Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 4 - April 25, 2018

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Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

Lisa Young 4/25/2018 11:11 AM

I've really enjoyed this challenge. I have learned a lot and have made better choices. I've enjoyed this format of self-managed commitments, check-ins and completions. Cool program! Thank you! 😃

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Jessica Hoagland 4/24/2018 3:19 PM

I'm making a map of U-pick berries. Every kid should pick berries in the fields at least once, to know where food comes from. If anyone has a berry site I should know about,
ping me!

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- Lisa Young 4/25/2018 11:04 AM
  
  That is really cool! What a great idea. Some of us grown-up kids would like to pick berries, too! ☺
  
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Lisa Young 4/24/2018 2:40 PM

This was my 2nd year volunteering with St. Louis Earth Day's Recycling On The Go program at the Earth Day Festival. I remove recyclables and compostables from the trash waste, and I also get to help educate festival attendees about what they can compost and recycle. It's a really good feeling to personally move pounds and pounds of recyclables and compostables from the trash; it's such a great visible, tangible reward to see right in front of me what I have saved from the landfill.

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Lisa Young 4/23/2018 3:24 PM

And tonight.....attending keynote event featuring Bill Nye and Carl Pope at SLU Climate Summit!!!

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Jessica Hoagland 4/23/2018 2:22 PM

I love the DrawDown Challenge, but I'd prefer it to be presented in the dark days February, or during the Dog Days of August. Not in Spring when I want to be outside hiking or gardening with kids. The planting season is short... and soon the mosquitoes will come out.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Explore Other Food Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Jessica Hoagland 4/23/2018 2:18 PM

I'm on the right track with a plant rich diet and reducing food waste.
Working the Drawdown Challenge redoubles my resolve,
especially regarding food waste.

One thing I'm doing is sharing more food.
As they say, "The best place to store food is in other people's bellies."

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Lisa Young 4/22/2018 8:33 AM

Donated to The Nature Conservancy this morning, and now heading to volunteer with Recycling On The Go at St. Louis Earth Day Festival. Happy Earth Day, all. 😃

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Now that you know the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates, how will you view expiration dates differently?

Jessica Hoagland 4/19/2018 12:01 PM

Wow. My husband and I were going through the canned goods the other day, many of them several years old. Instinctively, my position was to ignore the expiration dates and smell the food. Turns out I was right: expiration dates are largely a marketing ploy.
I'm a little surprised, but not really.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Zero-waste Cooking

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?

Jessica Hoagland 4/19/2018 11:53 AM

I watched the video and will try the quiche recipe, but I'm looking for the print-out. Otherwise, it all gets frozen until it goes into the soup pot!

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Jessica Hoagland 4/18/2018 1:07 PM

I also went to the "Chef's Garage Sale" last weekend, which was a fundraiser for all farmers markets in the Saint Louis area. We have too many farmer markets in STL and so they all need to work together in order for the farmers to make money. It's like having too many McDonald's restaurants - if there are too many on each corner, the franchisers don't make money. We have to work cooperatively.

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