3R Sustainability

I feel like even doing things on your own can be 'volunteering', not necessarily through a specific organization. However I did volunteer to help out at a community seed swap at a local book store (and brought home some Chard and herb seeds too!), and canvassed for a local political candidate I believe in.

Go to public meetings e.g. City Council meetings!

I live in the Nine Mile Run watershed in Pittsburgh and have had the opportunity to work with the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association a lot in the past. Nine Mile Run was unfortunately the site of one of the largest slag heaps as a result of steel industry dumping in the early 1900s so for a long time the Run has been heavily polluted. For the...

I joined Tree Pittsburgh and my neighborhood RCO to plant trees throughout the neighborhood. I'm still relatively new to the neighborhood so it was nice to be able to meet some other people that live nearby while also helping to make the neighborhood more beautiful. It was nice to hear that there was a lot of thought put into the location and...

I replaced chicken with tofu for a coconut curry recipe I've made several times, and made the recipe vegan as well. It was a little different to cook but came out just as well and I actually love tofu. I also have been finding ways to add vegan protein to salads to replace my common habit of eating salads with chickens, and have been loving...

It is nice to get in touch with my emotions and mental state each day. I started going for a quiet walk around my neighborhood each morning to practice mindfulness and observe my internal and external state of being. It is nice to see my neighborhood and place myself in the world and in my presence.

Today is the day for solar installation!

Even though its April I still had some left over Christmas tree branches that I used needles from to make a non-toxic kitchen cleaner.

It was absolutely unbelievably annoying, in all honesty, carrying my trash around, especially when I had a lot of errands to run. But I thought that a busy day would help raise my awareness the most! So I tried it. One thing to stay away from is fast food. The less fast food I have, the less waste I produce. Second is snacks. Granola bars,...

Home solar install is scheduled for Monday! Now if it would stop snowing . . .