Earth Day, April 22nd, is coming up soon. This year my church is participating in Creation Sunday (which happens to take place on Sunday, April 22 this year, but is on whatever Sunday falls closest to Earth Day). Kendall and I are helping to organize it. This is the first time we or our church [...]
Now that Spring is here I want to encourage all of you that can to do two things: 1) Buy a share in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)/any local sustainable organic farm or grow your own food; 2) start either an indoor or outdoor compost bin/pile. I finally ordered the worms I needed for my [...]
I am hoping that you all get that this isn’t about bread specifically. The bread is only a specific example of a general idea…now that you are more in-tune with the waste you produce, where has your thinking led you? My thoughts led me to what people did before our obsession with putting preservatives in [...]
I just want each and every one of you to know that you are able to so much more than you can even imagine. You are special, important, and capable.
My awareness about the amount of trash I produce started when I got to a point where I couldn’t stand throwing away the packaging my bread came in. I usually try to buy whole grain bread and default to whatever brand is on sale. However, many times this meant that I would throw away the [...]
photo courtesy of dM.nyc The day of the Academy Awards I was on day three of being really sick. I am telling you this because I am about to admit that I watched the Academy Awards and I am a bit embarrassed to share this information….but I really was very sick so please don’t judge [...]
New Belgium Brewing Company is starting a national ad campaign and getting attention for their sustainable company practices. As part of the ad campaign New Belgium has created FollowYourFolly.com and “is devoted to the whimsical side of sustainable living”. Before entering each of the company’s sites there is a message saying that like their beer, [...]