For nearly two weeks now, I have been collecting garbage on my daily walks and documenting the experience while conducting related research.  It’s a lab experiment of sorts where the earth is my lab. An interesting secondary gain from this journey, is the opportunity it has afforded me to engage many folks in conversation. Little did I [...]

For 21 days, I will be collecting garbage on my daily walks and sharing with you a few photos of my fascinating findings, my captivating collection, some garbage-specific research and numerous thoughts about the experience. The earth, while expansive and seemingly infinite, is methodically churning into one massive garbage dump.  Each week Mr. or Mrs. [...]

For 21 days, I will be collecting garbage on my daily walks and sharing with you a few photos of my fascinating findings, my captivating collection, some garbage-specific research, and numerous thoughts about the experience. I originally intended to write about the local landfill today, but instead, I decided to share exclusively on my recent [...]

For the next 21 days, I will be collecting garbage on my daily walks and sharing with you a few photos of my fascinating findings, my captivating collection, some garbage-specific research and numerous thoughts about the experience. Living along California’s Central Coast lends itself to daily joys beginning with the early morning calls of seagulls [...]

In Part I of Solutions for World Hunger, I suggested some ways to stay informed including a list of movies to watch and books to read.  For Part II, I’m focusing on sustainable giving and various ways to take action including becoming a laptop advocate.  Again, keep in mind this is not an all-inclusive list [...]

Now that I have completed my 21 Day experiment for World Hunger including a world hunger diet of one meal a day averaging 988 calories a day, I am prepared to present some ideas for solutions to overcoming world hunger.  This post is Part I of three parts suggesting various solutions including ways to stay [...]

Day 20 of 21 days for World Hunger.  One more to go until I can stop eating a diet similar to many of the world’s hungry.  Yesterday I wrote about hunger in the United States.  Staggering figures to say the least.  And how do we solve this problem?  Fortunately, there are innovators and organizations that [...]

Day 19 of 21 Days for World Hunger and I’ve moved away from Asia and am back to the United States. Well, it looks like I’m going to make it to twenty-one!  Woo-hoo. It has been 19 days that I have been mimicking the diet of the world’s hungry.  I have so little to report [...]

Day 17 of 21 Days for World Hunger, and I’m hanging in there.  With only four days remaining on this virtual tour of hunger in the world, I’m trying to stay focused. Today I take a look at Southeast Asia, which has had its share of issues from political unrest to corrupt governments to natural [...]

This is the 16th day of 21 Days for World Hunger, and I continue on my virtual journal to explore hunger in Asia.  Yesterday, I discussed Vandana Shiva and the International Monetary Fund along with the World Bank’s influence on hunger; today it is rice and North Korea.  I’m counting down in anticipation for the conclusion of [...]

On this the 14th Day of 21 Days for World Hunger, I conclude my segment on Latin America and the Caribbean.  Today I weighed in at 113.5.  That’s 6.5 pounds less than when I started the World Hunger Diet two weeks ago.  I’ve lost 5.42% of my original body weight.  While the proportions remain the same (as [...]

On this Day 13 of 21 Days for World Hunger, I am still partaking in the World Hunger Diet in honor of those 1.02 billion people in this world who are living in hunger. Today I have the pleasure of sharing the insight from experts at Plenty.  Plenty International (check out their vibrant website) is an [...]