“All This Useless Paper…” article in new Grid Magazine
My column at Grid Magazine continues! For the September '11 issue, I'm questioning the abundance of receipts...tell me what you think: http://www.gridphilly.com/digital-edition/ on page 42.
Tyler Talks Trash Over at Grid Magazine
Hey everyone, I wanted to let you know that my first "official" article working for Grid Magazine just came out. Check out the August 2011 digital issue on page 38 to see me explain one of the easiest businesses out there to get to zero waste, mainly through (you guessed it...) COMPOSTING: http://www.gridphilly.com/digital-edition/
Righteous Rain Barrels
Do you ever notice how nearly every website that features composting equipment also has rain barrels for sale? I know it's all gardening related, but I guess I never think about rain barrels when I'm feeding my worms or composting Sun Chips bags. However, I have been looking around for an empty barrel for quite some time. The only ones I ever seem to discover are always caked in kitchen grease or sludge, neither of which is fun/easy to clean. If I were to find a nice barrel, then I'd have to get borrowing some pretty decent equipment in order to outfit it with proper parts. Rain barrels seem pretty simple, yet they require some time and thought to design them right. Then I discovered Travis Skidmore, who builds sweet…