Nancy Noppenberger

participant impact

I will prepare 2 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

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I will spend 10 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.

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I will use a rubber glove to remove pet hair from clothes, carpets and furniture.

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I will purchase dry goods from the bulk section of my grocery store, and use my own containers to do so.

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I will plant an herb or vegetable garden in my home, workplace, or community garden

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I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

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I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Why do you think these produce products started amassing so much plastic packaging? Who is the plastic packaging really serving -- the consumer, the producer, or someone else?
Nancy Noppenberger 7/30/2019 11:07 AM
Perhaps it is the desire to put cleanliness over sustainability. But often produce lasts longer if it remains unwashed, protected by the dirt Maybe some training would help.

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Nancy Noppenberger 7/25/2019 3:13 PM
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Nancy Noppenberger 7/25/2019 3:13 PM
Finally found a restaurant that gets it! Am looking at a ‘Stop sucking” sign at Patsy’s in Bethany Beach, Delaware

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