First Thermasteel Home Tour

January 24, 2008

Last week eco-broker Roger Voisinet was gracious enough to give me a personal tour of a cool new environmentally-friendly home in the Charlottesville Woolen Mills area: 102 Chisolm Place. This is the first ThermaSteel home in the city. (Sorry. It’s sold, but I believe the lot next door is ready to build another!) What is […]

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Looking for locavores

January 23, 2008

We are looking for a “locavore”* family to be placed under the Betty microscope for a period of four seasons: the remaining winter, spring, summer and fall, in a spirit of better understanding the challenges and joys of local eating. This food journey would be chronicled monthly in the cvillebetty blog. Who knows? You may […]

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Busted!

January 16, 2008

This blog is dedicated to Betty Lou (a.k.a my mom). We, the kids and my husband, have been enjoying the old school Looney Tune cartoons on these cold, winter days – a Christmas gift from their Nana and Papap. We were disappointed to discover, however, that the collection included only one or two of our […]

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Good news!

January 14, 2008

Good news from Seth at Crazy Horse Studios! After I sent him a note about what I found to be the blatant irony of the “econscious.net tote”, he sent me the following link to their values. The company assured him over the phone that they have stricter manufacturing conduct codes than the international fair trade […]

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Betty’s Big Day

January 10, 2008

Thursday, Jan 10th was a big night for Betty and the City of Charlottesville. Betty supporters from all around Charlottesville met at South Street to talk green, enjoy some local brew, and meet other e-conscious members of this community. Mayor Dave Norris said that Charlottesvile is fast-becoming recognized throughout the state for our innovative (green […]

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It’s not a perfect world…or a perfect bag

January 9, 2008

It’s been a huge challenge for me to come up with GREEN ways to get the word out about Betty. There’s a double meaning in that: green meaning environmentally-friendly, of course, but also meaning I don’t have much green as in greenbacks (Betty is currently funded by private donations). Betty is relying heavily on word-of-mouth […]

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Green Goals for 2008

January 6, 2008

Happy New Year! It’s time to take stock and set some realistic green goals for 2008. Here are my top choices: 1. THINK THRICE BEFORE DRIVING: I’m going to continue to reduce my driving my keeping a weekly mileage tracker and when possible walk or take public transportation. I will also try to incorporate car-free […]

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On the 12th day of Christmas…

December 26, 2007

On the 12th day of Christmas… the gift of letting go. Darn, I didn’t get that recipe book for my mom that I said I was going to get back in November… Shoot, our cards will be lucky to get there before New Years… Hell, I haven’t heard from Shirley in years, so I didn’t […]

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The 11th day of Christmas… go homemade

December 26, 2007

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love made for me… homemade bread bowls for our traditional Christmas Eve soup! Seriously, don’t underestimate the joy people receive upon getting something that you made yourself this holiday. It could be homemade cookies, kid’s artwork, those adorable handmade ornaments, or an apron with your kids’ handprints […]

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The 10th day of Christmas… QT

December 24, 2007

Hopefully you’ve arrived at your destination (if you’re traveling this season), having offset your footprint with my favorite organization: carbonfund.org (key – the dot org, and you’ve come bearing some thoughtful gifts either baked, homemade or bought locally, wrapped in the Sunday comics. You’re so green you feel like Kermit! Now it’s time for some […]

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