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I've always been a fan of cooking with kids. It's math, family history, nutrition, reading, and life skills all rolled into one. Plus you get to make something yummy and eat it! The challenge is (as always) finding the time so I can slow down and...
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Every school year, my 22 kindergarten students have a birthday and their parents want to celebrate by bringing in cakes, or cup cakes from big box stores. We all know what the ingredient labels look like as far as chemicals and coloring... yuk. Kids just don't know what their food...
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I have had a worm farm in my kindergarten classroom for a few years and when the kids remember, they'll bring their compostable food scrapes back to place into the worm farm. This year we are going to build a wagon in our classroom wood shop that we can permanently...
Eating less meat has been a vague goal of mine for some time now. I don't want to become a vegetarian, because, well, I like meat! Maybe I'd be healthier by being a vegetarian. But I'm just not ready to take that step. But here's a project that...
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My friend had a great idea - she donated the equivalent of her grocery expenses to the Oregon Food Bank. I'm taking up the challenge and passing it on: track your food expenses for the week and donate the total to an organization that helps people feed themselves....
The world is a big place and there's lots of stuff that needs doing. Find a group that needs a helping hand and join their work for the day. Tell us who you helped and why. Put it in gear and make a difference!
Sometimes life feels too chaotic. As if there's a constant stream of data whooshing by & I can't find the important bits that will keep me afloat. This conversation is a place to talk about the tools we use to manage our time, our information, our calendars, our...
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There's so many reasons to do this. It's not just about saving resources - it's also about the joy of sleeping in instead of lugging hoses around at 6am. It's about taking a vacation during a hot spell. It's about doing the job right and getting plants deeply rooted. ...
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