Where does stuff come from? Why do we buy so much stuff? Where does the stuff go?

Check out the video “The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard”

Turn everything off for an hour on March 29th @ 8pm to raise awareness of energy usage.

People who participate will shut off their TVs, radios, computers, and anything else considered non-essential.The idea is to use as little energy as possible for that hour.More than 20 cities across the globe - from Aalbork, Denmark to Tel Aviv, Israel to Phoenix - will take part in what’s being called Earth Hour.The gesture, mostly symbolic, is meant to convey that each person can help reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming.

Article at AZ Republic Here

O.A.R.S has decided to go 100% at their warehouse and office up in Flagstaff and also at their warehouse and main office operations in Angels Camp, California.

For nearly 40 years O.A.R.S. (Outdoor Adventure River Specialists), has been committed to being a leader in the field of sustainable travel.

Angels Camp, California (Vocus/PRWEB ) February 21, 2008 – For nearly 40 years O.A.R.S. (Outdoor Adventure River Specialists — www.oars.com), has been committed to being a leader in the field of sustainable travel. Their goal isn’t simply to be one of the most environmentally responsible tour operators in the world, but to continually raise the bar and challenge other companies to raise their standards as well.

O.A.R.S., the first rafting company in the U.S. to offset all of their carbon emissions, is in their third year of working with NativeEnergy, purchasing approximately 613 tons of carbon offsets in 2007, which has the same global warming offset impact as keeping over 100 average cars off the road for an entire year.

Article Here

Northern Arizona cities like Prescott, Payson, and Flagstaff could have little to no water left in 50 years.Unlike Phoenix, Northern Arizona only has one source for their water supply, an underground aquifer.

Due to rapid population growth, more wells are being drilled, all tapping into the same water supply.

Read story and see video at abc15.com.

A couple weekends ago on my wife and I were on our way in to Phoenix when our car overheats forcing us to pull over. I look under the hood, nothing obvious is wrong, no leaking coolant, and the level is fine. I figure the water pump or something must be dead and call for a tow truck. Turns out the tow truck won’t be able to make it for over an hour and half. Grr!

I’ve driven this particular strip of I-10 hundreds of times before, but while sitting there waiting we saw many things you usually don’t see while speeding down the highway. Not far out at all and  just past the boundry where the desert meets the highway we saw 4 or 5 jackrabbits hopping around minding their own business. We also saw many hawks flying around probably on the hunt. Turns out the breakdown was a nice break from the hustle and bussel of life. It was nice to stop and see what going on around us. Sometimes things are not always as they seem.

Turns out the main cooling fan went out and no damage was done to the engine. Not too bad! So on our way to pick up the car from the shop I got rear ended…

 Have a good weekend!