Sandy Bauers

Sandy Bauers has worked as an editor and a reporter at The Inquirer for more than two decades. She has covered features and news, and in 2006 was named the environment reporter. She lives on three acres in northern Chester County with her husband, two cats, a large vegetable garden and a flock of pet chickens.

GreenSpace - her column and blog - looks at how you to reduce your carbon footprint in everyday life. The column (below, with related links) appears every other Monday.

The GreenSpace blog is updated daily.

Plan to green school yards and rec centers announced

Plastic-bag art: The carryall becomes the craft-it-all
Plan to green school yards and rec centers announced

Native plants are a virtue - 04/02/2012: Sandy Bauers

GreenSpace: If we give the bugs and caterpillars only nonnative species, like hydrangeas, they will have no food.
GreenSpace: Gas miser becomes a gas hog for a day - 03/19/2012: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: I made a few stops on the way home the other night, which meant my car's engine had to warm up several times and my gas mileage for the trip was down a bit.
Save a watt: Be an off-peak energy user - 03/05/2012: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

My clothes washing machine has a feature that allows me to feel marvelously virtuous. It's a timer. My routine is to load the machine in the evening, have it run in the wee hours, and then hang the clothes in the morning.
Labeling modified foods - 02/20/2012: Industry, consumers dispute requiring information on genetic altering.

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Since GMOs are now in much of the food we eat, some people want to see that information on a label. But industry says there's no need.
Building a better thermostat - 02/06/2012: Getting with the programmable has proved problematic for many, but smarter devices are on the way.

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Harvey Sachs recalls that when Apple introduced Macs to the media, the computers had no manuals. "Why should a thermostat be harder?" Therein lies the sad history - and the roots of a promising future - of a device that is vitally important.
Green giveaway, clothes of all colors - 01/23/2012: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

The two women were meeting for coffee. One did a double take as she saw the other's backpack. "Funny," she said, "I once had a backpack that looked just like that."
Shedding light on the bevy of new lightbulbs - 01/09/2012: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: As my voice mail and in-box attest after a story about new efficiency standards for U.S. lighting, there's confusion aplenty. Hundreds of bulb choices now exist, and with them new lingo to learn. So in this column I'll share some more practical tips.
E-waste recycling is getting easier - 12/26/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Happy with all those new electronic devices you got for Christmas? Not so fast, Bucko: What about the old ones? You are going to recycle them, right?
Plastic-bag recycling as a stop-gap measure - 12/12/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

My friend, visiting from Denmark, was horrified. We were in a small grocery, and the clerk had packed everything into a plastic sack.
A winning idea for a water bottle - 11/28/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

GreenSpace: It was late at night in the spring of 2009. A new water bottle, and a new social venture, were about to be born by Jay Parekh and Aakash Mathur, both seniors at the University of Pennsylvania.

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A bright idea: Energy-saving apps - 11/14/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
The day Earth has had enough - 10/17/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
An appreciation of nature's great gifts - 10/03/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
At Drexel and Temple, pedaling produces power - 09/19/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
Fragrant toxins from the dryer - 09/05/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
Let's go swapping: Original commerce goes online - 08/22/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
Eco-friendly claims create confusion - 08/08/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist
Lowering the impact of meats - 07/25/2011: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist