Mar 28, 2016 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living, Health & Nutrition
Bamboo, how do we love thee? Let me count the ways. If you’ve spent any time on my website, you know I’m quite a fan. But don’t be misled into thinking it’s the only issue I care about. Bamboo is but a single link in the great chain. Its value...
Jun 11, 2015 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
Yes, we got record amounts of rainfall this week, for this time of year. But no, the drought is not over. Not by a long shot. We probably used more water wiping the spots off our windshields than we received in the form of rain. Estimates for most parts of SLO County...
Apr 29, 2015 | Green Living, San Luis Obispo
The 2015 Central Coast Sustainability Festival takes place this Saturday, May 2, at Mission Plaza in downtown San Luis Obispo. The festival, hosted by the Cal Poly Future Fuels Club, will feature bands, companies, alternative fuel and electric vehicles, and other...
Feb 12, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Green Living
Here at Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, we’re pretty much suckers for anything panda-related, and we’ve got a really good gut feeling about this one. In an age of economic uncertainty and unsustainable fossil fuel dependency, the idea of relying on Panda...
Nov 5, 2014 | Green Living, San Luis Obispo
Yesterday, hundreds—perhaps thousands, but surely a dismally small number—of U.S. citizens went out to the polls to participate in this American experiment we call representative democracy. Today we can breathe a collective sigh of relief that another season of...
Oct 16, 2014 | Green Living, San Luis Obispo
The 5th Annual Central Coast Bioneers Conference is coming to SLO later this month, October 24 & 25, at the SLO Grange Hall, 2880 Broad St. The locally hosted event takes place in conjunction with the 2014 National Bioneers Conference and features recorded...