Blackout! Lessons Learned From a Night Without Electricity

Blackout! Lessons Learned From a Night Without Electricity

January 26th, 2025 – 8:12pm: CRACK-BOOM! It was like lightning had just struck our house. All the lights go out as we’re dropped into darkness. My wife, step-mother, and daughter scream as both the baby and dog come running terrified. I go to the window to check how many of our neighbors are affected by the blackout. Total darkness. It’s […]

Verdant Growth: Stretch Goals for 2025

Verdant Growth: Stretch Goals for 2025

In my last blog post, I covered some of my main goals I want to achieve in the sustainability/Verdant Growth side of my life, but I have a few smaller stretch goals that I’d like to try for as well. These are goals that I thought of as I tried to figure out what I want my goals to be […]

A Vegetarian Dish A Month – December 2024: Vegan Cheesecake

A Vegetarian Dish A Month – December 2024: Vegan Cheesecake

This is it. The final “first time ever” vegan recipe for this year! I’ve now made 12 vegetarian/vegan dishes that I never made before! That’s 12 more meals I can make that are healthier, kinder, and full of flavor than I could ever make before. My journey took me to different countries (middle east, India, Asia, Europe), to varying levels […]

TSL:SFN – The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos w/ Mark Easter

TSL:SFN – The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos w/ Mark Easter

In this episode, we dive deep into the environmental impact of our food systems with Mark Easter, a leading expert on the intersection of agriculture and climate change. His upcoming book, The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos, presents groundbreaking insights on the hidden carbon footprint embedded in the way we grow, transport, and consume our food. […]

A Vegetarian Dish A Month – May 2024: Toum!

A Vegetarian Dish A Month – May 2024: Toum!

I already know what you’re thinking: “What the heck is toum?” That was exactly what I thought when I bought my first toum (or “Toom” as it was branded). It was being sold as a “delicious vegan sauce”, and I thought I’d give it a shot, and bought some pita bread to go with it. For those uninitiated, it’s a […]

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