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You can have a big impact by making small changes.

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Simple steps you can take at home to reduce your Carbon emissions today can help children around the world!

1. Eat Locally,  Food should be LOADED with Goodness (Local, Organic, Affordable, Delicious, Elegant and Delightful). the carbon foot print of food transport is BIG.

2. Sign up for 100% renewable energy with Marin's Deep Green Energy program.

Call 1-888-632-3674 and follow the prompts. Call to see if you qualify for solar panels.

3. Make your home more energy efficient. Have a no cost home energy and water conservation service come to your home - RisingsunEnergy.org. If homes were 25% more efficient it is the equivalent of half the cars being taken off the road.

4. Turn the thermostat down and put on a sweater. Sweaters and slippers are the trend setting new rage, try cashmere pajamas.

5. Have your next car be an electric car. Rebates of up to $7500 available and you can drive in fast lane

5. Say NO to plastic containers and bags. Be a citizen not a consumer and demand environmental consideration in your purchases.

6. Eat less meat good for your heart, good for the planet and of course good for the cows.
Every meat meal is the CO2 equivalent to about a tank of gas (320miles). 

Solutions for sustainable development in East Africa can begin with steps here in Marin which has the highest per capita co2 footprint of America.

Yogurt, healthier for you than milk, made locally at Benoit farms.

FULL FAT - I was talking to a local professional nutritionist, Donna Shoemaker, who has the scoop on the importance of our land and location of our foods and what to eat to avoid disease in our body. Her first tip recommends eating full fat dairy to reduce sugar cravings. I am not interested in getting into an argument. I like the taste of whole milk yogurt so I eat it. Its the way nature made it and for me nature has always proven to be well designed. This is my personal choice after checking out other camps and noticing that the french aren't too fat I like my choice. I have nothing against the low fat camp. I find I can reduce calories for example by cutting thinner slices of full fat cheese, they are just as satisfying as thick ones and I haven't destroyed the flavor.

  I visited the Benoit Creamery that makes full fat yogurt on Thursday. The creamery is on John Matto's 500 acre ranch of jersey cows (which produce some of the richest milk around, thanks to a high percentage of proteins and butter fat). He sells the Benoit family the milk, they mix it with a culture they brought with them from France, and local farm-fresh fruit and honey, including Twin Girls Farm’s stone fruit and Marshall’s Farm’s honey. The Yogurt sets up in their signature ceramic pots and voila healthy,delicious,  full fat yogurt. http://www.stbenoit.com/  Older Posts