Reid Park Zoo

I remember at least 12 years ago, my dad would buy bulk sweets from the grocery store and one time we went to buy chocolate covered peanuts. He used the scoop to dig down a ways and out popped quite a few flies. I think that experience influenced my shopping ways but now I use Sprouts bulk sections and the quality is the same as buying...

Kenyans Build a Boat out of Flip Flops and 10 Tons of Plastichttps://glblctzn.co/e/0969OgTqvY

I would guess that as consumers, plastic packaging is appealing because it takes away the need for us to prepare or organize. Produce items that come in these packages are often already prepared in some way, which cuts down on time as well as the need to think about how to complete the meal. Having a container in your fridge rather than a loose...

I will try to re-use a disposable container until it has reached the end of its usable life, or find a way to re-purpose it so it maintains some usefulness (i.e. holding nails/screws or other difficult to store hardware).

Much of the plastic packaging I see is excessive in the extreme, as the package itself might be four times the size of the item it contains or more. Some of the packaging might have product information or instructions on it, but some of it is completely blank. Even before beginning this challenge, I wondered why the amount of excess plastic was...

I do not have a green thumb. The lettuce I planted at the beginning of the challenge has sprouted, but does not seem to be getting any larger. I am supposed to be able to eat my lettuce after 42 days. I don't think that will be happening. This is why I have a hard time growing my own food. I cannot seem to get it to mature.