May 17th, 2013 
Megan Stilley 
Last year we had a massive garden. It took up the majority of our backyard with peas, leeks, carrots, beans, summer squash, winter squash, lettuces, broccoli, tomatoes, collards and herbs. But to be honest, it was a lot of work and a lot of it was a bust. It was extremely hot and dry last [...]
May 11th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
Kansas may have its issues (conservative senators that are not always best for the environment) but I like it. I used to hate driving across Kansas because there was nothing to look at, just farmland. However, I was recently driving through Kansas and I decided that I like the nothingness. It is nice to see [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
Tags: Megan Stilley, minimalism 
No Comments » April 26th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I was thinking the other day how people try to make sustainability and environmental thinking an easy task. People like to come up with easy tasks to do your part. This is done to make it seem easy to be “green” and encourage people to change their ways. While these steps are helpful, in the [...]
April 19th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I received an email asking me to watch and review a movie titled Chow Down (2010). After reading the brief synopsis, I decided it was up my alley. Chow Down is available on Hulu for free, which is a really convenient way to reach the public. This is another movie that discusses our current American [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Policy, Reviews Tags: diet, Megan Stilley, Movie Review, Public Health No Comments » April 12th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
Monsanto is at it again. Everytime I see their name in the headlines I cringe, waiting to see what they have done now. This time, they somehow got Senators on their side and passed a bill that allows them to keep on planting GMO seeds even if courts decide they are illegal or causing health [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Policy, President Obama Tags: Food, food industry, GMO, legislation, Megan Stilley, Monsanto No Comments » April 9th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
Whole Foods is a popular, big chain, natural grocery store. They offer a large selection of organic produce and often have sales on it. They also offer sustainable meat options. They even have a welfare grade on their meat to tell you how the animals were raised. They are going to require GMO labeling on [...]
April 5th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
Genetically modified foods (GMOs) are a hot button issue. If you care about organic food then you are against them. If you are a corporation producing them, then of course you are trying to push them on consumers. Yet it seems most Americans just don’t know about them. They have probably heard about them in [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Reviews Tags: Books, Food, Genetically modified food, GMO, Megan Stilley, Monsanto No Comments » March 29th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I am disappointed that the Senate passed approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline construction. But am I really surprised? No. I guess you could say I am pretty pessimistic about the federal government doing anything positive for climate change. Even though it is non-binding currently, I am sure it will eventually be fully passed and [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Climate Change, Keystone Pipeline, Megan Stilley, politics No Comments » March 22nd, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I know summer is still a few months away but I have been thinking how to make my life more environmentally friendly and sustainable. I keep thinking about what to do but now I want to make the next step and start taking action. I am tired of just coming up with solutions but not [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Megan Stilley, summer challenge, taking actions No Comments » March 15th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I feel like we keep talking about sustainability and how to solve the sustainability issue as a society but we aren’t really getting it. For example, I was listening to my local NPR station as I often do and they had a story about climate change and how we as humans are going to see [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Education, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Climate Change, Megan Stilley, NPR No Comments »
