Team Herrera

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It sounds a little cliche, but it's easy to look at random trash, say a discarded paper soda cup, and think that someone else will pick it up. Of course, in downtown Seattle we do have a battery of 'Downtown Ambassadors' that are paid to clean up, but that's the exception and only for a small area of town. Everywhere else we have to become that...

We had a screening of Bag It at the office.The movie is a little bit older (2010), but still had lots of great ideas, some nice infographics, and even generated a few laughs :)

This challenge has been harder than I thought it might be. Avoiding produce bags isn't that hard, as I already try to avoid them. It's the bulk isle that is hardest to remember bags. It's one thing to juggle a handful of carrots or apples, but it's another to carry a pound of granola in your hands. It's easier when going to a coop from home...

One of the things that bulk buying does for me is bring me back to cooking from basic ingredients. Filling small jars of rye and barley flour help me avoid the waste of buying bigger bags when I only need a little more my Saturday morning pancakes. The convenience of canned beans is hard to turn down, but dried beans produce a better stew. The...

It makes me feel more connected to both the community of people as well as the place that we're part of. I feel pride at my own actions and glad for the support of my neighbors.

Absolutely! You end up paying closer attention to what you are really tossing out. Plus you also end up actually rinsing things out so they don't leak, etc...

I think people have become used to food coming in packages and that packaging equates with cleanliness so they want to separate and bag their produce. With busy lives of work and errands, it's become easier to just take a plastic bag while shopping than to remember to carry bags to the store. With our constant communication we can be expected...