Team Tortugas

signs of spring ...a metaphor for our learning 

It is sooooo hard to eat no waste snacks unless you bring your own  Studying for an exam after marking many assignments and tests - going digital next year 

Saving money of course! When I used to ride a motorcycle in my twenties, it was fantastic how I could fill the tank for a few bucks and ride for a week or more. When I bought my first car, it was a shock how much more it cost to fuel it up. I'd still love to ride a motorcycle but working in a trauma hospital kind of makes you think twice....

 Michelle posted recently about how Queen's University's food plan encourages waste because students are charged a set fee for the year, and can eat as much as they want, so they take huge servings at every meal, then throwing out whatever they don't finish because there is no financial cost.   Solutions? Change the plan at Queens to the one in...

Few years back I noticed one of the upstairs bathrooms is always very cold in the winter  (nothing like a cold toilet seat in the morning to wake you up!) I crawled into the attic to check and noticed the insulation wrapped around the bathroom fan vent pipe had fallen off. I reattached about half of the length of pipe, but ran out of foil tape...

I did not know about KIVA before joining this challenge. The 96% repayment rate record as well as ability to loan small amounts ($25) certainly encourages willingness to make micro loans through this organization.  Kiva scores 92% four star rating on Charity Navigator!  Having seen so many people hustling to make a living in Latin American...

grew up on a farm where a car was essential to get to town. However we had 1 car for 8 people. I often wonder if 2 person household really needs 2 cars.

Walking home from work great way to get rid of stress after busy day. Also half of built in exercise.

Currently, there is no electricity generated in Canada from geothermal sources. There are many in the USA. Subsurface temperatures in eastern Canada and the prairie provinces are not high enough to support geothermal energy. Geothermal could work in Western Canada but requires extensive drilling to determine the power generation of geothermal...

The movement toward SRI (socially responsible investing) has the potential to be a huge game changer. I credit Jeanette for really pushing this, and we have been investigating SRI for awhile now. It is a really daunting and challenging task to figure out where to invest your hard earned RRSP (or IRA and 401K for our America friends). How do we...