can you go strictly vegan for one full day?

Challenge 1-How difficult is it to be a vegan? Now that you're Vegucated, try out a healthy, vegan diet for one full day, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Comment on your experience, noting what you ate and how you felt.

can you create a meal based only on local, fresh ingredients?

Challenge 2- Shop at a local farmers market this saturday and find ingredients needed to create a complete, fresh, organic, free-range meal for your friends or family. Comment on the foods you chose, what you made, and the feedback you received for your efforts.
Coppell Farmers Market 

how much do you rely on carbon-producing transportation?

Challenge 3- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go back to sleep), free yourself completely from carbon-producing transportation, such as cars, motorcycles, and elevators. For this challenge you may not carpool with anyone. Comment on your experience walking, biking, skating, etc., all day without the use of fossil fuels.

how much trash do you produce each day?

Challenge 4- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go to sleep again), carry with you all the trash you produce in one day. Comment below about your experience and describe how much, and what, you ended up with at the end of the day.

TED Talk

Watch the following clip. After watching, respond below discussing, in your own words, what the following terms mean to you in the context of the lecture: Entropy, Big History, Goldilocks Conditions, Threshold Moments, and Collective Learning.

volcano vaca!

For this blog post, create your ideal travel itinerary to a famous volcano. This should be a three-day trip beginning with a flight out of DFW airport. You may choose ANY volcano you would like to visit. This volcano may be a shield, a cinder cone, a composite volcano, or other. Describe what you would do on your trip, including details about the volcano you are visiting and a link to one picture. Cite sources and be sure to include your name in your post. This blog post is due before 4pm on Friday.

star party!

What was the best part of the star party? 

What was your favorite astronomy lesson station? What were they teaching? 

How could we make the star party an even better success next time?