activity transport needs), dogs; couples who live in the countryside; UVA students who travel […]