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According to some estimates, more than 80 percent of the U.S. population consumes the standard American diet. If all of those people converted to a climate-friendly diet, the carbon emissions savings would be roughly equivalent to driving 1.34 trillion fewer mile Soooooo, I was able to not eat beef for 28 days during this challenge. I'm only...

Thank you Ecochallenge for helping find some great blogs to follow :)

Black rhinoceros. Sadly the black rhino horns are worth more than diamonds. Poachers are desperate for the money. In Asia they use the horn for traditional meds and status symbol to display wealth. I wish our status symbols were based on ... something else :(

Normally I see maintenance out around the apartment picking up litter but today it was the apartment Manager himself :) Funny thing is that I was going to get that this evening. Every time I take out the trash or walk to my car, I pick up along my way. We have a problem that I have been racking my brain to fix. It is VERY windy here and paper...

I am an assistant scout master for my daughter's BSA troop. We care about the environment and our city. We have been working on leave no trace while on camping trips. We have also participated in Beach Sweep, which is a beach clean up effort in the fall at Myrtle Beach. Scouting builds a lot of this great foundation and I am happy to be a part...

My meal planning saves me on time day today in my family. have these premade meals has eliminated wasted food and helped with healthier eating. I use to find myself throwing some food out due to not getting to them before it went bad, but having them prepared kind of forces you to get to the meals as well as saving time from having to make from...

Using the dishwasher instead of hand washing uses less energy, less water & less soap. Also it saves time. Where as hand washing uses a lot of time. Hand washing uses more water and soap that would go to waste. And the dishes wouldn't be as clean as the dishwasher would have them.

I use bubba cups instead of buying plastic bottle water. I try not to use the plastic bags at stores. I try to use the reusable bags from every store I shop, ie.. Sprouts reusable bag, Kroger reusable bag & Marshall's etc...

YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE A report has warned that the number of Yangtze finless porpoises has dropped to just 1,000 in the country's longest river - less than half of what there were in 2006. It blamed the decline in the mammal's numbers on food shortages and human disturbances, such as increased shipping traffic. The Yangtze are only in China

Checked out the wiki :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_diet Yes there is one! Sad face: Bottled water is another example of a highly packaged food product that is considered a single-use plastic because most people discard it after they're done drinking the water. It is estimated that Americans throw away 40 million plastic water...