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November 19, 2008
Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Curbing Pollution
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- electronics, emissions, energy, gadgets, gaming
In my living room sits a 32" LCD HDTV. I feel guilty every time I turn it on because I know how much energy the thing uses. Every night I turn it off, and not just stand-by, but OFF. It's...continued→
August 25, 2008
Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Moving Beyond Oil
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- drilling, naturalgas, oil, shinola, tboonepickens, wind
I grew up in Houston, Texas. Maybe that made me more susceptible than most to the romanticized idea of being a Texas oil man. At the age of 18, the same summer I graduated high school, I went to work...continued→
July 10, 2008
Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- aliceswanson, cycling, gasprices, smartgrowth
When I was about 13 years old, my folks bought me my first 10-speed bike. I’d been riding a single speed starter Huffy for years already, but the gift of the Sears Free Spirit sent a clear message – my...continued→
November 20, 2007
Posted by Apollo Gonzales
- Tags:
- blackfriday, buynothingday, china, conservation, ewaste, gadgets, pollution, recycling
I am a geek of the worst kind. I am an electronics gadget geek. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a lover of many other geeky things, like comics and video games, but nothing else comes close to my obsession with...continued→
November 1, 2007
Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Green Enterprise
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- climbing, conservation, nationalforestfoundation, patagonia, preservation, yvonchouinard
I laced up my first pair of climbing shoes in the fall of 1997. At the time, climbing in Texas was relegated to a few over crowded outdoor spaces, and more than a handful of indoor climbing gyms. After an...continued→