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 [...]
About Kenda Swartz Pepper
Kenda, originally from Pennsylvania, is now a self-proclaimed Santa Crustacean residing joyfully in Santa Cruz, California. Her undergraduate studies in Organizational Communication were at Penn State, and she received a Masters in Art Therapy Psychology at Notre Dame in Belmont, Ca.
Kenda spent ten years providing art therapy to high risk children – mostly children dealing with loss and grief issues. For the past eleven years, she has worked independently with diverse organizations as a staff and management development consultant and facilitator. Her blog Xtreme Customer Service www.xtremecustomerservice.blogspot.com focuses on solutions to interpersonal issues.
As the daughter of a former District Forrester, she learned at an early age the importance of conserving natural resources and caring for the earth. Kenda’s newest blog, Earth Souldierswww.earthsouldiers.wordpress.com, provides her with a forum to advocate for a healthy symbiotic relationship between humans and the earth. She plans to publish her first eco-oriented children’s book in 2010.
Kenda describes herself as vegan, an ever-evolving normal neurotic, a gardener, a painter, writer and photographer, a dog-lover, incredibly fortunate to have such a fantabulous husband and adorable step-daughter, and one who whole-heartedly appreciates wildlife and the awe-inspiring natural beauty provided by our earth.
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Kenda Swartz Pepper has written 46 articles so far, you can find them below.
Privatized Trash: Days 8 – 10 of Rubbish
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. [...]
A Landfill Adventure: Days 5 – 7 of Rubbish
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. Today I will write about how you can easily compost at home, but first I will share my pleasant and [...]
21 Days of Rubbish: Leave No Trace
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 [...]
Souljourn for the Mind, Spirit and Earth: 21 Days of Rubbish
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 [...]
Solutions for World Hunger Part III
In Part I of Solutions for World Hunger, I suggested some ways to stay informed, as well as a list of movies to watch and books to read. For Part II, I focused on sustainable giving and various ways to take action including becoming a laptop advocate. With Part III, I ask you to consider [...]
Solutions for World Hunger Part II
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 [...]
Solutions for World Hunger Part I: Follow-up from 21 Days for World Hunger
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 [...]
21 Days for World Hunger: Day 21
And along came Day 21 of 21 Days for World Hunger. This journey is coming to a conclusion. This will be the last day I will be mimicking the diet of the world’s hungry and eating about 1,000 calories a day. I’m ready to hang up my hunger hat and get my life back. This [...]
Sustainable Agriculture and Eliminating Hunger in America: Day 20
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 [...]
Hunger in the United States: Day 19
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 [...]
Hunger and Poverty in India and Pakistan: Day 18
On this, Day 18 of 21 days for world hunger, I maintain my attention on Asia and tomorrow I take a look at hunger in the U.S. But today, I will address my critics, the people who blame Third World hunger because of too much breeding. Since for the last 18 days I have been [...]
The Hungry Haves and Have-Nots in Southeast Asia: Day 17
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 [...]
Day 16: Have You Eaten Today?
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 [...]
Hunger in Asia: Day 15
Well, it is now Day 15 of 21 Days for World Hunger, and I am switching my focus from Latin American and the Caribbean to the millions of hungry people in Asia. In just one week I will be able to enjoy the sustenance needed to properly fuel my body. On day 21 I will [...]
World Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean: Day 14
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 [...]
Plenty of Soy Solutions for World Hunger: Day 13
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 [...]
Central America, Haiti, Policy and World Hunger: Day 12 for World Hunger
Today is Day 12 of 21 Days for world hunger and this post includes the second part of my interview with Scott Killough, VP of Learning and Innovation for World Neighbors. World Neighbors is a grassroots international development organization striving to eliminate hunger, poverty and disease in the poorest, most isolated rural villages in Asia, Africa [...]


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