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  • Theodore Evans's avatar
    Theodore Evans 11/15/2023 10:59 PM
    Your point of view is as clear as a blind spot on an awning. It's a lot to take in. I want to see what you write next fnaf



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    dam rosy 7/02/2023 8:43 PM
    Brace yourself for a fusion frenzy in Pokemon Infinite Fusion where trainers become the architects of their own Pokemon universe, crafting unique and formidable creatures that defy expectations and challenge the status quo.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation Test Drive an Electric Bike
    Half of all trips made in the US are three miles or less; 72% of them are driven. Private vehicles account for 60% of trips of a mile or less. Do you often drive short distances instead of biking or walking? If so, how might incorporating an electric bike into your lifestyle help you make more climate-friendly choices?

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/30/2023 5:25 PM
    I am afraid that biking in my area (very rural) and at my age (73), is not really feasible, even with a pedal-assist electric motor. My normal daily mileage on my car is about 30-40 miles. It is 17 miles one way to work, 20+ miles to the grocery store. The library, gas station and other places I frequently go are about as far.
    Also, the lack of bike lanes worries me. Many of the roads in my town are rough dirt roads, dusty in the summer and frozen in the winter, knee-deep in mud in the early spring and late fall, with barely enough room for two cars to pass abreast. If you add a bicycler, it becomes dangerous for the bike-rider and frustrating for the driver, because you have to go much slower than usual until you can safely pass.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks Advocate for Forest Protection
    Higher standards of living are very often dependent on moving our environmental costs elsewhere. What are some specific ways in which the environmental impacts of your own lifestyle might be shifted elsewhere?

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/29/2023 7:29 PM
    Oddly enough, the current thought that we should "electrify everything" shifts the deep environmental costs to places and cultures that contribute little or nothing to the climate crisis. For example, Vermont gets part of its electricity from HydroQuebec. This is a hydropower system in Quebec, Canada, that flooded thousands of acres of forest to create the reservoir that produces the power. That forest was the home of five Cree Native tribes that were displaced by the flooding of the forest. With more demand placed on the power grid, more acres will be flooded, and more tribes will lose their home. And the world will lose some ecosystem services that those forests would have provided, such as carbon sequestration and storage.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Smaller Portions
    While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?

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    Margaret Woodruff 6/26/2023 9:33 AM
    1. Be more aware of my eating habits
    2. Be more aware of where my food comes from
    3. Enjoy the food on my plate!

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/23/2023 5:30 PM
    Today I gathered up dozens of plant pots to bring back to the local garden Center's annual pot recycling day tomorrow. Many of the pots are black plastic, which the regular town recycling center will not accept, even though they have a recycling symbol on them. So I have many year's worth of pots to get rid of. Yay!

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/20/2023 3:17 PM
    I moved back into my tiny three-season cabin last week. Even though it is primitive-- off-grid, no heat or cooking facilities other than an old woodstove, no running water after the spring dries up-- it is still very satisfying. My carbon footprint is very low, and I can grow some of my own food organically. The best part is that I can hear the loons that nest on a nearby pond.

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/11/2023 5:03 PM
    Wild chervil is a highly invasive plant that is taking over here in VT. The seeds and the rhizomes are poisonous, but the leaves are not. So I cut off the bloom stalks, so they don't go to seed. If they don't produce seed, they won't send up a shoot next year, unless there are seeds in the soil from years past that have not germinated. It is a huge task--- there is so much of i

    • Gayle Giovanna's avatar
      Gayle Giovanna 6/23/2023 5:37 PM
      Further thoughts on the wild chervil: They spread by the rhizomes as well as the seeds..so cutting back the bloom stalks doesn't eliminate them entirely, they just come back from the rhizomes (roots). And I have also heard that the sap is toxic, as well as the seeds and rhizomes, so the whole plant is well worth getting rid of.

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/09/2023 8:27 PM
    I have been adding to my compost pile the charred small chunks of wood left over from fires in my wood stove. Before starting the next day's fire I take out the char, and soak it to make sure it doesn't have live coals in it. Then I add it to my compost, because it picks up and retains nutrients, releasing them slowly to the plants, as needed.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Building Resilience Tour a Green Roof
    What did you learn on your green roof tour?

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    Gayle Giovanna 6/09/2023 8:18 PM
    There are several different kinds of green roofs. I once lived in a partially underground house that was built into a south-facing hillside, that had a roof of sod that was continuous with the field behind and above the house. It was a fascinating place to live.