Team Teal - Seattle Children's Periop

checking the companies in which I invest to see what their energy sources are

Walked around Greenlake.  Plenty of opportunity to contemplate infrastructure with the roads all ripped up around there.  :)

Here's an article about the main culprits in our food that contribute to deforestation.  https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/foods-that-are-eating-the-worlds-forests-and-how-to-choose-better/ Take aways - palm oil is everywhere, look for shade grown or rainforest alliance for coffee and chocolate, eat more plants and less meat, dairy...

My daughter did a carbon footprint for her biology class and has done this in the past.  We have made progress with food (now mostly vegetarian and fish) and with our energy (we now have solar panels).  But our car is not fuel efficient, so it's time to look at electric options. 

My daughter did a carbon footprint for her biology class.  One of our major remaining  big carbon expenditures is a non-fuel efficient car.  I looked into getting a Leaf which is fully electric.  We would use the Leaf for most trips and use the Subaru only if we need to get through snow or other difficult conditions needing AWD. 

We found and electrician to help us decrease use of.our gas fireplace and plug.im the new electric car. Now we are using LEDs for all lighting in the house

Hi Team Teal, I wanted to share something that I think would count for the "researching restorative agriculture" challenge.  There is a wonderful documentary "The Biggest Little Farm" that documents a couple in California in their journey to build a farm that relies upon nature to sustain itself.  It is informative and...