RECYCLE BREVARD 2018

I believe that it can and we must make an effort. However if the earth’s population becomes completely out of balance with available land for resources, we have system failures in all areas of sustainability. Science is not magic. The ‘balance of nature’ provides a very neat and clean balanced equation for living a healthy and good life.

LAST POST - Well, that's it for this year.  I didn't complete all my actions, but I made significant progress in establishing some new daily health habits.  And now that I am aware, I simply can never go back to using so much disposable stuff, ESPECIALLY plastic. THANK YOU TO ALL THE ECOCHALLENGE STAFF - SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!

My backyard pond runs into a local body of water and is affected by any runoff from my yard.

What concerns me the most about how we are affecting the planet is the daily damage in myriad ways that the average person contributes to the overall health of the planet be it waste, over consumption of goods, etc.  The apathy of the average individual is what concerns me most.

Pollinators are critical to our food supply and they are dying at a rapid rate.  Educating the general population re this matter is critical to our global survival.

I'm advocating for people to use bike paths in my community.  It's a healthy activity and saves the planet!

Knowing who produces your food will ensure its quality, and this will advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce it, especially for those in distant lands because we will learn the challenges they face.

Stop buying poorly packaged foods.

Use it to fund my sustainability projects I perform in my community.  

On this team we are fortunate to have one of the most knowledgeable people in the county about recycling.  Because of her, and her determination to solve the problems we have in recycling locally, I have only a few "problem children", the kind of small plastic items that jam equipment or wash up along the shoreline.  Fortunately,...