Kill the electric vampires!

New York Times: "According to the Energy Department, vampire gadgets account for about 25 percent of total residential electricity consumption in the U.S." There is a great gadget. Check out the original article in the New York Times here

Basically, whenever you standby or turn off your computer, it turns off everything else connected to this power strip. Almost like magic! Anyway, I want one, and for $28, it will pay for itself in just over a year in energy savings (not even counting the benefits to Mother Earth).

It's gadgets like these that make me think there's really hope for a responsible marriage of technology and sustainable living.

Women's Earth Alliance

My good friend Kelly Blaser is giving a day-long Mother's Day benefit for this organization so I wanted to mention it here.