If John McCain is “superstitious,” then I am, I confess, “curious”. This characteristic of mine is less widely reported, of course, than McCain’s, but is what drove me to dig a little deeper into the speeches given by each of the Super Tuesday candidates. So, what did I find in the transcripts published yesterday by The New York Times? Well, for starters, not a single mention of the environment. Is this surprising to anyone else but me? Have “energy,” “conservation,” and “environment” ceased to be buzzwords in this election season? Were they ever? (more…)

We announced the winners of the bamboo keychain USB drawing last Friday, and as promised, we’re offering another cool giveaway!

Leave your name and mailing address (we’ll keep your address secret) in our “post a comment” area if you’d like the chance to win a nifty ecoButton, a very cool energy-saving device. Plugs into any PC’s USB port. Great way to reduce your carbon footprint. Thanks to our generous pals at Far From Boring for sponsoring this event. No ulterior motives. It’s just for fun and far from boring.

On Thursday, Feb 14 we’ll announce 5 lucky winners, selected at random. Check out the ecoButton @ farfromboring.com.

UPDATE: MAKER OF REMINGTON SHAVERS AND LAWNMOWERS FILES CHAPT. 11

Note this review was originally posted in 2008.

Studies show that running a gasoline-powered lawn mower for an hour can produce about the same pollution as driving a car 100 miles. Well, Remington, an outfit best known for its electric shavers, has now come out with the Remington Cordless PowerMower, a rechargeable electric lawn mower that runs for about an hour on a charge, with no emissions.

some features:

• cordless operation
• removable 60 Volt Battery
• up to 1 Hour of runtime on a charge
• 17” cutting blade diameter
• plug-in mode power approximates gas mower power
• lighter in weight than comparable battery mowers
• no need for an external charging adapter

Just don’t use this baby on that beard.
$499 @ amazon.com

Related:  Worx Cordless Electric Grass Trimmer (5.17.08)

propane powered lawn care LEHR Eco Trimmer (3.18.09)

• That’s so yesterday. – Indian Fossil Bed Being Ground Into Cement – natgeo
• Don’t tell Poland Spring – Big Vapor Plume on Saturn Moon – reuters
• What’s it gonna take? Polar Bear Habitat at Center of Alaska Drilling Debate – csmonitor
• Pet parents on the rise – Babies that Bark – msnbc
• Art Exhibit/Melting Ice: A Hot Topic, Envisioning Change – enn
  
• Have you tried it filleted? Thai Diners Show Appetite for Rat – bbc
• In Many Communities, It’s Not Easy Going Green – nytimes
• hang-in, the inimitable RD, master blogger, returns tomorrow

Red tomatoes ripened on the vine, artichokes and strawberries, any kind of peach or cherry you could want, crepes and handcrafts and jams oh, my! So many choices are available at your local farmer’s market – it’s fresh, and you support the local economy! Avoid those hazardous carbon emissions that come from hauling, flying, and shipping foods thousands of miles cross-country and cross-continent. (more…)