EcoMetro

When I started this blog, I promised myself I’d stay true to my “confessions of a wannabe” concept and not worry about if I’m green enough to write for this site. But it happened anyway. The more I poked around in the world of sustainable living, the more inadequate I felt. The more I read about how...

Funny story. Just as I’m working to find ways to save money and be cool to the environment I get a phone call from the friendly folks at Western Oregon Waste . For the three years we’ve lived here, we’ve been using a 90 gallon garbage can and paying the 32 gallon rate. Sweet. I held my breath waiting...

Turns out clothespins aren’t just for preschool arts and crafts projects. Did you know there is a “right-to-dry” movement happening? Because apparently air-drying your clothes has gone from a once-upon-a time symbol of being too poor to afford the luxury of a dryer to today’s emblem of at-home green...