For an incredibly simple way to cut down your shower time, water consumption, and product use, all you have to do is… cut your hair! I recently had easily over a foot of hair cut off and was amazed at the immediate changes in my morning routine. It’s fast, easy, and cool for the summertime. But I’m one of those girls with no emotional attachment to my hair (plus, I think the androgynous/boyish look is completely adorable). To the rest of you–it’s worth it to save the world, right??

See, it's not too hard, right?

And here are a few things that have caught my eye recently (or not so recently):

An encouraging post from Barbara at Tigers & Strawberries about Americans returning to the garden.

Two from No-Impact Man, Colin Beavan: A 90-second video from 350.org and a summary of Al Gore’s recent call for the US to move to 100% renewable energy by 2018.

This book looks amazing… and I want it. Badly.

So this scarf isn’t exactly new, but I LOVE it. Too bad my knitting skills are right about here and I have finished exactly one scarf in my life… maybe someday I will actually learn to do basic things like read the pattern for that scarf. We’ll see.

These look amazing… see:

I told you.

This resource for finding local food producers looks very helpful… and kind of like something I was thinking about doing for my honors thesis… if I ever learn flash. I’ll probably explain that more later.

Small is Possible: Life in a Local Economy looks like a book worth reading. I’ll have to add it to my list.

An interview on Grist with the author of another book that looks worth reading: Bottlemania.