Foundations and Practice of Sustainability 2020

For the food challenge I selected to have a certain number of meatless or vegan meals for the week. I normally do not eat animal meat, but I do eat eggs sometimes. So I decided to have 7 vegan meals for this week- one for each day of the week. I realized it was a bit harder to plan things out as my normal diet includes some animal products. It...

In New York City, there are always some bits of litter to pick up even though there are bins and recycling bins on almost every corner. So, it was not hard to pick up bits here and there. I used gloves as I usually do when I pick up trash and got some weird looks from people, but I was able to talk to some people in my building who were curious...

I selected to reduce my footprint for the  Ecological Principles challenge. I spoke with my mom in NYC about reducing our footprint. We spoke about kitchen roll and how reusable tea towels save money and waste. She agreed she would not buy a kitchen roll going forward, but instead use the reusable tea towels we have. We also decided that for...

I think we focus to much on stuff. We now have more external storage then possible needed. I'm not a huge fan of stuff. Stuff requires resources. Resources in money and time. It takes money to purchase and time to maintain, move and throw away. There is not enough time to appreciate ALL the things we have. 

I haven't used transit as much as I would like as of late. Changed reporting location for work. This choice has me in a company truck most of the day. This self inflicted choice has really had a negative impact on my mental state. 

I work from home so don't drive very much anyway. But I walked to the grocery store and Walgreens this week instead of driving. Good exercise and did a little bit to reduce putting pollution in the air. 

Using only muscle-powered transportation was probably easier for me this week in quarantined life than "normal" life, so I feel like I can't take a lot of credit for it. I don't go very many places these days, especially with the restrictions in England. The only places I went this week were walking down to the seaside to walk alone...

Using only muscle-powered transportation was probably easier for me this week in quarantined life than "normal" life, so I feel like I can't take a lot of credit for it. I don't go very many places these days, especially with the restrictions in England. The only places I went this week were walking down to the seaside to walk alone...

This past week I tried to research other transportation options in my community. Unfortunately, I could not locate that many opportunities.   I did locate several bus lines within walking distance. And The metrolink is not too far off that. I feel like I could utilize those resources. I've always had a positive experience riding the metrolink,...

This week, I learned about the Siegel Family Endowment.  This philanthropic foundation focuses broadly on  infrastructure.  "We support work that advances physical, technological infrastructure, and helps individuals and institutions develop resiliency in order to adapt to ongoing cultural and technological upheaval."  Transportation...