More personal change project reports

Since I need to be putting my money where my mouth is, I continue on the following 'personal change' projects designed to reduce my impact on the Earth (in particular, emissions related to transit of me or food and unnecessary energy consumption/rare Earth mineral use/'unrecyclable' reduction):

• Bike commuting (even though I barely know how to ride)
• Official letter stating I can start working my community garden plot on Monday in Coralville (even though I do not know how to grow food)
• No cable or internet at home (hence bike commuting to Coralville Public Library as much as possible and soon...always?)
• Continued buy nothing with the exception of Goodwill for clothes (read: professional development in contemplative education=weight gain)
• Vegan and local food choices (working on eliminating all processed food and kombucha...but it's been tricky)

The logic behind these changes has already been blogged, but I wanted to remind myself of these and also create a record of progress so that I am able to speak about the process and the challenges with students starting this Fall.