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No Impact Week: Food
green | October 20th, 2009 - 12:00 PM
HuffPost’s No Impact Week looks into ‘Food’. If you haven’t joined their No Impact Week, then try a few of their goals anyway.
Wednesday of No Impact Week : Healthy Eating can also lessen your Footprint.
You probably will be if you haven’t planned for this day in advance. We won’t kid you, today is a toughie. You’ve tackled trash and transportation, no small feats. Now it’s time to focus your efforts on food. The good news is that eaters the world over are reinventing themselves as locavores, vegetarians, organic foodies and gardeners – and feeling better for it. During their No Impact Year, the Beavan family examined and altered what they ate and found new, carbon-friendly ways to nourish themselves. They ate locally and seasonally. Packaged and processed food disappeared from their grocery list. The Beavans soon discovered that these changes not only lessened their environmental impact, but also enabled them to lose weight and improve their health. Best of all, they got to spend more time with friends and family at vibrant farmers’ markets and while making and sharing meals. What will you discover?
Steps:
- Take your food list from yesterday and calculate your carbon “foodprint.” Did you eat anything grown within 250 miles? Find out what’s in season locally.
- For this week define your own limits. Will you only buy food grown within 100 miles of your home, or food only grown in the your country? Will you give up beef or try veganism? Since you aren’t consuming packaged products (which create trash), your choices may be easier than you think.
- Dig in! Bicycle to a farmers’ market. Learn some new recipes. Invite friends over for a potluck.
Shopping
- Find your nearest local, sustainable, and organic bakery, butcher, and farmers’ market in the Eat Well Guide.
- If you can’t give up coffee this week, switch to fair trade. Need sugar? Try locally harvested honey. Need olive oil? Try local butter. Wine?
- Download Food and Water Watch’s Smart Seafood Guide for buying ocean-friendly fish.
- There’s no denying it – eating fewer animal products can be the single greenest move you can make. Try going vegetarian for your No Impact week, or having meat in just one of your meals. You can even just try it for a day! You’ll find recipes and resources for delicious veggie-based meals perfect for any day of the week at Meatless Monday.
- Can’t give up meat? Take this meat production glossary with you to the store.
Ideas for Change
Cooking
- Practice “passive cooking’ by using leftover boiling water to soften and even lightly cook (or steam) things. Instead of sautéing or braising greens, massage them with some oil and vinegar until soft and wilted.
- Find ways to use your oven for shorter periods. Put food in during the preheating stage and turn the oven off early to let the heated air finish cooking your food!
- Save money and eat healthier by preserving food. You can expand your local food options through the seasons by canning or freezing lo-cal produce year round.
This is a great group activity.thanks to Huffpost for sharing their ideas: check out their website.
Eating Out
- Pack school or office sandwiches and snacks in re-useable or washable cloth bags. Use glass or stain-less steel lunchboxes or To-Go Ware.
- According to WasteFreeLunches, a child who brings her own lunch to school will save about $250 a year. Ask for tap water instead of bottled.
- Bring your own doggy bag from home when you’re eating out.
- Whether you’re driving cross-country or across town, find local, sustainable and organic restaurants.
- Put down the McNuggets and check out the anti- fast food movement, Slow Food. Their 83,000 members have discovered a slower, cleaner, healthier way of eating. Sounds delicious!
If you haven’t signed up for No Impact Week, you can do so here.
They are asking people to sign up so they can communicate with you about the week – and as one way for you to share your experiences with HuffPost.
HuffPost are also be inviting you to send in photos, videos and blogs to be featured on HuffPost Green.
You can also keep the conversation going on Twitter by using the hashtag #nipweek and following @noimpactgroup.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/the-no-impact-week-guide_n_317277.html
