Waterleaf Architecture

It gives people a voice in how their food is produced, and what sustainable harvesting practices look like.

I've found that thrift shopping or second had stores have amazing stuff! I shop second hand before buying something new.

Well, the conversations are happening everywhere. I was riding my bike home yesterday and heard two women walking down the street talking about how Mississippi is sinking. The awareness is more broad than ever and people are starting to act. There's a petition circulating to get Oregon to produce only green energy by 2035. That's a start.

Hydro, wind, natural gas, coal, solar... hydro impacts fish, wind impacts birds and bats, natural gas is an extractive energy, coal is dirty and putting towns out of work with their automation, solar is limited to daylight. There's no one solution that will work for everything, but smart combinations of green energy plus micro-grids to help...

Yes i felt like i was addicted to sugar, and I say that because the first few days of cutting back I would have cravings for it. I feel better not, although I haven't completely cut sugar out... it is hot coco season after all. :)

I only drive twice a week because it is the fastest way to get where I need to be on those two days. I ride to work via the incredible bike infrastructure in the close-in neighborhoods. I think about the heavy bike traffic and wonder how much worse the car traffic would be if each of us were in our cars every day. Riding to work and home...