Lehigh Valley EcoChallenge

I believe the culture for eating meat stems from lobbyist at the federal level who influenced the food pyramid to include grains, meats, and dairy as main food groups, with little unbiased evidenced-based knowledge to support this directive. Vast advertising for decades which communicated that a good meal included each of these main food groups...

I've worked with the Lehigh Valley Quakers for the past 5 years to host a fundraising "Harambee"--a celebretory lunch of Kenyan recipes-- to raise funds to send Kenyan girls to school. I was interested to learn about the intersection of girls' education and climate change.

I want to increase my  food challenge $4 from 1 plant rich meal/day to 2 - how can I do that? Signing up originally for 1 meal/day was a mistake. Thanks.

I drive a 2005 Toyota Prius. The hybrid lithium battery finally failed after 14 years of service. I looked into buying a new Prius but decided to replace the hybrid battery and continue driving my 2005 model for the future. This will save untold amounts of energy in manufacturing, production, and shipping of a new vehicle. 

I want to buy REC's as my current electric generation is not 100% renewable. I just can't figure out where to buy them. I have PPL and I don't see any way to purchase through them. I see things pointing back to https://www.green-e.org/ but they seem to just certify not actually sell the REC's. Any ideas where I can get started? Thanks!

Learning about the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates on food products was extremely enlightening for me! "Use by" dates are geared towards the consumer so that they get the best use of the product, while "sell by" dates are geared toward the retailer for stocking shelves. I think it's important for people...

My biggest contribution to deforestation from my diet is coffee. I learned that there is shade grown coffee that is labelled that typically reduces the impact.

I knew of the concept, however I had never heard it termed silvopasture before. I think this is a great method of maintaining natural ecosystems while still providing goods and services.

Install a monitoring device such as Sense.com which will show you individual loads in your household, and one interesting piece of data Sense will show you is the "Always-On" wattage.  You can challenge yourself and family on finding lights, power supplies, electronic devices etc which are consuming power 24/7 and turn them off or put...

Today's actions: recycling at the office and research into cement alternatives.  I've chosen recycling at the office, because it's an action I've already integrated. Due to our small office, it isn't economical to have a truck come out to handle the recycling. So I've taken it upon myself to take our recyclables home. I do this every Friday,...