Once you’ve solved your buying, storing, and creative use issues with food waste, you still have to deal with…kitchen scraps aka food waste. There are several ways to dispose of your kitchen scraps in a climate-friendly manner and keep it out of the landfill where it generates methane gas. You can use the services provided […]
Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste!
“Just Eat It.” is a 2014 documentary film about food waste from the farm, through the retail chain, and into the refrigerator. A couple in Canada pledge to quit grocery shopping and to live for 6 months on food that is discarded or given free. The hour-long film highlights the responsibilities consumers have if they […]
Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste!
Consider the following: Globally, about 8% of greenhouse gases are from food that is wasted. In the US, food waste creates more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. One-third of the food grown for people in the US is never consumed. 37% of the food waste happens in the home – that comes to about […]
October Challenge
We’re coming to the end of September and our “Reduce Your Fossil Fuel Footprint” Challenge! We hope you have downloaded the spreadsheet and kept track of home and transportation energy use. If you haven’t, there’s still time to send in your scores by October 8! Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste! Consider the following: […]
COVID-19 and Church Activities
Have you wondered how the OUUC staff decide what to do about congregational activities as the COVID epidemic waxes and wanes? The Health and Safety Task Force, the OUUC staff, and the Board have adopted a system that defines the risk of disease transmission each week. For each of the five risk categories, a spreadsheet […]
