St. Pete Earth Week

Started a garden 

Happy Arbor Day everyone! Go Hug a Tree - no physical distancing needed! Better yet, go plant a native tree (in the right place of course).

A sustainable water future to me would be one where clean water is available and accessible to everyone. One of the measures of preventing the spread of Covid-19 is to Clean your hands often using soap and water. It is unfortunate that some regions in the world do not have this luxury and using water often to clean hands is un-affordable. Water...

Im so excited about this ecohallenge! I’ve been looking for ways to become reduce my carbon footprint! 

Very true! There is some calmness and peace brought about by the natural world. Spending more time indoors contributes greatly to our health problems. Not forgetting the quality of human integration that is slowly declining!

Modern food production and consumption systems have been praised by capitalist economies as the ultimate solution to feeding the ever growing global population. Additionally, there has been great debates on how the modern food system greatly support different aspects of the economy. However true, there are several issues concerning the modern...

While a lot has changed in the last few months and we are unable to connect in the same way, its nice to still check in with friends and loved ones and be a part of each other lives. It's nice to know that we are still there for each other, even if its not in person right now.

Simple Rice and Beans :)

I never heard of food sovereignty before, but after viewing a few documentaries on it, I found it quite interesting especially how different cultures in their earlier development relied on this for self preservation.  

Food sovereignty seeks to allow food prodiuction to be culturally produced. Food production is not subject to the many "hoops" that a modern food chain involves. Food priduction is not a commodity as in a modern system but is seen as a right for everyone to have food. Also, seeks to keep food production is localized and done naturally.