Today's challenge: eat local!
This was actually difficult, and I don't think I've kept to the challenge very well. Part of the reason is that my work seems to limit my commitment to this week.
Being in the midst of another manic week, I don't have much time to stop and think about other stuff while in the office. So when I only have 20 minutes to have a quick lunch, even if I take care not to pick anything wrapped in plastic, I don't make the effort to ask the kitchen staff to find out what from the different food choices were produced locally. And I wonder if they would even know....
I did better for dinner: all the main ingredients were locally produced - endive, potato, milk, cheese, and I think also the mushrooms. Courtesy of this week's vegetable selection ;-)
And one good side-effect: I'm making others stop and think about this as well. Colleagues who look at me strangely when I am agonizing about how to take down my lunch if I can't use a plastic throw-away plate. But also friends, and it seems some of them might be taking this up themselves :-D
3 comments:
How cool that you are also inspiring other people now!
I think it's really good to be more conscious of the things we do. I'm no where near where you are, but when I bought stuff yesterday that I didn't really need, I did think about this project. Baby steps I guess
plastic throw-away plates?! wow... i always eat freshly prepared sandwiches at my desk. but then ofcourse we have the luxury of a team fridge for butter and ham, and no clean-desk policy so i can keep a pack of sprinkles and half a loaf of bread on my desk, and company (earthenware) plates that are collected and put in the dishwasher by the cleaning staff every night...
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