by Diane MacEachern | Dec 5, 2018
This holiday season, do a little experiment. When you’re gathered around with all your loved ones, ask what it is about the holidays that means the most to them. I’m willing to bet their answer will include special times spent with the family or a...
by Diane MacEachern | Jun 14, 2018
(Note: Above photo was not taken during the Ellicott City flood.) When planning to spend my birthday with my son, my thoughts were on what would be the perfect outing and what kind of cake would help me mark the happy occasion. Never did I expect that my special day...
by Diane MacEachern | Apr 25, 2018
Read time: 6 minutes Part of a month-long series on what makes a home in both the literal and abstract sense. I’m committed to having a green lifestyle, and my home is the literal foundation of that. When I built my house some 30 years ago, I had two goals: to make it...
by Diane MacEachern | Oct 11, 2017
To many of my friends and my online community, I’m the “queen of green.” I drive a hybrid, live in a passive solar house, compost, recycle to the max, and work as a climate change activist and green living guru. But until recently, knowing how to reduce food waste was...
by Diane MacEachern | Jul 11, 2017
For the first time in a decade and a half, I’m buying a new car. But I’m not going to be obsessing about leather seats, cup holders, and whether Waze or Mapquest makes more sense. Climate change and clean air are two of the issues I care most about, so above all what...