Today, I drove home for Thanksgiving break. Along the way I stopped at a fast food joint, because my passenger wanted to stop there and not Albertson's. At Wendy's I looked over the menu and saw very little vegetarian items and the burgers were looking delicious. Since I found my passenger on Rideshare and was cutting our carbon emissions because we carpooled, I figured I was justified to eat a double deluxe burger, very amazing. I still lowered my environmental impact because of carpooling
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Added by Willie Lafferty on November 22, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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McKesson Corporation, the nation’s oldest and largest healthcare services and IT company, today announced the release of its
2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report and launched the McKesson Foundation’s new strategic focus on chronic disease management. Designed to minimize paper and energy usage, the Company’s new online-only interactive report tells McKesson’s corporate citizenship story through the voices of McKesson empl…
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Added by 3BL Media on November 20, 2009 at 1:41pm —
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So, how many people do you know who can lecture for 8 hours and remain cogent?
I don’t know many, but local solar evangelist Dan Chiras certainly handled his duties in last Saturday’s Intro to Solar Electricity class at C.U. (He may be “local,” but he’s all over the country as a bona fide expert.)
Chiras, author of a score of books on sustainable building designs and renewable-energy practices, is the “99% guru” – there’s just one piece missing. More on that in a moment.
Chiras told his Intro…
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Added by Phil Carson on November 19, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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Starting today, I will be adopting an environmental practice for PHIL3140 (Environmental Ethics taken through Continuing Education’s Independent Learning program).
Looking at the past proposals, vegetarianism seems to be a common theme. I want to take it a step further, and attempt a vegan diet for most of the day, excluding dinner. Call it
vegan till 6 (pm), and then vegetarian for the rest of the day. I will allow fish, eggs, etc. for dinner, but strictly no meat. This would still allo…
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Added by Evan S on November 17, 2009 at 6:11am —
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For my environmental practice I plan on adopting a diet of only Colorado products for 30 days. By eating only products from my state, I will strengthen my personal ties with my immediate environment and reduce or eliminate my consumer-only roll in far off ecosystems. When my dollars go to smaller local farms I will avoid funding the greenhouse-gas-causing transportation of products grown elsewhere, help prevent the loss of biodiversity caused by large factory-style farms, and help reduce the pol…
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Added by Ian Capps on November 16, 2009 at 1:06pm —
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Added by Maria Pittman on November 12, 2009 at 9:27pm —
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Today marks the 16th day of my vegetarian journey, now I'm on the downhill portion, just cost to the finish line. Only 14 days to go and it has been easy, but I do crave a few of my favorite meat dishes, like a juicy hamburger, fried chicken and momma's pot roast. As the countdown continues, I become more excited for Thanksgiving, since that is the day when my suffering ends, and the consumption of meat begins.
One thing I feel I have become more incline to eating is tofu. Before this project, I…
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Added by Willie Lafferty on November 11, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Jessica Zewe
ENVRO
Project Proposal
During my Project I will be a vegetarian for a month. This time frame allows me to fully commit to the project and yet still be able to see some results in my life style. I think this change is environmental because we are eating organic and staying away from processed food. The amount of pollution that big animal plants put off is enormous. I think it improves the environment overall because with less processed food I eat the less money I’m investing into th…
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Added by JessZe on November 10, 2009 at 6:11pm —
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As the clock reaches the end of day 13, I have stuck with my goal. Friday was the toughest day so far. My uncle was in town for a ski team reunion, which he invited me too. At the event there was tenderloin served with sweet and red potatoes, broccoli and glazed carrots. Everyone I knew there asked me how I liked the tenderloin and I would tell them the story of my 30 day religion. All said "too bad, it was delicious," plus I would couldn't have any of the sauces because chicken stock was used.…
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Added by Willie Lafferty on November 8, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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Today is the start of the second week. I was quite proud I made it through the weekend with out eating meat. Even under the effects of things that impair decisions I was still able to choose the vegetarian option. It has taken longer to order and pick out groceries because I have to search for the vegetarian meal. They are not right smack in the center of grocery store with lights highlighting their colorful packaging. They are found in corners and in the bottom of aisles. Since I still eat chee…
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Added by Willie Lafferty on November 4, 2009 at 3:38pm —
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The environmental practice I plan on adopting this month will be to ride my bike, walk, and run as much as possible instead of driving my car. I hope to do this as much as possible, which I imagine will be multiple times per day. This is an environmental friendly action because I will be reducing the gasoline and oil I am using, as well as reducing carbon emissions. I believe this will improve my relationship with the environment because I will know I am reducing my carbon emission, I will be gi…
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Added by Brad Bingham on November 4, 2009 at 2:58pm —
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For my environmental practice I will continue my practice of veganism that I have been practicing for two years. This is environmental because animal agriculture requires a heavy amount of land, water, and other resources that would be used for human consumption. Animal waste is also a cause of pollution to our groundwater and rivers and is a cause of acid rain from ammonia emissions, greenhouse gas production, and depletion of aquifers for irrigation. Animal agriculture also accelerates topsoil…
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Added by Leonard Sun on November 4, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Thought you'd be interested in some recent market forecasts that hold optimism and note the complexities for the future of renewables.
Two reports by Boulder-based Pike Research capture the shape of the wind turbine and micro-grid markets, thanks to founder and principal Clint Wheelock. We’ll feature a chat with Wheelock in a future blog.
Wheelock has been research director at a number of high-powered market analysis firms over the past decade and has a team of analysts looking at renewable en…
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Added by Phil Carson on October 30, 2009 at 1:54pm —
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Looking forward to my Intro to Solar Electricity class coming up Nov. 14-15, through the Sustainable Practices program. If you’re signed up and want to share some thoughts, give me a shout here on Ning. Or we’ll see you there.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a 52-year-old journalist (hold the laughter, please!) recently liberated from a job in the wireless telecom field. This has given me the opportunity to take the plunge in a more promising direction with renewable energy and other sustainable…
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Added by Phil Carson on October 30, 2009 at 12:33pm —
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Today I started my project. As the first day ends, I'm only excited that I have 29 days left. It was hard to feel full/satisfied through-out the day. I ate a normal breakfast of oatmeal lunch was a burrito. I had to read the rest of the menu at the student daily in the business library, I found the black bean, cheese, egg and rice burrito. For dinner I had some tofu and salad. The salad was good cause that is easy to make, greens and dressing. The tofu, I just don't know how to cook. Tomorrow mo…
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Added by Willie Lafferty on October 27, 2009 at 11:31pm —
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I will adopt the environmental practice for being a vegetarian. I will do this by not eating meat, but will continue with egg and dairy, which is a lacto-ovo vegetarian. I will not eat meat for thirty days beginning on October 27th, so the period ends on Thanksgiving, a day of feastin'. This is 'environmental' because of how animals are treated in stockyards; the crowded pens, feces all around which release methane, dusting in the summer mud in the winter, fed corn which isn't part of there diet…
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Added by Willie Lafferty on October 21, 2009 at 11:43am —
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What does our tree free, compostable packaging have to do with your healthy lifestyle?...EVERYTHING.
We knew this on a gut feeling level – but scientific proof and ‘the bottom line’ are often easier to track and convey in business conversations. Therefore, in the 3rd Quarter of 2009 we prioritized creating an internal Sustainability Scorecard with the help of a top consultant from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB.…
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Added by 3BL Media on October 9, 2009 at 12:54pm —
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The top five finalists have been selected in
SDialogue’s $10,000 “
S Contest,” and voting has now begun. Over 40 entries were received and narrowed down to the list of five finalists. Perry Goldschein, partner at SDialogue stated: “It was a tough job choosing finalists due to the high quality of the responses, and moving stories. Our main criterion was the amount of positive, ongo…
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Added by 3BL Media on October 5, 2009 at 8:25am —
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I have a 7 month old daughter. My wife and I have purchased washable diapers. However, we have discontinued using them because we live in the mountains and we do not have laundry facilities at our house. My wife used to bring the diapers to my mothers, but that wasn't worth it for her. For a while now we have been using disposable diapers because it is easier. Therefore, I have decided to wash the diapers every week on tuesdays after my morning class at a laundry mat in town, or if I can handle…
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Added by Gabriel Nielsen on September 24, 2009 at 9:23pm —
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For my Environmental Practice, I will become a vegetarian. This means eating no meat at all, which is a change for me because I probably eat meat an average of two meals a day. I will still eat dairy products and eggs, because they are necessary for protein and difficult to avoid, but I will attempt to limit this consumption to organic milk and cage-free eggs. To do this I will have to do some research to determine which milk and egg brands are considered most environmentally friendly, and why.…
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Added by Sara Plampin on September 23, 2009 at 5:23pm —
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Day 26
McKesson Releases Corporate Citizenship Report
Intro to Solar Electricity and the 99% guru
13 Considerable Factors Before You Buy Essays!
