Team TCS

Seeing all the negative impacts, most of it unintentional, that humans put on our Earth can get depressing pretty quickly. However, just as we can negatively impact the planet, we can positively impact it to … it all comes down to choice and KNOWLEDGE. This challenge has opened my eyes to issues and actions beyond the usual everyday ones we're...

This was lots of fun! Gave me quite a bit to think about. Every day should be Earth Day!

Yesterday I saw interviews with 2 hog farmers on TV, one was a mass producer who supplied hogs to a nearby meat-processing plant and with the COVID-19 shutdowns, he was concerned with the fate of his mature animals, as he had a new crop of piglets coming in. The second hog farmer was a small Mom 'n Pop operation, they sent their animals to a...

Meat is apparently critically important to our president, who has mandated that meat-processing plants remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic despite continuing infections and deaths among plant workers in a number of states. I was rather looking forward to a meat shortage, if only to "force" myself into a plant-based diet for more...

Today we had both garbage and recycling pickup, and I'm always amazed at how much STUFF my neighbors throw away. We have the smallest sized bins (just 2 of us) but other 1- and 2- person households in our coul-de-sac have the largest size bins and they're still overflowing with pizza boxes, blocks of Styrofoam, all kinds of crap! We've always...

Going meatless is easy -- but going vegan is hard! It's eye opening to see how many of my meals have an animal-produced component, no matter how small. For example, my lunchtime vegetable soup or salad is far more satisfying and tasty with a sprinkle of Parmesan. Before this challenge is over, I'm challenging myself to go completely vegan for 1...