Wyse Eco Challenge

Today I learned about the Orange County, VA, Recycling Program (https://orangecountyva.gov/509/Recycling). The state of Virginia mandates the County of Orange to develop a recycling program to meet or exceed 15% of its municipal solid waste generation—the programs for Virginia do not seem as robust as those in Oregon. In public places, Oregon...

This morning, I stopped by Orange County Roasters (http://www.orangecountycoffeeroasters.net/) in Orange, VA, to pick up two bags of locally roasted coffee. This coffee shop used to be open with a small cafe but closed during the pandemic; a bummer, but still glad they can roast coffee for the town of Orange and beyond. The shop is owned by a...

Today I worked on learning about native lands using Native Land Digital. The native lands near my home in Virginia are the Monacan and the Manahoac. The Monacan Indian Nation is headquartered on Bear Mountain in Amherst County; citizens descend from Virginia and North Carolina Eastern Siouan cultural and linguistic groups. The tribe grew the...

Calculated my water footprint using https://www.watercalculator.org/. I personally use 1,550 gallons/day, and my household of four people uses 6,199 gallons/day; the United States average is 1,802 gallons/day. The site provides water footprint 101. I am going to look into to see how I can reduce the amount of water I use. What was interesting...

Let's do this!!! 22 days of eco challenges!

Today starts the first day of the 1% for the planet community ecochallenge! I have selected a couple of the items I already do, gardening, reusable mugs, hiking, and made my actions plan for the next 22 days!