Friday, January 26, 2007

Dumpster Diving Lesson

I just got done teaching labs for Intro to Environment and Society here at TU for J-term classes and I feel convicted to take living out the faith in the midst of our over-consumptive and wasteful society to the next level.
Here is a quick factoid.

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 96 billion pounds of food are thrown away each year, making up 12 percent of the trash produced in the United States.

I will proceed to this new challenge by visiting my local grocery store . . . . click on links to check it out.
Some friend's in Washington DC

http://www.larynandjanel.com/blog/a_shout_out_to_eating_garbage_on_dumpster_diving.html

Other stories
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501248.html

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Go, Budge! Y'all rock.