It would seem that my parents have won the great pineapple battle and debate. It is now undoubtedly possible to grow the fruits all the way to harvest from just the fruit-tops. A bit more importantly, we can close a loop on a family favorite that previously had to travel several thousand miles [...]
For the last two months I’ve been attempting to take on personal challenges to locate and erase the high-plastic areas of my life. Right now I’m considering my coffee cups. I live in Florida so I don’t exactly down a lot of hot coffee but I do enjoy it iced. (Just sadly [...]
Last month I was so successful in stamping out a serious addiction to soda that I’m feeling encouraged to take on new challenges. For April, I want to continue to reduce my use of plastic by taking a hard look at all of my bath products. Its no secret [...]
I’ve been keeping tabs on a number of topics covered in previous posts here at WaterNotes that I wanted to update:
Rita, one of the celebrity manatees released so far this year, continues to make progress out in the wild. Her satellite tracks show a steady movement around the immediate area near her release [...]
When I was little having a soda was completely out of the question. So was most other heavily processed foods and particularly sugary items. Putting an entire American-childhood category of food off limits made it something of a sinfully delicious indulgence when some of the fizzy high-fructose-corn-syrup confection did come my way. [...]