828 Planeteers

It's discouraging to learn that many peatlands in Indonesia that are such important carbon sinks globally are being drained and replaced with palm oil and paper plantations. Living far away from SE Asia, the best way I can make a positive impact on this issue is to purchase products with sustainably sourced ingredients. 

A relative abundance of wealth is perhaps contributing to Americans eating more meat than other countries in the world. Increasing the vegetable based meals in my household (and growing some of those veggies in the backyard) is dropping our weekly grocery expenses. 

Watching the short video on the anaerobic digester at MSU brings to mind the concept of a circular economy. My vision of a sustainable community is one where we reduce our consumption of resources while also keeping those resources in use for as long as possible and then recover and regenerate products at the end of the service life of each...

I hate to see any of these resources wasted. I'm composting at home and serving family members less on their plates so less food is dumped after the meal.  Also, we just hosted a compost workshop at work (presentation by Asheville Greenworks) to encourage more Asheville residents to set up compost at their homes.

Eating veggies is not only good for people, it's good for the planet's climate. 

Biking to dinner makes the experience much more fun.  Exercise, outdoors, and more interaction with others.  

Vacation!!!!  Buy less and don't waste!

I will strive to bring reusable bags to the grocery store and reduce use of Ziploc bags.  

Need to take 2 round trips per week to earn my 10mi/week bicycle challenge...

Need to take 3 trips from home to work per week (or vice versa) to earn my 7mi/week bus challenge...