I went grocery shopping this evening. It’s Sept. 29, and my schedule made the opportunity for shopping be perfect for TODAY. I wouldn’t have another chance until late on Oct. 2, so I visited the grocer. In the month of September, I ran out of garlic salt yellow cornmeal chicken eggs carrots stick butter ketchup…
How is my No Spend September? Thank you for asking. We are out of ketchup, yogurt, and we’ve consumed enough frozen goods to have the light in my freezer actually illuminate the space. How is my sister faring? Check out her blog for week three.
After reading my post about the Urban Ambassador nomination (here), someone asked, “What about the solar car? Wasn’t that sustainability?” Yes, the solar car was sustainability work for the future. I think I’ve had sustainability as my lifestyle for so long that I truly don’t know what is/isn’t in the sustainable category. Maybe things are just part of…
I just moved 40′ of fencing and posts and all of this basil. Why? To make way for work to be done in my city’s community garden. In the past, we’ve had until very late in the season to tear down, leaving time for fall crops to grow and for summer crop seeds to dry. This year, we…
I was recently nominated for Urban Ambassador’s Ambassador of the Year Award. Part of the nomination included a thinking piece. I was asked: a. Why do you feel it is important to be sustainable in your day to day activities? b. What motivates you to bring people together on the issue of sustainability, whether through…