I feel a tiny bit guilty for taking a point for reducing animal products for my dinner on Monday - it was vegetarian, but a lot of milk went into the making of that super yummy strawberry shake from Burgerville. Yes, I could have ordered a salad as we rolled in after my son's baseball game at 8 pm, but a milk shake sounded like a much more satisfying meal after sitting in the rain for two hours and watching his team get shellacked. Tofu is on the menu for the entire family tonight to atone. 

I was able to support four microloans through Kiva! One is going to a strawberry farmer in Moldova, one to a grocer in Ghana, one to an embroiderer in Tajikistan, and one to a beader in Palestine. All four are women. 

Last day of the challenge!!!  I am still thinking about electric cars and restorative agriculture.  Meatless meals have become a daily staple.  Good things coming out of this Drawdown Ecochallenge!!! 

Last day!! However, I think I am going to try to keep incorporating vegan meals into my diet, because eating vegan makes me feel better overall and because I am trying to shift my diet anyway as the planet becomes less able to sustain western diets.

Due to the fact that I traveled on Earth Day and during the Eco Challenge I am going to look into offsetting my air travel. I’ve never done that before. Anyone have a recommendation of which company I should go  through?

OK, so I emailed Metro to find out how to recycle bioplastics (there's nothing about them on their website). Here is what they emailed back: 
Most of them are just garbage in the Portland area. City of Portland has approved the following compostable bags/liners to be put in the compost bin but it is limited specifically to this list: Biobag "Certified Compostable", EcNow Tach "Compost Me", EcoSafe "6400 Line", Glad "Compostable Kitchen" and Natur-Tec "Natur-Bag Compostable".

I buy local food a lot and wish it were easier to do.  I don't like CSAs because I get too much of what I don't need but would love a constant box with exactly what I want!