This class was awesome. So thank you to all of you guys! Yay you! I wanted to include a few pictures of my poster because if it’s to be reused I won’t have any to share ever again! I’ve learned from some of the other presenters in this course that a big step is just ‘letting go’ of material goods. Being too good of a consumer is nothing to be proud of and I’m teaching irrational habits to my children!
So pictures are a wonderful way to go! Taking photos of the things I want so I can have them forever without the mess. I’ve started to do this with some (but not all) of my children’s artwork as well. Because they create a TON of it. Anywho…
Here are my three super kids in front of the poster. The one on the far right made this poster twice as hard to put together than it should have been.
Also the can in front is an industrial sized Ravioli can that we were saving to use as a camp stove. Turns out Ravioli’s had some of the highest BPA’s tested.


I felt this was the most important to the course and this project. It seemed the environmental effects of BPA were rarely talked about. And the more research I did the more I realized it was a serious concern that should be addressed. Anything that messes with the developmental cycle of animals in the wild that WE put there should be evaluated and NOT dismissed.
Many people thought that these may have been exaggerated risks. But even if there is a grain of truth (which research provides evidence of concrete proof) this shouldn’t occur for a product that could easily not be used to package our food stuffs.
Thanks again everyone! It was such a fun class and I took away a wealth of insight from our group discussions.
Also…. I wanted to share with everyone the wild garlic that I didn’t get to bring in to the last day of class. : ( Here’s a picture though.
This is where my youngest son got a small cut and his older brother decided to try a “natural bandaid”.

And Morels we found on the same trip.


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May 7, 2010 at 8:46 pm
55helen55
I like that Idea of taking pictures, but also you don’t want to have stacks and stacks of boxes that contain pictures… trust me… I know…
Love the pictures with your kids, and thank you for education me on the issue. I have learn a lot fro not only your blog but from everyones blog.
It has been a pleasure reading your blogs.
Hope you keep spreading the word!
May 7, 2010 at 8:48 pm
55helen55
oh oh and also awesome on the wild garlic!!! hehe you don’t have to buy that anymore right?!?!
May 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm
starvingbrain
Thanks! I guess I was thinking digital pictures. But it’s the same thing with a mess of a computer and then if anything “crashes” you’ve lost it all! There is no way to keep everything forever I suppose. My parents have boxes of pictures and we never even look at them! Closed up for years. : )
May 7, 2010 at 9:06 pm
55helen55
haha I also have tons and tons of digital pictures… and recently had to reformat my computer so i lost some… I do have most of them on facebook, but don’t have originals… I also have actual pictures as well and yeah… agreed I don’t look at them…
I guess its true we all want to hold on to something for as long as possible, we need to learn to let go! but its sure is hard…
May 7, 2010 at 8:51 pm
starvingbrain
yes! I didn’t even know it was edible until the Earth day in the Union. I guess their too young for splitting into cloves and they had a really mild flavor. We cooked with them and they tasted more like chives. But maybe that’s just because they were so young…. I wish I knew more about onions/garlic.
May 7, 2010 at 9:08 pm
55helen55
I know I remember the girl saying that they had gather what they had from around the campus, and i thought that was totally crazy! but in a good way of course.
I also wish I knew of what I could actually eat that is available outside our doors!
But like Dr. Carroll said I would be too afraid of getting sick for mistaking something!