Category: musings
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Eat Food, Mostly Plants, Not Too Much
I’m a big fan of documentaries, especially those about where our food comes from. Most of these documentaries have the same basic information: we eat too much processed food, people in low income communities don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and corporations make the money while farmers can barely make a living. I…
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This is why I find Social Media Challenging
I wasn’t on social media for a very long time. I always did it for work, so started to see a very different side of the social media cog. Since I’ve been trying to build my online presence to job search and get consulting gigs, I’ve created all of my profiles again. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter.…
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more, more, MORE!
i’ve never been one for buying a lot frivolous things. before the days of streaming every show on the internet, i would spend my money on dvds. i would also spend a lot of my money on things that i didn’t really need and only bought because they were ‘cool’ at the time, like my…
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#plasticfreejuly, Shower Edition
I was in the shower a few weeks ago and had an epiphany: Why on earth am I’m using a shower pouf made from PLASTIC!?!?!? I have no idea! I’ve just always used one and never even thought about it being made from plastic. These plastic shower poufs are cheap and easy and one of…
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#plasticfreejuly
i got a little annoyed with the guy at the grocery store check out. see, i’m trying to be more conscious about the waste that i generate, especially in regards to plastic. i was shopping at the grocery store and bought a little bunch of cilantro. when i got to the check out, he put…
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zero waste
a few weeks ago, i realized that i wouldn’t have needed to take out the trash bin if it wasn’t for chip packets. bron reminded me that i can save and recycle soft plastic at coles, so i decided to challenge myself to be zero waste and see what happens! after 2 weeks, this was…
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#earthday
imagine the human history you could see if you were a baobab!
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#worldwaterday
For 2 years of my life, I collected my water from a well. For 6 years of my life, I had to hope that we received enough water from the city. When I lived in the village, I fetched my water from the family well. If I wanted water, I had to get my trusty 10…
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sonu the cat
Sonu is Jen’s cat who we found in the old pool storage at Sangam World Centre. Whenever Jen was away, I would take care of Sonu. Now that Jen is finishing her job at Sangam, Sonu will be moving to Tasmania, Australia via Sioux Falls, SD , USA! It will be an exciting, and expensive,…
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World Malaria Day
Today is World Malaria Day. Some statistics say that over 90% of malaria cases happen in Africa but it looks like malaria deaths are decreasing. Good news, but can the world really achieve the Millennium Development Goal of having ‘near-zero’ deaths due to malaria by 2015? Most people living in developing countries don’t know when…
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