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Posted on March 9, 2016by The Zero-Waste Chef
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Well, you all quickly snagged the 350 tickets that Well, you all quickly snagged the 350 tickets that @StoryofStuff provided for the virtual screening I’m hosting of The Story of Plastic film. So @StoryofStuff gave me more more! . This is a must-see film. You’ll learn about who is responsible for creating the plastic pollution crisis (not-so-subtle hint in the today’s image) and what will stop them. Plastic pollution goes way beyond devastating our oceans (which is terrible in and of itself). But I don’t want to give too much away. Register via the link in my profile. On Friday, I’ll email everyone the link for viewing the film, which you can watch any time before the following Monday afternoon. . On that Monday afternoon, we’ll meet for a Zoom discussion at 4pm PT. @zerowastfarmer and @zerowasteguy will join us. I can have only 500 people in the Zoom room so I’m thinking maybe the first 500 who sign up can attend that (I’m at 400 now). I hadn’t anticipated so many people would want to attend but it’s a good problem to have.
Please meet my lovely bookings manager, Cecilia. C Please meet my lovely bookings manager, Cecilia. Cecilia prefers to stay out of my feed but I convinced her to let me take a picture of her yesterday when she showed up at my place wearing this outfit she made. . Cecilia had never sewn until she joined our sewing bee in 2018 and started making produce bags. A couple of months ago, she needed a cool summer dress that fit her so she decided to make one. New fabric at the fabric store was expensive, so she headed to the thrift shop and spent $8 on a sheet and two matching pillow cases to make this dress—without a pattern. Swipe to see the French seams, a clean, simple way to finish a seam when you don’t have a serger. Cecilia also added ties to the side of the dress to let it out if necessary. . Cecilia is also wearing a mask that she sewed out of an old t-shirt. If you don’t know how to sew, or don’t want to sew, or don’t want to know how to sew, you can buy reusable masks all over the place. But please wear one to help slow the spread. You protect others when you wear your mask and if you are crafty like Cecilia, you can accessorize your outfit for free.
The plastics and fossil fuel industries—and thei The plastics and fossil fuel industries—and their lobbyists—want the public to believe that choosing reusables during Covid will kill us all. But the science says otherwise—reusables are safe. Look for industry to deploy its usual tactics—sowing the seeds of doubt regarding facts, questioning the science, paying for its own studies that magically show how plastic is great stuff that we should create more of, not less. . More than 100 scientists, including epidemiologists, chemists, microbiologists and doctors have addressed the safety of reusables during Covid. They’ve signed a statement that includes the following: . “Based on the best available science and guidance from public health professionals, it is clear that reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene.” . (Source: https://storage.googleapis.com/planet4-international-stateless/2020/06/26618dd6-health-expert-statement-reusables-safety.pdf) . I’m excited to host a virtual screening of @storyofstuff’s film, The Story of Plastic, the story that Big Oil and Big Plastic do not want us to know about. We’ll each watch on our own the weekend of July 18th and reconvene on Zoom on the 20th at 4pm PT to discuss the film. @zerowastefarmer and @zerowasteguy will join us. Tickets are still available but they are going fast! Please go to the link in my profile to register.
Potatoes and cauliflower for dal and chopped cauli Potatoes and cauliflower for dal and chopped cauliflower leaves for something later this week (fried rice? soup? stir fry?). I also roast cauliflower leaves whole, tossed in olive oil and a bit of salt. You can do the same with potato peels (or fry them). I stick with organic produce when I eat peels (less pesticide residue). These potatoes weren’t organic so I composted the peels. . Are you taking part in @PlasticFreeJuly? When we cut our plastic, we started to pay attention to all our waste, including food waste. Why reduce food waste? . 😨 Up to 40 percent of the food we produce in the US goes uneaten. (@nrdc_org) 😳 Worldwide, a third of the food we produce goes to waste. (@fao) 😱 Americans waste, on average, one pound of food per day per person. (@guardian) 😰 If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, just behind the US and China. (@projectdrawdown) 😖 When food decomposes in landfill, it releases methane gas, a greenhouse gas that warms the planet at a rate 86 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. (Scientific American) 😵 Worldwide, food waste contributes 8 percent of all anthropogenic (manmade) greenhouse gas emissions. (Project Drawdown) 😬 Wasted food squanders 21 percent of all the water used in US agriculture. (National Resources Defense Council) 🤭 By weight, food is the largest contributor to US landfills. (National Resources Defense Council) ☹️ 1 in 8 people living in the US is food insecure. (National Resources Defense Council) . The good news 😀 is we can eat the food. Shop the refrigerator and pantry first before heading to the store (fewer trips during Covid). Make a simple meal plan. Cook versatile dishes like soup. You can put just about anything into it (within reason...). If you can’t eat all the food on hand, freeze it (you can freeze all kinds of food). Give food away through apps like @olio_ex and @olio_bay_area. And if food waste happens (you don’t get to those herbs in the back of the refrigerator), compost it. If you don’t have space for a compost bin and your city doesn’t pick up food scraps, look for a community garden in your city that will take it.
I'm hosting a virtual screening of @storyofstuff’s film, The Story of Plastic. Learn about the man-made plastic pollution crisis, its worldwide effects on people and planet, the solutions and how to take action. We'll each watch the film at home on our own and then get together for a panel discussion and Q&A. @zerowastefarmer and @zerowasteguy will join us for the discussion on Monday, July 20th at 4pm PT. Link in profile for more information and registration.
Today is the start of @plasticfreejuly. With a rac Today is the start of @plasticfreejuly. With a racial reckoning and skyrocketing Covid cases here in the US, reducing plastic consumption may not be on your radar at the moment. But refusing plastic is about much more than reducing waste. . It’s about avoiding industrial chemicals. In 2018, the American Society of Pediatrics warned that certain chemicals found in food packaging may harm children’s health. These include BPA, phthalates (which soften plastic), perfluoroalkyl chemicals (found in non-stick packaging) and perchlorate (to reduce static in food packaging). . It’s about our diets. Would the Western diet of highly processed substances have come to dominate the world were it not for plastic packaging? Indestructible plastic makes it possible for multinational companies like Nestlé to ship their products around the globe and infiltrate developing nations. . It’s about our addiction to convenience. Yes, the convenience of pre-packaged, ready-to-eat everything is, well, convenient. But we and our planet cannot sustain it. . It’s about embracing self-reliance. We rely on corporations to fulfill our every need and desire to the point of helplessness and corporations have been happy to nurture that helplessness. When we rely less on corporations—by learning skills like growing a tomato plant—we become more self-reliant. . It’s about rejecting consumerism. When we consume less, we waste less. . It’s about protecting marginalized communities. Exxon, Shell et al realize that demand will continue to fall for fossil fuels, so they’re ramping up plastic production and building plants, many of which will operate in BIPOC communities, such as St John’s Parish, Louisiana—one of the most polluted areas in the country—the proposed site of what will be the country’s largest plastics manufacturing facility. The proposed facility has license to spew 800 tons of toxic pollutants yearly into the already compromised air. . This Plastic Free July, keep the big picture in mind. . Turtle carved from reclaimed wood by @reclaimedwest . Link in profile for 17 ways to do Plastic Free July during a pandemic.
“A year from now what will you wish you had done “A year from now what will you wish you had done today?” — Liam Linisong . I made it back to California and am self-isolating in a home sprinkled with inspirational quotes like this one. It makes me wonder what our children—only a few years from now—will wish we had done today for climate justice. . Just some of what we can do now: . 1. Donate money and/or time to organizations such as @350org @extinctionrebellion and @nrdc_org 2. Divest from fossil fuels 3. Protest 4. Consume less 5. Sign petitions 6. Contact elected officials to demand a Green New Deal 7. Vote
My thyme in Canada comes to an end on Monday when My thyme in Canada comes to an end on Monday when I return to California. . In my 3 1/2 months up here (I had planned for 10 days), the tiny slice of kombucha SCOBY that I brought with me has grown. Lots. (And yes, I travel with my kombucha SCOBY and sourdough starter.) . I’ve given a few SCOBYs away here and still have a few left. If you live in or near Guelph, Ontario, and would like one, please DM me and please also leave a comment below that you’ve DM’d me so I can go search for it. On the weekend, we can meet—at a distance and I’ll wear my mask!—outside of Bulk Barn or in the cemetery near me. That’s not a phrase you’ll hear every day: “Meet me in the cemetery for your SCOBY.” . Swipe to see the updated SCOBY map of all the places in which Etheldreda lives. I’ve tracked her for over five years now and have over 60 pins. When I teach classes or people visit the Bay Area from out of town ( or country), I ply them with SCOBYs to take home so I can add more pins to the map. Etheldreda is better traveled than I am and that is just fine with me. But I’d love to add more to the map before I leave! . UPDATE: The SCOBYs are all spoken for. Thank you to everyone who contacted me 😊
If you have any book recommendations on environmen If you have any book recommendations on environmental racism, please leave them in the comments. I just finished this one: A Terrible Thing to Waste, Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind, by Harriet A. Washington. . Washington’s book outlines how environmental racism devastates BIPOC communities in America, from the epidemic of lead dust plaguing inner-city housing in Baltimore, to lead pipes poisoning the water in Flint (yes, that’s still happening), to Monsanto’s dumping of tens of thousands of pounds of now-banned PCBs in the heart of Anniston, Alabama’s Black residential community, between 1935 to 1971. These are just three of the dozens of examples of environmental hazards described in the book. The last section provides protective steps for families to take that live in affected communities and information on how concerned citizens can get involved to secure clean air, land and housing for all. . If you’re buying books from the many reading lists circulating right now, please consider buying from Black-owned independent bookstores. Swipe to see lists of some of these indies, compiled by @thisbrownegirlreads (image 3) and @worn__ware (images 4 to 6). . If we don’t want to live in a corporatocracy, then we need to step up and ensure small, local businesses survive by supporting them with our cold, hard cash. . When we buy from a local small businesses, we support not only the business itself, but our community and neighborhood. According to IndieBound, a trade association for independent bookstores, “Spend $100 at a local-owned business and $52 of that stays in your community. Spend $50 at a national chain and keep $6.50 in the local community. Spend $50 online with a remote vendor with no sales tax collected and keep not one penny in your local community.” . #blackoutbestsellerlist #blackpublishingpower
One of my daughter’s basil plants. I’ve been m One of my daughter’s basil plants. I’ve been making a ton of sourdough pizza for an upcoming blog post (I’ve never eaten so much pizza...) and we’ll put some pesto on an upcoming batch. 🌱 Growing a few herbs in a sunny window, on a balcony or outside directly in the soil not only gives you a sense of satisfaction (and delicious flavor!), it also makes you less dependent on the food system. As we build this new, just and resilient world, reclaiming the skills of our grandparents and great-grandparents will help us reduce our dependence on and support of corporations that harm people and planet for profit. 🌱 MK bought this plant but you can propagate basil from cuttings also. Buy some healthy fresh basil, trim the ends, and place in a jar of water until roots sprout. It will take a couple of weeks. Then plant the basil in a pot or outdoors in a patch of soil.
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