Team REDBUDSUDS

Final day...what a wonderful 2 weeks of learning. I haven't finished the book Garbology - so my challenge continues. I also have some ideas for the upcoming months/years that I want to work on related to my Personal Trash Audit - Thank you NWEI for putting together such a great opportunity like this. See you all next year! PS. My personal trash...

Things I hope to continue as this challenge ends...-making my own bread (used my mom's recipe from when I was young)-reducing my use of plastic (I found a use for old t-shirts, washable produce bag for the grocery)Biggest challenges...-reducing my use of plastic 😬

Today, I completed my one-time challenge of watching a documentary film about food with my husband and my brother. We watched Just Eat It. Initial reaction: Wow. Also, I want to try dumpster diving for groceries. 

Here's my stash. Being. Totally transparent here: this includes cooking for a family of 4, but not the plastic of 4 chicken wrappings and 4 sausage plastic wraps. For 3 years I did cloth diapers, but gave them away about 4 months ago! Therefore, disposable diapers did not make my stash either.   I was so disappointed this week when I opened my...

I attempted to complete my one time challenge by setting up recycling at a local business in my town. I offered to buy a recycling bin for customers, and offered to pick up the recycling 3-5 days a week. The café is only about a mile from my house and I thought it would be a way to "be the change" that I would like to see I my town....

Grateful for my friendsGrateful for dark evenings and slowing downGrateful for birthday celebrations and potlucks at work