FOR the last two years, Rachel Muston, a 32-year-old information-technology worker for the Canadian government in Ottawa, has been taking steps to reduce her carbon footprint — composting, line-drying clothes, installing an efficient furnace in her three-story house downtown.
About a year ago, though, she decided to “go big” in her effort to be more environmentally responsible, she said. After mulling the idea over for several weeks, she and her husband, Scott Young, did something many would find unthinkable: they unplugged their refrigerator. For good.
[From Dumping the Refrigerator for a Greener Planet - NYTimes.com]
-Noted by Midwest Bureau Cub Reporter Paul Knue, who adds...
Interesting idea, but the part about no cold beer seems to be a fatal flaw.
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When I read this article, I immediately took my apples and tomatoes out of my refrigerator and put them in my kitchen balcony outside. Since then, I've eaten some of each without opening my refrigerator.
Athens, Greece.
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