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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
The Positive Challenge
What would it take to go about the business of your day creating no waste what-so-ever and only purchasing items that have a positive...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
A Moment in the Garden
About 10 years ago, with my middle child swathed on my back, I planted vegetable seeds in the ground.  I wanted to figure out how it...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
A Beautiful Question
"I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understand the art of walking" -Henry David Thoreau I ran across...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Let's Start Imagining!
Ok, so check it out. I started this blog….and I keep asking myself, for what?? Who in the world would wanna read what I have to say?...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Sustainability Could Be
A different world cannot be created with indifferent people, says the fortune cookie. Sustainability could be… Just doing it, but...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Getting Off That Ol' Train
I have three kids, all are going to be in three different schools, and I work full-time downtown. Today, I mapped out the crazy pattern...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Our Lives, Our Land, Their Future
This summer, I drove across North America from Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron, through Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, then...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Everyday Activism
My teaching about sustainability transformed to include the subtle yet collectively powerful role we play every day with our consumerism
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Everyday Love
I remember when I first started the process of removing rocks from landscaping walls. Â We had just moved in, it was 2003, and there were...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Feet in the Soil
That is how this all started, as a young girl walking the island barefoot. Â Exploring the earth underneath, like a grand mansion housing...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Feet in the Soil, Part 2
A few years ago, I taught some college students about climate change but some of them didn’t want to hear it.  After fumbling through...
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Consumption Literacy Project
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Nearly Zero Project
In this space, we hope to introduce some amazing community members who are doing innovative work to live more lightly on the plan
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