sustainability - art, design and social practice

Brandon Shores Power Plant Tour

eileentwold — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:57:28 +0000

Below is a link to a PDF with information on the Brandon Shores Plant. There are directions, pictures, and a recent press release taken off their website about the new scrubbers being put in. Please read this over before the trip next week.

(Click on link below to see PDF)
brandon shores

Climate Change and Art Examples

eileentwold — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:43:18 +0000

Here is a copy of my presentation from last week. If you want more information on a particular artist or project I can write up some notes for you.

(click on orange link below to see slideshow)
Climate Change and sustainability

“crude” film in baltimore

hpocock — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:04:03 +0000

emily’s carbon footprint

emilyemily — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:16 +0000

Living in the rolling Berkshire hills of Great Barrington, Massachusetts all of my life, I’ve learned love the natural environment–the easy access to hiking trails and cool rivers in the summer time and the piles of snow gathered in the yard in the winter. Downtown is a 10 minute walk from my house, yet everything else is a car ride away. Originally I lived with my parents and my sister, but more recently I’ve been living with only my mom in an oversized house. When I returned to Baltimore for the fourth fall in a row, I wanted a different experience. I moved into the Annex, a warehouse hastily converted apartment. There are three floors to the warehouse, two 5,000 sq feet apartments per floor, and interior design to your liking. I had to build my room from scratch when I first came down three days before school began. My dad helped put up three walls, buying all new materials seemed contradictory to the essense of the space, but the job was done within days and I began sleeping in my new room by the first week of school.
Currently, I live about 12 minutes away from MICA by foot, 5 minutes by bike, and 7 minutes by car. Occasionally it was tempting to snag a ride with Tom (a roommate) to class, but for this project I made it a habit of riding my bike or walking everyday. I realized that it is more convenient to walk or ride my bike around Baltimore anyway. I began going to Aikido with my friend Laurel a couple times a week down in Federal Hill. The first time we went we took the light rail to Camden Yards and walked the rest of the way, but ever since then we’ve been walking down Charles past the inner harbor and it feels so much better. I now rarely hop in a car, trying to avoid as many direct interactions with fossil fuels.
We don’t heat our apartment either. So far, we’ve been lucky: there haven’t been too many chilly nights. It is sometimes refreshing to come back to a cool home. Other times surprising to leave the house and discover it is far warmer outside. For the nature of this project I haven’t used a space heater for my bedroom either.
Over the summer there were four people living in this apartment, now there are eight. We have one large kitchen, with two refrigerators, one sink, and lots of shelves and counter space. Initially we only had one fridge and everyone was buying their own food. For the nature of this carbon footprint project and for the sanity of my living situation, I had a discussion with 5 of my roomates about buying in bulk together. On the weekends and random nights we began cooking meals together. Over the past month, I tried to maximize this custom.
Overall, I’ve made many changes to my carbon footprint by living here. I am on my way to a smaller and smaller footprint. By buying in bulk, we are creating less waste per person, cooking meals together creates less energy per meal per person, not heating the space reduced my oil consumption to zero, showering less uses less water, walking and biking everywhere omits the use of fossil fuels. Overall, I have lowered my footprint considerably. Here is a breakdown of the transition:

HOUSING

G.B.
1,600 sq. feet
2 people
4 bedrooms
Oil Heating – 900 gal/yr
Electricity – 380 kWh/month
190 kWh/month per person

B-more
5,000 sq. feet
8 people
8 bedrooms
No heat in house
Electricity – 1000 kWh/month
125 kWh/month per person

ELECTRICITY USE

G.B.
Always turn off lights when leaving a room
All efficient light bulbs
Use computer once/week

B-more
20hrs/day at least one light is on
Do not use the overhead lights unless necessary
All efficient light bulbs
Use Laptop 12 hrs/day
Use one light in bedroom at night

TRANSPORTATION

G.B.
CAR – small car 32 mi/gal
- mini van 24 mi/gal
- 96 mi/wk school
- 1.6 mi/wk work
- 14-68 mi/wk fun

BUS – 758 mi/yr = 14.6 mi/wk
TRAIN – 320 mi/yr = 6.2 mi/wk

Walk around town.
Rarely Bike.

B-more
CAR – do not own one
- hoursemates, 3 small cars
1) 45-50 mi/gal (vegetable oil)
2) 25 mi/gal
3) 30 mi/gal (don’t use)
- +/-5 mi/wk grocery
BUS – 758 mi/yr = 14.6 mi/wk
TRAIN – 320 mi/yr = 6.2 mi/wk

Walk and bike everywhere all of the time.

FOOD

G.B.
Eat at restaurant job 1-2 meals/day
Order/trade meal with local restaurants
Eat out 1 meal/day
5-7 meals/week
Cook 0-1 meals at home, mostly snacking alone
Mom shops for food at a grocery store once/wk
Famer’s Market Shares twice/wk

B-more
Cook at least one meal/day with 3-5 housemates
Eat 1-2 meals/day for myself only
Eat out 0-2 meals/week including coffee/drinks at a bar
I shop for food at a grocery store once/wk or less
Dumpster dive food once/wk or once/2 wks
Farmer’s market once/2 wk

CONSUMER HABITS

G.B.
Buy 1 pk of smokes/wk
Buy 2-5 local cups of coffee/wk
Buy 1-2 local pastries/wk

B-more
Bum 1-2 cig/wk or less
Buy 1 cup coffee/wk or less
Buy 0-1 bagel with cream cheese/wk

WASTE

G.B.
1 small grocery bag of trash/wk
Compost food for family garden

B-more
1 20 gal bag of trash/2 wk
Compost food for MICA garden

THIS PAST MONTH

TRASH
pop corn bag
cream cheese container
cigarettes x 7
honey sticks x 4
cheese bag x 3
bread bag
rice cake bag
seaweed bag
tahinni cookie bag
bread bag
chips bag
bagel wrapping from doris x 2

RECYCLED
beans can x2
mac and cheese box
cracker box
champagne bottle
beer bottles x3
iced coffee cup
tequilla bottle
Crispix box
soba noodles box
parm cheese container
hummus container
whiskey bottle
Autumn Harvest cereal box
Peanutbutter Puffins
OJ container
Pasta container

IN USE (TO BE RECYCLED)
Autumn Wheat cereal box
Soy milk container
Soy sauce bottle
Cheerios box
Whiskey bottle
Parmesan cheese container
Mushroom box

REUSED
Dried cranberry bag
chutney jar
peanut butter jar
almond butter jar
tomato sauce jar
raspberry jam jar x2
bulk hemp seed container
chocolate covered ginger container
chocolate covered raisons container
cottage cheese container
olive oil jar
spinach plastic container
macro sushi container

IN USE (TO BE REUSED)
walnut bag
trail mix bag
hummus container
olive oil jar
quionoa jar
cocoa box
cranberry juice bottle
honey jar
vegan butter container
coconut jar
maple syrup jar
milk bottle

COMPOST
apple core x12
tea bag x19
green tea leaves x3
zucchini ends
pepper innards x5
carrot peel x3
cuke peel x2
egg shell x5
tomato top
green bean ends
potato peel
ginger peel x3
onion peel x5
cheese ends

Rigo 23 and Peruvian Fog Nets

danallende — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:37:03 +0000

Hey Guys,

This is not a carbon footprint project but some might be interested.Two things. I saw this amazing video of an artist named Rigo 23, spent two years interacting with remote villages in Brazil, and they re-interpreted the nuclear submarine. It’s an interesting take and it re assesses the current state of affiars, and what is really important. Beautiful. http://www.artistsrespond.org/artists/rigo23/ The video in in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

Secondly, People are harvesting the fog that comes through the dry mountains of Peru. Here

-Dan Allende

Mimi Cheng Carbon Footprint Project

mimicheng — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:13:06 +0000

My carbon footprint at the beginning of the semester was 5.41 tons, most of which came from my electricity use and dietary habits. Therefore, I decided that my project would be twofold: first, I would not purchase any “new” food, and second, I would rely on existing, public electricity rather than contributing to my apartment’s electricity wattage. I was interesting in using all available resources use any “new” energy.

So, for the past few weeks, I have not bought any food at the grocery store. My pantry and freezer had more food than I thought, and many of my meals consisted of lots of different variations of pasta, noodles, and brown rice. There were some instances where I was simply in the right place at the right time for some food, or I was working for a meal. I got a loaf of bread from OK Natural for free because it was going to expire the next day. I found food, such as fruit or bags of chips that people had left in classrooms. A friend gave me a bag of food that she bought but found unappetizing. Despite these , I did take a trip to the farmers market, and buy some sandwiches at Cafe Doris when I did not plan ahead and bring food to class and was pressed for time. I regret not taking the initiative and going dumpster diving, or volunteering with Food not Bombs. If I were to attempt this project again, I would most definitely do those things.

I came to the realization that all food, no matter where I got it, has a pathway. It is meant to be consumed by someone, and in my case, I was attempting to stop it from going to waste, which I define as the food not reaching its potential as a form of sustenance. Many times, I ate food that people bought but ended up not eating, or food that people had forgotten, such as the orange that they had left on a table. The grey area occurred when people would offer to share food with me. The calories I consumed would need to be replenished by the individual at a later time because I was taking some of their share. I got many of my meals this way, but always ate with a slightly guilty conscience because it wasn’t exactly in accordance with my intent. Nevertheless, my stomach prevailed, and I gladly accepted a plate of my room mate’s roast chicken.

I began the second part of my project by mapping out all the public spaces on campus from which I could obtain electricity and heat. These public spaces always have their lights and heat on, and unfortunately, it often goes to waste because no one is benefitting from this energy output. I spent a lot of time in the library, the Gateway, and the Cafes. It was an interesting way to experience the different ways that public and private spaces are defined on a college campus. I would be on campus until one or two in the morning, finishing up assignments under the bright lights of Cafe Doris, coming home only to sleep. I did my best to unplug everything in my room. Regularly, I only have two lamps plugged in. Certain things, like my cell phone and my laptop, needed to be charged. It didn’t really make any difference where I plugged it; they would use up energy anyways. As a result of my actions, my monthly electricity wattage did decrease slightly, even with the days becoming shorter.

Looking back, not only was my project reasonably successful in reducing my carbon footprint, it also saved me a few bucks, especially on groceries. I ate surprisingly well, and found that I often preferred working in public spaces. Writing this post a week after the end of the project, I still have not gone grocery shopping, but I am writing in the comfort of my own room, with one lamp on.

Andrea Dombrowski’s Carbon Foot Print #2: Biomimicry Research

adombrowski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:58:50 +0000

Personal Consumption of Food Packaging over the course of 1 month:
Plastics (water bottles, soda bottles, milk, clamshells, bags)= 30 units
Cans (coke, soup, beans)= 13
Paper-based (paperboard boxes, cookie bags, cartons)= 32
Glass (bottles, jars)= 4

“The simple truth is that all of our major environmental concerns are caused by, or contribute to, the ever-increasing consumption of goods and services.”
-Cradle to Cradle

1. How can we limit the use of and even prolong the life of a product’s packaging so it does not automatically become waste?

2. How does nature achieve successful packaging? How can we translate elements of nature into design?

Our new design assignment is to create “products that when their useful life is over, do not become useless waste but can be tossed onto the ground to decompose and become food for plants and animals and nutrients for the soil; or alternately, that can return to industrial cycles to supply high-quality raw materials for new products.”

FURTHER RESEARCH: BIOMIMICRY:

Biomimicry= the process of looking to life for sustainable design advice

Nature’s packaging performs the same functions (contain, protect, communicate) as our modern day packaging without causing harm to themselves, the contents, or the environment.

DESIGN IDEAS:
A water bottle that could easily fit in your pocket when dry, but holds several liters of water when full (like the pouch of a pelican)

Build matrices inside packaging to avoid leaks and to save on material (like the internal structure of lettuce)

“Trigger” packaging that opens or changes shape and adjusts itself for the product it contains (like the opening of a seed of the spreading of a virus)

Packaging that disappears as its being shipped (similar to how horses slough off layers of their hooves)

Ketchup bottles that clean themselves with very little water (similar to how leaves clean themselves)

CONCLUSION:
Biomimicry provides us with the opportunity to compare how life works with how our designs should work. Life has been creating packaging on earth for 3.85 billion years, leaving behind no landfills, no wasted materials, and no toxic sludge. Life is responsive—why can’t our packaging be too? Could our packaging be made from local materials to fit local conditions rather than the “one size fits all” approach?

Amy Reid’s Carbon Footprint Project

amyreid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:28:39 +0000

To reduce my carbon footprint, I wanted to consider my different lives as a room-mate, employee, and artist. Through this, I have learned ways that I can support my environmental beliefs rather than contradict them in these different aspects of my life. I followed some of the carbon footprint calculator’s suggestions on how to reduce my household carbon footprint. By washing my clothes in cold water, hang-drying my clothes 50% of the time, setting our thermostat at 60 degrees instead of 64 degrees, our estimated household C02 reduction is 1,858 lbs per year. Although it is not drastic, I think it is a step in the right direction and hopefully I can encourage these practices to my other roommates and friends. I have also been visiting local farms such as Hubers and Webbers instead of going to grocery stores.

At work, I am bothered by the amount we do not recycle or compost. We throw away pounds and pounds of coffee a day so I did some research on how to compost using a lot of coffee grounds. I don’t have a big enough sealable compost container so I consider this my test compost to figure out the ratio of green to brown. I also have been pawning off grounds to people who I know compost themselves. I have been saving every receipt that people “throw away.” At first, it started off as a documentation of what people consume. Then, I became interested in using the receipts as a material for my work.

After accumulating many receipts, I researched different ways of paper making and natural dyes. I realized how I could use the waste-water from foods that I cook to dye the paper pulp from the receipts. I have also started gathering materials from places that sell used goods such as the loading dock, Second Chance, and Village Thrift. Rather than creating imagery about environmental concerns, this project has enabled me to see how I can use materials that have meaning on their own.

Coffee compost and roof plants

Gathered materials from the Loading Dock

Hang dry instead of machine dry!

Here are some links to how to compost with coffee and how to create dye from fruits and vegetables:

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldyes.html

http://www.howtodothings.com/home-garden/how-to-compost-with-coffee

http://www.plowhearth.com/magazine/compost_how_to.asp

Micro Changes – Jackson Howell

jacksonh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:13:20 +0000

I began by comparing the results of several online calculators to ascertain an approximate idea of my carbon footprint; on average it was 3.7 tons, which is already quite low relative to the average citizen of the United States. Thus, with the exception of purchasing green power, there were not many single practices in my life whose doing or not doing would drastically reduce my carbon footprint; but since I was introduced to the urgency of the carbon dilemma only quite recently, it seemed that, somewhere out there, there were still a myriad of as yet unconsidered lifestyle changes on a smaller scale impatiently waiting for me to discover and adopt them. When examined alone, such small changes in daily habits seem relatively insignificant, but when taken together, these small changes can add up to tremendous proportions, especially if adopted by an entire community, from neighborhood to nation. The banality of many of these small changes is matched only by the effortlessness of their carrying out; in many cases this is simply a matter of changing old habits. So I began researching ways to change. One of the first things that I discovered was that putting food, such as rice for example, into the refrigerator while it is still hot pushes the refrigerator to use more electricity to maintain its temperature; thus one should allow hot food to cool to room temperature before placing it in the fridge. No sacrifices necessary in this situation, just a matter of waiting. Another strategy was boycotting plastic and packaging, especially bags, cups and bottles, unless absolutely necessary. In virtually every store, practically every solitary item larger than the palm of one’s hand is bagged; thus I had to be assertive. Countless times it felt like my item(s) had already disappeared into the bag before I could even open my mouth; but I was resolute and would request “No bag, please” or “Oh, I don’t need a bag” and the item was taken out. When lunchtime came around at school, I would never buy a drink in a plastic bottle, but turned to the water fountain instead. Which was no real sacrifice for me because only rarely do I drink anything but water (with the occasional glass of milk at breakfast and, of course, alcohol). Where food was concerned, I tried my best to buy local products, in order to cut down on the transportation required to bring the food to me. Naturally, this led me to local farmer’s markets. I walked out empty handed of several grocery stores whose complete range of produce came from international sources (mostly Mexico). As far as bags and logistics were concerned, I made a few exceptions when it came to buying in bulk, such as couscous and granola, for this way I could buy a long-term supply of something with only one trip and only one bag. The next sphere of change concerned my personal transportation, the best mode of which was obviously man powered, such as biking or walking. I live close to school, so I walk to class. I traveled almost completely by foot (making exceptions only when absolutely necessary), making use of my local stores for food and clothing. As far as clothing is concerned, the best route was to buy second hand. If the thrift store did’t have what I needed, there was always ebay, as well as several other online forums where people buy, sell and trade goods and clothes, such as Craigslist or Styleforum. When it came to electricity, I became a stickler for eliminating ‘ghost’ or ‘vampire’ power, that power consumed by appliances and devices even when they are not in use, merely plugged in; to combat this leakage of unused power I unplugged all of my appliances, turned off all of my power strips when I wasn’t using them; it was really easy. Another thing, I learned was that saving water also saves energy. I was surprised to learn that washing dishes by hand uses more water and energy than washing a full load of dishes in a dishwasher on a ‘no heat’ or ‘energy saver’ setting. A key word there is full load: I never washed the dishes in the dishwasher until it was truly full. Speaking of water, I did do one thing that took me slightly out of my comfort zone; I have always been fond of taking voluptuously long hot showers in the winter (in the summer I take only cold showers, usually quite brief) so I thought I would push myself a bit and commit myself to taking only sponge baths in order to save water. In case one doesn’t know, a sponge bath involves filling a bucket up with water and using only that water to lather up and then rinse off. I used a small red bucket, and it worked well. Eventually I got a little tired of it, so I decided to fill the bucket up via the shower head, in order to count just how long it took to fill up the bucket; that way I could know how many seconds of shower time I was allowed. It came out to about 45 seconds; thus I could hop in the shower, turn the water on only for a brief moment to wet my skin in order to facilitate the lathering process, then lather and then turn the water back on for a good 40 second rinse. I found this more hospitable than the sponge bath. Last of all I set myself one larger goal to attempt: convincing my father to turn to a green power source. Somewhat to my surprise, he sounded kind of interested and promised to look into it; so I waited. When I never heard back, I called and he said that he was a little put off by a newspaper article which described green power as having a much larger portion of its price going to overhead costs than does normal power. We talked about the issue some more, and decided that we will conduct further research together; it looks promising. This would be a fairly big reduction if it succeeds!

Looking back at my microscopic examination of the carbon impact of my daily activities, I have two feelings. The first is one of satisfaction since I do believe that when taken together these small changes can make a difference; no one should overlook them. We all need to take time to examine the things that we normally overlook. On the other hand, I feel that these small reductions are not enough, even despite the fact that my footprint was already low to begin with. For the next step, I would very much like to undertake a project of a nature less reductive and more pro-active.

PHOTOS

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u282/Jhowell_02/Carbon%20Footprint/?albumview=grid

Dave Colson’s Carbon Footprint Project

davidjc — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:36:07 +0000

Project1 is a link to the accompanying PDF presentation:

Project Carbon Removal From My Life

Carbon is not just affecting the environment, it is affecting our health.

C02 affects breathing rate and can overexcite and depress the central nervous system.

The Canadian Center for Occupational Health & Safety conducted tests on humans (1997), exposing them to various levels of C02. 1% Exposure = 10,000 C02 ppm parts per million.

Workers who were exposed to low concentrations (3.3% or 5.4%) felt their breathing rate increased.

7.5% experienced dyspnea (feeling unable to breathe) as well as headache, high pulse rate, dizziness, sweating, restlessness, decreased mental performance and visual distortion.

As you can see this is a big concern for me. (show picture)

So what can I do to limit the amount of C02 in my life?

1) go to parks more often.

2) get a bike & use it

3) use less energy ie heat elctricity

4) use public transportation/carpool

5) punch CO2 in the face

6) make a list of things I do, that perpetuate the use of carbon.

The list:

fly home by plane

drive a car

take the train

ride the bus / lightrail

play electric guitar

use an electric dryer

use indoor lighting & lamps

play hockey

use a computer at work

use a laptop

leave my appliances & chargers plugged in

eat a diet that is not local or conscious of distance

consume a lot of animal products daily

print frequently and use a lot of paper

Differences:

The two main ways I changed the way I used CO2 were:

1 The Students for a Sustainable Campus are starting a bike share. Mimi Cheng an active member of the club gave me a bike in the meantime.

(show bike pictures). I was the first beneficiary. Now I can bike to lexington/farmers market on a daily basis and regulate what I eat (like in Europe)

2 Eat less meat. It quickly occurred to me that I eat meat daily and having been exposed to a barrage of ethical concerns about the meat industry, I was swayed by the environmental impacts of meat transportation. If I take responsibility for the distance my meat has travelled to my plate, then I can conclude those CO2 emissions are my fault. After all if there was no demand, there would be no supply. Vegans will attest that there is no need to eat meat at all because all of the nutrients we get from our food is attainable from other non animal sources (however they frequently take supplements or hurt in the calcium, iodine, vitamin B12 and vitamin D department). Food activist Michael Pollan explains that the remedy to America’s eating disorder is to “eat food. not too much. mostly plants.” To make this statement more C02 friendly I will add “mostly local plants.”

As we’ve learned from documentaries like “Fresh” & “King Corn:”

Michael Pollan, New York Times Magazine (Food and Farming Spokesperson—Sustainability Advocacy)

“Subsidized monocultures of grain also led directly to monocultures of animals: since factory farms could buy grain for less than it cost farmers to grow it, they could now fatten animals more cheaply than farmers. So America’s meat and dairy animals migrated from farm to feedlot, driving down the price of animal protein to the point where an American can enjoy eating, on average, 190 pounds of meat a year—a half pound every day.”

(same slide)

Transporting the food as frequently as we do (show whole foods pamphlet) impacts the environment:

(next)

Even properly inflating tires can save 1% or 1.25 billion gallons of US gasoline per year, which is about the same amount of crude oil that is needed from offshore oil drilling. (Vital Systems)

A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home. Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, found this while evaluating the effects of beef production on global warming, water acidification & eutrophication, and energy consumption.

Daniele Fanelli, New Scientist Magazine (Media—Research)

To be more specific a 2009 New Science Magazine study determined that for every pound of beef produced in Japan, generated approximately 36 pounds of C02.

Comparatively driving a 2006 passenger car 40 miles would emit the same amount of C02 as that one pound of beef.

This was determined with a car that gets 22.4 miles to the gallon. Burning a gallon of gas emits 20.4 pounds of C02. Dividing these two numbers together yields the average C02 emission in pounds per mile (0.91) for that car.

By dividing that C02 equivalent into the amount of C02 that was generated from the one pound of beef, you learn it would take 40 miles of driving to emit the same amount of C02.

(show the math in the slides)

I asked myself: “WTF” or what’s the footprint of the food I’m eating?

Timeline

For the last six weeks I have made efforts to eliminate meat from my diet. I could have bought local but the goal was to radically change my behavior.

In the beginning of the year I ate at the meyerhoff mainly because I don’t own and car and am often unable to coordinate shopping outing with friends when I need them.

I carefully documented my meat consumption for the last 6 weeks and attempted to understand WTF I’m making. If we assume that I ate anywhere from half a pound (the size of a large burger or medium steak) to a whole pound of meat per day, then quite simply I am taking responsibility for approximately 36 lbs. of C02 now in the atmosphere in production alone. If I add the C02 emissions from a meat distribution truck, I come up with even higher results.

The Union of Concerned Scientist claim that on average a truck will release 24 lbs. of C02 into the atmosphere. This amount multiplied by the amount of miles the meat has travelled from the farm to my plate plus the amount of C02 created in the production of meat gives me a rough estimation of my total meat C02 footprint. The reason I chose to do this, even though I knew the results would undercut the true number of total emissions is I wanted to know the extent of my impact and as I quickly learned how shocking a best case scenario could be.

I gave the product the benefit of the doubt and google mapped the distance I am from the farms the meat is coming from.

If you eat meat at MICA here is the breakdown:

Meyerhoff:

Chicken: Tyson

Beef & Roast-beef: Iowa Beef Processors

Pork: Hatfield

Sliced Turkey: Carolina Turkey

Gateway:

Chicken: Holley Farms

I also bought meat products from Whole foods:

Chicken: Miller Amish Country

Beef: Star Ranch

Pork: Montana

Will Harrison Georgia

Meyer Family Farms

Meat Timeline

September 16–22

W Chicken Creole

Th Turkey & Dill Havarti w/ apple wrap

F Chicken Chop Suey

S Organic free range chicken broth (Whole foods)

S Chicken breast (Whole foods)

M Fried Boneless Pork Chops (Lunch), Beef Fajita (Dinner)

T Chicken Scampi with Spinach & Cherry Tomatoes

September 23–29

W Organic free range chicken broth (Whole foods)

Th Roast Beef & Cheddar

F Thanksgiving Crepe from Sofi’s

S Bacon & Country Sausage

M Roasted Top Round Beef, Chicken Wings

September 30–October 6

Th Pepperoni Pizza

F Beef Stew, Classic Meatloaf

October 7–13

October 14–20

S Thanksgiving Crepe with Turkey

October 21–27

Accomplishments

What I was able to do was eat like a pescetarian for almost 3 weeks. Simply cutting a half a pound of red meat from your diet per week for a year is the equivalent of not driving 1040 miles. So to not eat chicken, beef, pork, veil or lamb is not taking responsibility for that amount of C02. My footprint is shrinking considerably. Now I just need to bike instead of fly home Indiana and power my electronics with natural energy and I’ll be living like no impact man.