Flour!
At the outset of this local diet I thought that one of the harder staple food items to find might be flour. Some of the people who tried to do the 100 mile diet in Vancouver, Canada, found that one of the hardest things to find was wheat (flour) and they missed it a lot. [...]
How far is 200km from Fuchu City, Tokyo?
In order to try and get as much food as I can from with 200km of Tokyo, I need to know how far 200km from my house is. One unfortunately thing about living in Tokyo is that about half of the 200km is water. I will have to wait and see how well the tracking [...]
To eat more locally
I have decided to make a genuine eat more locally. I have defined locally as with 200km of my house in Fuchu, Tokyo. Obviously the closer the better, but 200km seems like a reasonable distance especially considering all the “100 mile diet” (link). Failing to be able to get products from with 200km, the goal [...]
Fallen a bit behind but going well.
Into week 9 of my Masters Degree in sustainable development now. I definitly fell a bit behind initially due to simply being out of practice in terms of how to study and getting myself in the groove. I have been slowly catching back up but over the next week or 2 I will make a [...]
Tour de Western Japan Presentation
Earlier this week, I did my first presentation of my 3000km cycling trip from earlier this year. I prepared about 90 slides and presented to the Half Fast Cyling club on Wednesday and the Pink Cow near Shibuya. Even though the entire presentation was in English, as it approached I got really nervous (and consequently [...]
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