Archive for March, 2007
Flor at Target
Super-cool and super-environmentally-conscious flooring company Interface now offers Flor Rug in a box at Target. A six-tile box is $59.99 and it’s offered in four styles. What a great way to bring hip and environmentally friendly flooring to the masses.
Although I had heard of Flor, I found out about Interface from the eye-opening film, “The Corporation.”Â
catbird :: Mar.16.2007 :: going green, house stuff :: Comments Off
fluorescent lightbulbs
Sure we feel good about all the fluorescent bulbs we’re using, but we didn’t think about how it would affect the paint color on the walls. When we picked paint colors, we were using regular old incandescent bulbs. Now our warm cream color now looks a bit institutional. Something to think about for the next paint job.
Update:
Eric from Real World Green clued me in to buy the CFLs that say “Warm White†on the package. I guess as the kitchen bulbs burn out that’s what we’ll replace them with. Curse the long life of the CFL! Now I’ll spend years in my institutional-colored kitchen! Or I could just move those 8 or so bulbs somewhere else.
catbird :: Mar.16.2007 :: going green, house stuff :: Comments Off
Holiday in Spain, the accidental lullaby
We stumbled upon this magic Counting Crows song when Nate was a baby. One day, frustrated by the screaming baby in my back seat, I turned up my Hard Candy CD just as Holiday in Spain started. Nate stopped crying. It was no coincidence. This song always put Nate to sleep in the car. Now, it works the same magic on Van. When other people ride in the car they can’t believe it. From the first rhythmic notes, Van, like Nate, quiets down. Crying baby? No problem. Even Nate knows — “put on Holiday on Spain, Mommy.” Thank you, Adam Duritz, for writing the most effective, powerful, and beautiful accidental lullaby we know.