Detroit Sustainability Club

We cooked at home rather than eating out on Saturday night. Also carried around my spoon and paper bowl that were listed as being compostable when done in a home-compost-setting. No problem. 

If you are ever in Boston or Cambridge, check out Life Alive, one of the best vegan/vegetarian/raw food restaurants around. Everything about it is sustainable. A conscious choice to eat there when so many less-green restaurants abound.

thanks to consumer support there are more farmers markets than ever. I went to mine and chatted with the farmers and ran into a friend who recommended a dish to prepare with my ingredients in hand! Community, supporting local farmers, fresh produce ... a trifecta for sure.

morning commute with bike at 3 deg C...

Wow, only one week left! Super excited by the impacts of the Detroit team. Let's show Portland how much of an impact we can truly give!

To look back at the Plastic Challenge I was introduced to the Life Without Plastic website. Among other sustainable kitchen supplies, I got a canvas and wool lunch bag. I hesitated to spend the money. But when my nylon bag still smelled after repeated washings, I retired it to the job of rag bag and splurged. Not only does it hold two meals and...

5 vs. 25 .................

somewhat disappointed that riding bike to work is worth so little in points vs. just checking in...

Challenge remains ... well challenging in certain areas. Mostly the ones I have no control over, such as how food is packaged, particularly when I have someone else purchase it on behalf. I find that even the more "environmentally aware" takeout places are turning to plastic, telling me -- with pride --  that I can compost the...

Does transportation infrastructure mean better roads or more buses on those roads? I am not surprised that bridges are crumbling, bus routes are cut, and my elderly friends in Florida have no bus shelters to keep them from baking their brains in the heat. The U.S. is totally going over the cliff on this one.