Sandy Bauers

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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.

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Traditional shade farming of coffee, instead of "technified" sun plant- ing, helps preserve species. This is the 'Miconia affinis' tree in flower, surrounded by coffee bushes, on a shade farm in Chiapas, Mexico.

Coffee that perks up nature

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

01/12/2009

Sandy Bauers: I'd enjoy pouring a cup of coffee and staring out the window at winter birds. But first, I need to decide: Which coffee?

With each sip, I can help birds, farmers, and the forest itself.

Doing the little things that will save the world 12/29/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

It's easy to mock all the eco how-to books that the publishing industry churns out, never mind the number of trees consumed in their printing.
Families go 'green' and save green this season 12/15/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: Going 'green' for the holiday season is not only about reducing your impact on the environment, but also about the money you can save while doing it.
GreenSpace: Deck your halls with LEDs 12/01/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: Lighting experts are still tinkering with the technology to get LEDs that can replace the bulb in an end-table lamp. But where they really shine is in holiday lighting displays.
Saving this winter by degrees 11/17/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

After a glorious autumn, with no heat or air-conditioning, it's time for winter's thermostat sweepstakes: How looow can you go?
Ditch the paper bills 11/03/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: With a few clicks of a computer mouse, it's possible for people to do much of their financial business online. And it certainly saves paper.
GreenSpace Save with thrift-shop hopping 10/20/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: I had expected the clothes to be shabbier during my thrift-shop journey with Sherri Jenkins, but many pieces were in fine shape with original store tags.

When you think of the amount of clothes being thrown away annually (17.6 million tons), thrifting doesn't seem like such a bad idea.
Making the best catch 10/06/2008: A guide helps steer seafood-eaters toward species that are abundant and well-managed and away from those that aren't.

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

GreenSpace: If you're not sure what seafoods are "abundant, well-managed, and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways," you'll benefit from the "Seafood Watch" wallet card.
Quilters were green before it was cool 09/22/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Quilters used to be the ultimate conservationists: Things that others might think were valueless, they kept and used, in a fine example of repurposing.
Can digging for change save the Earth? 09/08/2008: Coin-counting firm urges us to recirculate.

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Sandy Bauers: Circulating coinage instead of squirreling it away is a basic tenet of green: Reuse stuff. Don't make something new if it's already lying around. There's billions of opportunities.
Water, water everywhere - but it's not unlimited 08/11/2008: By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist

Greenspace: Around the world, millions of people have no ready access to fresh water. UNICEF says 4,500 children die each day from lack of safe water and sanitation.