A Basin Sustainability Superheroes

The more we eat, the hungrier we feel as our stomachs expand to meet the quantity we eat on a regular basis. For most of us this means extra weight and fat storage. There is also research suggesting that overfeeding ourselves causes organ stress and leads to disease. So, eating less on a regular basis is much easier on our bodies, saves money,...

I think there are several aspects that are motivating to me. One is the methane produced in landfills by rotting food products. Also that those foods attract wildlife, which are negatively impacted by eating our processed and polluted foods. It also disrupts their natural behaviors. We are currently losing top soil in our country at an alarming...

Agriculture and poor soil maintenance can cause negative impacts in all water systems, but I have noticed that it is especially detrimental in low lying and steep slope areas. Everything that goes in the streams and rivers ends up in the oceans eventually so what we do upstream is critical to the health of the marine environment. I am a...

Similar to eating local, I found it a little challenging to eat the quality fresh vegetables that living in Northern California for so many years had me accustomed to. However, it is good to realize that not everyone or every place has access to quality fresh fruits and vegetables, especially in the winter. My body doesn't love beans but I did...

This was pretty hard mid-winter in Western CO but our City Market does carry local products. Not many of them are organic so I had a bit of a dilemma, but finally decided that it is good to support both as local food resilience is important and corporate organic is not really ideal. These are layers of the issues that require some thought and...