by Sandi Sturm | Mar 29, 2020 | Climate Change and People, Living Sustainably, Reducing Carbon Footprint
Back in college biology class, where I struggled with every assignment, I remember one lesson to this day. It must have triggered a fear response in my amygdala. The professor brought to our minds the image of a lily pond. On day one, there were two lily’s...
by Sandi Sturm | Mar 27, 2020 | Living Sustainably, Reducing Carbon Footprint, Sustainable Holidays
As a former landfill superintendent, I now feel that if I had paid attention, the waste arriving would have been more colorful after specific dates on the calendar. In November there would be orange and black decorations, plastic pumpkins that did not make the night,...
by Sandi Sturm | Feb 28, 2020 | Climate Change and People, Reducing Carbon Footprint
Sitting in a hotel room recently I looked around and noticed all the little red, white and blue lights that were glowing. It just happened to be the fourth of July week, so at first, I thought, “How patriotic.” But then my thoughts went to how unnecessary it was to...
by Sandi Sturm | Jan 20, 2020 | Reducing Carbon Footprint
You read that right. A couple of months ago we drove down to Phoenix to give a Climate talk at Arizona State University for a student environmental group. The evening before, we met up with the organizer at a local brewery so we could get acquainted and learn more...
by Sandi Sturm | Dec 30, 2019 | Reducing Carbon Footprint
Lighting has evolved from the time of Thomas Edison, who invented the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb in 1879. It was revolutionary. Can you imagine how cool it must have been to be able to plug in your first light bulb? But the incandescent bulb...
by Sandi Sturm | Nov 5, 2019 | Living Sustainably, Reducing Carbon Footprint, Sustainable Holidays
It seems we are in perpetual holiday mode. Every time I go to the store there is a section dedicated to the next holiday, which could be two months away. Halloween shows up before the heat of summer passes and commingles with Christmas trees and red and green candy....
