Current Location: London
I'm back with more easy vegan baking! This week was a bit stressful for me (thank you UK tenancy policies) which lead to my antagonizing myself over the consistency of this cake. BUT, on the bright side, 1) I have housing and 2) I managed to make a cake that is both fluffy and moist (and vegan of course).
Happy 4th of July! I have to admit, it is extremely strange to celebrate independence from the country in which I currently reside. But nonetheless, I will be celebrating my favorite way -- with food!
I've just completed a marathon of an exam period -- and my last one ever! As much as I enjoyed my degree I am thrilled to be finished with the study portion of it. Now all that's left is a 10,000 word dissertation...
I've been a little busy lately with the end of term so I'm just getting this March challenge post in under the wire. For my March challenge, I decided to think about ways to "green" my travel. This is an important challenge for me since I live very far away from my family and will certainly be doing a fair bit of trans-Atlantic travel in my future (hi Mom). Flying has an extremely high environmental cost from the carbon emissions produced by jet fuels. I do my best...
A few weeks ago the conservative party in the UK released a 25 year plan for environmental policies. In the United States, environmental policy is generally relegated to liberals. In my opinion, most American liberals generally support pro-environment platforms because they feel like it is the progressive thing to do. Conversely, conservatives generally are against...
I haven't written about my last few monthly challenges because sometimes they make me feel a bit silly. I read stories on the news about American immigrants being deported, women sexually assaulted in the workplace, and people starving to death in North Korea and I wonder, what is the point? In the grand scheme of things, does any of this matter? Sometimes I feel very small...
I recognize that I am an incredibly privileged person. I am a white cis American woman who grew up in a loving and supportive two parent household. I had access to food every day, education and healthcare, and I have lived in safe and clean communities...
Disclaimer: I don't actually know anyone who is an annoying vegan. Everyone I know who is vegan is kind and has never once made me feel badly about my choices. But all of them did help convince me to go vegan and they have been extremely supportive ever since...
I did some traveling to Ireland this past weekend so I thought I would share one of my minimalist/sustainable travel hacks. Ever since I started making my own hair products I've been curious about what other personal care products I could make myself. One product that I've been super interested in making is deodorant. Last year I forayed into the organic/natural deodorant genre...
We’ve all heard the admonition from our parents, “finish your plate, there are starving children in Africa.” It is admittedly a strange expression because the relationship between my plate of food in the United States (or anywhere else) and a food insecure person in a developing country is not clear. I’ve been writing and talking about food waste for a while...
From Brown to Green 