I originally planned to post a note about a ‘Technology Sabbath’. I am strongly considering participating. It would be interesting to see how I respond to a day away from so much technology. I might get more work done in the garden. I might connect to people on a real level as opposed to electronically. [...]
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Liberty And Justice For All?
Posted in Flora, gay rights, tagged coffee, current events, Declaration of Independance, don't ask don't tell, equality, Flora, gay lesbian rights, gay rights, government, group, Lieutenant Dan Choi, military, Obama, opinions, statistics, technology sabbath, Thomas Jefferson, women on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Resource Consumption
Posted in environment, Flora, tagged environment, Flora, global warming, opinions, statistics on March 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Reading some of the comments on the recent recycling post made us think more about consuming resources and our habits as a society. It scares me a little the way we consume resources and generate waste. … Science is telling us we’re facing dwindling resources, especially if we continue to consume at the rate we [...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Remember?
Posted in Flora, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged environment, Flora, garbage day, neighbors, recycle, statistics on March 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today is garbage day here at Coffee and Controversy. Both garbage and recycling pick up on Fridays and as I look out my window, I see two recycle cans and seven garbage cans. There are eight houses in this circle and two that appear to use their recycle cans at all. Interestingly, those two houses [...]
Why Coffee?
Posted in coffee, Flora, tagged coffee, controversy, conversation, morning, statistics on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Why did we choose coffee to accompany our controversy you ask? Well because everyone loves coffee right? I’m pretty sure it’s right behind water for the most-consumed beverage on the planet. According to coffee-statistics.com: “The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from France to the Island of Martinique in the 1720′s.” Well [...]
