We're getting close to the end of our Sustainable Works series. Next week is our last session and we talk about food and shopping. As I've mentioned, I've been so patiently and eagerly waiting for this upcoming class. I wonder what our fearless leader, Becca, and I will come up with as a tasty treat for the other students!
Anyway, yesterday's class was all about transportation. Becca was out of town for this week's class, which is unfortunate because her expertise is in alternative fuel. In Becca's place was the lovely Victoria and she walked us through the perils that LA's environment is facing because of the high volume of single rider vehicles on the roads.
I don't think I necessarily learned anything I didn't already at least have a vague knowledge of in this particular class. It was pretty straight forward and basic. However, I am looking at it as more of a reminder to ride my adorable bike more frequently than I do. I work about two miles away from where I live, but I don't bike very often because I end up really tired after biking and then working on my feet all day. I'm going to work to figure out a way to not exhaust myself so that I can bike more frequently. Maybe it will just be as simple as giving myself extra time before and after work to recover from biking to standing and vice versa. I'm also going to give Santa Monica's mini blue bus another shot some time next week to see if it can redeem itself. The one time I attempted to take the bus to work, I waited for about 40 minutes for a bus that is supposed to come every 15 minutes and it never showed. Reliable public transportation is one of the things that makes me miss living in metropolitan cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco.
As far as other ways to reduce your carbon foot print in regards to transportation, remember that it does not only pertain to how you get yourself from point a to point b. You should also think about the origin of products you purchase and about where the food you eat is coming from. As I'm sure we'll discuss in our food segment next week, it's always best to choose local as often as possible. In the Los Angeles area, we are fortunate in that there is always at least one Farmers' Market going on somewhere every day.
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