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Perfect Time for Plant-Based Meals
I was going to say, great time to go vegan, but I know change takes time — a lot of time. Take my in-home campaign to stop using plastic wrap. How long could that take? FIVE years! It started in … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Climate, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Water
Tagged covid, covid-19, healthy diet, healthy planet, plant based, sequestration, stay home order, vegan
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Friends, Don’t Let Friends Buy Earth Worms
I have a confession to make. I may have blacked out, or forgotten that I grew up in farm country, been spending too much time indoors instead of outside, but I think I finally bought into to the messaging that … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged compost, compost bins, composting, consumerism, dirt, earth, earth worms, red wigglers, soil, worm, worms
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How to Kick the Plastic Wrap Habit
A couple of years ago, before I began to give the idea of zero waste any thought, I was in a meeting when someone at the end of the table announced, “I never use plastic wrap.” How could this be? … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Conservation, Food, Green Ideas, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged leftovers, plastic wrap, recycle, repurposing, repurposing jelly jars, zero waste
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Seaweed Harvesting
The magic of my weekend on Lopez Island at Spencer Spit State Park with Passionate Nutrition learning about seaweed harvesting is waning as I reach into the now slimy bag of cold Nereocystis luetkeana (bull kelp) fronds to hang them … Continue reading
Posted in Food, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged bull kelp, eating seaweed, harvesting seaweed, Jennifer Alder, kelp, kelp fronds, Lopez Island, Passionate Nutrition, seaweed, Spencer Spit
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Fossil-Fueled Obesity
At first glance, it might seem a little far-fetched. But, there is a connection between highly productive oil-based fertilizers, an increase in corn production, high-fructose corn syrup, the addictiveness of sweeteners, greed, and obesity. Details below…. For the past year … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Fuel
Tagged Addictive Food, addition, airlines, Alaska Airlines, corn, corn syrup, fertilizers, fossil fuels, high fructose corn syrup, Lifeblood, lose weight, Matthew Huber, Michael Moss, Michael Pollan, obesity, oil, Ominvore's Dilemma, sugar, sugarcoating, the story of stuff
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HAPPY Green ReNEWables YEAR!
Are you a New Years Resolution person? I’m not, but I find myself trying a juice cleanse this year. And, I have run right up against my wavering willpower. “Wavering,” you ask? Yes, I find, when I do something just … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling
Tagged air pollution, china, farming, farmland soil pollution, juicing, meatless mondays, new years resolutions, plastic, vegan, vegetables, veggies
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Happy Birthday Low Carbon Girl!
Low Carbon Girl’s first birthday. And, what a year its been. China’s air pollution is just FREAKING me out. And, all of their ADAPTATION to air pollution – designer air masks – really? – hey folks, let’s not be so … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping, Travel
Tagged air masks, bottled water, china, climate, climate change, Eco Expert Link, feast of joy, fracking, fukushima, green steve, low carbon girl, nuclear, plant protein, plant-based diet, plastics, reusable containers, reuse, sustainable, sustainable bainbridge, tap water, travel, two degrees, vegan
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Plants Have Protein – But How Much?
When I mention I’m trying to eat vegan, the first question I’m asked is “are you getting enough protein?” So, I was glad to stumble upon No Whey No Cow’s Why Vegan? article, as the author, Amy, gets asked the … Continue reading
Posted in Food, My CO2 Footprint
Tagged cattle, cattle emissions, climate change, farming, Norwegian military, plant protein, protein in plants, vegan
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Spinach had Popeye and now Kale has Rip
“Mmmm! What smells so good?” my husband asks as he walks in the house with his friend Kevin. “Vegetarian chili,” I say. “You know what I think of when you say vegetarian,” Kevin asks? “The skinny, pale guy who gets … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Engine 2 diet, kale, kale vs broccoli, popeye, rip, rip esselstyn, spinach, vegan
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Climate Change: What Can the Average Joe or Josephine Do?
So, what can the average person do about climate change? Plenty, actually. Even though climate change is HUGE and impacts millions of interconnected ecosystems, many of which cannot be properly modeled to anticipate all of the possible outcomes, one thing … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, At Work, Food, Shopping
Tagged alaska, Annie Leonard, arctic, arrow of consumption, beyond coal, biking, climate change, coal, EPA, Forks Over Knives, Glaciers, government shutdown, intergovernmental panel on climate change, IPCC, mission blue, nonprofits, off grid, plant based, polar bears, renewable engery, sierra club, solar, Story of Stuff, sustainable, sustainable business, sylvia earle, travel, vegan
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