Ruth Lohmann

As an artist. I liked to take all the scraps that come from old shirts and utilize into art pieces. Also myself and my sister have been decluttering our house and have been reviewing items we are ready to donate to see if we can repurpose them for anything else within the house or that would help in our garden.

It was interesting to learn about how economic growth is tied to the growth of production in carbon dioxide. It made sense but I never thought of it in that way. The various solutions were interesting to learn about. I know they have started to work on a high speed rail in our area and I know that the light rail is extending out to Northgate. It would be nice if it extended out further as that would reduce driving and more people riding the train.

Thinking about the tulip fields in the area. I know a lot of times they require the fields to rest and switch them off with vegetable fields. Their processes though I don't think line up with regenerative agriculture and it might be worth asking what they do and maybe suggesting the route of regenerative agricultural farming. It would be better for their fields since I know the tulips are a big staple for tourism but also the vegetables they grow on those same fields also contribute to sending seed to third world countries.