by Sandi Sturm | Dec 16, 2019 | Sustainable Workplace
Way back in 1999, I was living in western Colorado and served as the Pollution Prevention Coordinator for that entire region. This meant a lot of driving from county to county, working with local governments to reduce their waste and polluting practices. Ironic now...
by Sandi Sturm | Dec 2, 2019 | Science of Climate Change
Edgar Allan Poe is credited for the saying, “Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear,” which seems more relevant today as we are bombarded with fake news from unlimited media channels. So who do you trust to give you the real story? I don’t have a...
by Sandi Sturm | Nov 25, 2019 | Climate Change and People
A couple of years ago we discovered a little town on the coast of Oregon where the temperatures were comparable to South central Alaska where we had spent many years. It was the summer of 2017 when San Francisco was experiencing temperatures of 105 degrees F. We were...
by Sandi Sturm | Nov 11, 2019 | Sustainable Workplace
Just a few days ago I participated in the Youth Strike that was held all over the world. Here in the Northwest of the US they were well attended, and it looked like the attendees get it. They understand that Climate Change is real. But are they changing any of their...
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....
