Sustainability with Noah Bleich, Ruth Kennison & Rick Nahmias

This week’s GoalChat focused on Sustainability with founders Noah Bleich, The TeaBook (he calls it “Sustainabili-tea”), chocolate educator Ruth Kennison of The Chocolate Project and Rick Nahmias, Food Forward, which recovers surplus produce and distributes it to agencies who feed the hungry. While the panel agreed sustainability can refer to many things, as it is Earth Month, the focus referred to ecological concerns.

What is Sustainability?

• Rick: A mindset that leads to an action, it’s how we lead our lives in relation to resources (Deb: “Sounds like entitlement is the opposite of sustainability”
• Noah: Look at the word: sustain is a timeframe; ability refers to whether we can do it
• Ruth: A question for others: what do you say it means?

As it Relates to Agriculture/Food

• Rick: Eat with intention; consider the miracles of food
• Noah: It’s supply and science, consider how you can get as close to zero waste as possible
• Ruth: Make food choices with intention, having conversations with suppliers, taste food, don;t just eat it
• Noah: The 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle

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How to Be More Conscious Regarding Food Waste?

• Rick: Prevent food waste; clear your plate, give away excess food, take home leftovers
• Noah: Remember, the “best by” date is a suggestion, formula is the only thing that has an experation
• Ruth: For chocolate, get to know the makers, educate yourself, see through the bs

Goals

• Rick: Share a food you love with somebody
• Ruth: Create themed dinners. Host a meal where everyone brings something they never tried before
• Noah: Enjoy your food!

Links

• Learn more about Noah Bleich, Ruth Kennison, and Rick Nahmias
• Connect with Noah Bleich, Ruth Kennison, and Rick Nahmias on LinkedIn
• Watch the Noah Bleich, Ruth Kennison, and Rick Nahmias episodes of Taste Buds with Deb
• Subscribe to GoalChat and Taste Buds with Deb
• Join the Taste Buds with Deb and Write On Online Facebook Groups
• Learn more about Goals with DEB
• Get your copy of Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals. Then join the Your Goal Guide Facebook group
• Order 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting

What’s your take on sustainability? Please share in the comments.

Next Week

We are talking about social media with Kristen Coffield, Annie Korzen, and Chef Rossi. Join us on Monday, April 14, at 4pm PT, for #GoalChatLive.

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