Check out this online comic strip about a city girl named Luz (Light in Spanish), who recognizes big changes coming with the scarcity and rising prices of petroleum.
The strip begins with Luz writing her list of “Skills We Need to Learn for Survival After Peak Oil”. She pictures herself collecting and purifying rainwater, transporting large [...]
Casper Candles is a candle company in Eugene, Oregon, that hand-makes candles out of local beeswax and cotton wicks. Stephen of Casper Candles gave me the lowdown on the difference between his candles and others made with paraffin, soy, or palm?
First off, beeswax: “Beeswax is simple,” he says,” It burns clean, many think it releases [...]
Use white vinegar in your salad dressing? It’s possible that it was made from crude oil.. yick!
It was quite a shock to discover that some brands of white vinegar don’t usual the traditional base of maize or other grains – other possible sources include distillate of wood chips (well, that’s no problem) and even petroleum [...]
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