Fishagronica

Bah, I missed another day yesterday!

It's good to know that proper refrigerant disposal is readily available

Challenge going well!  Signed up for my company sustainability networking group today

Reflection Question " What did you learn about wave and tidal energy? Were you surprised by the information you found? " My biggest concern with wave/tidal energy is the effect it has on wildlife. There doesn't seem to be a good way to generate energy without changing their habitat and possibly killing animals. I wonder how the...

Reflection Question "Had you heard of the term silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture? " I had not heard of the term silvopasture before doing research for this challenge. I think it's a good idea. It's going back to basics. It does make me wonder what...

Reflection Question " An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?" I am actually surprised it's that low. I know a lot of people (including myself) that throw out food way before it's necessary. Either...

I have reached out to officials in my county as well as my neighboring county expressing my support of a proposed bike trail project.  It is currently in the planning phase.  I focused on both the tourism boost it would create as well as how I would use it to reduce my carbon footprint by biking to work.

Apparently there was a perennial biomass project in my county.  They were studying different types of grass for the best results, working with the state cooperative extension.  However, there is no news of them past 2012.  They just sort of disappeared.  

I ate meat the other day, for the first time in about a month.  I really thought I would enjoy it a lot more, like it was a special treat.  I didn't though.  It was rather "meh".

My research into Green Retrofitting brought me to this page: http://www.dsireusa.org/ It shows links to all of the different state incentive programs in the US!