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  • Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 9:00 PM
    I've enjoyed the learning I've done with this.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use Advocate for Forest Protection
    Higher standards of living are very often dependent on moving our environmental costs elsewhere. What are some specific ways in which the environmental impacts of your own lifestyle might be shifted elsewhere?

    Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:59 PM
    I hope that one day we can live closer to work.  I hate that it's hard for me to commute or ride my bike to work.  It wastes time, money, and pollutes the earth.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use Restore Wetlands
    How do wetlands differ from other ecosystems -- both in the services they offer and in your personal experience of them?

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    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:58 PM
    I worked in developing wetland systems for research to test the effectiveness on pollution runoff from cities and farmland.  They are effective at using the excess fertilizer to prevent it from entering the watershed and eventually contributing to the hypoxia problems in the Gulf and Lake Erie.  This was in early 2000.  I am sad this hasn't been implemented on a bigger scale, especially with the increasing hypoxia issues.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Buildings and Cities Express My Support
    How could better walking infrastructure make your city both more enjoyable and more equitable?

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    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:53 PM
    I've nearly been hit while walking, as have my husband and children on a separate occasion.  I'd hope that with better walkways, more people would do it, causing drivers to be more cautious.  Additionally, if the main people walking now are those who are poorer and many times minorities, it makes them easier targets for racial profiling and makes them feel on display whereas if more people walked it would be normalized.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Buildings and Cities Express My Support
    What do you like most about biking in your city? What would you like to improve?

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    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:51 PM
    I like to be on my bike.  It's very dangerous to ride in my city.  I'd like to be able to safely ride to a bike path.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Buildings and Cities Online Energy Audit
    What are your next steps for saving energy?

    Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:29 PM
    Insulation.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use Buy Bamboo
    Are bamboo alternatives readily available in your community? If not, what are other sustainable alternatives?

    Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:21 PM
    In some places they are - mostly I've noticed them in kitchen products.  I am much more aware of these items now.  I really like that bamboo might be able to take the place of wood and plastic!  
  • 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?

    Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:19 PM
    I already sent the definitions to my husband - he is usually more worried about this than me.  I already use stuff past the use by date, this makes me feel much better about it!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food composting
    Producing uneaten food squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these motivates you the most to change your behavior regarding food waste?

    Katie Levels's avatar
    Katie Levels 4/25/2018 8:15 PM
    I am most saddened by lost financial capital, hours of labor, and fertilizer.

  • Janet Matelski-Smith's avatar
    Janet Matelski-Smith 4/25/2018 12:38 PM
    This was such a great experience and I'm so glad I participated!  I learned so much, including more ways to look at how my actions impact the environment.  I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did.  Thank you!