Page 24 - Boca ViewPointe - March '21

Page 24, Viewpointe March 2021

Conserving Our National Resources: Food Part 1

By Steve Handwerker to not waste. PLEASE START TODAY TO MAKE THIS National Center for Crisis Management a part of Homeland
COMMITMENT!!! THANK YOU!! Security. He has lectured at the American Psychological
One excellent way of Association International Conventions for over 20 years
conserving natural resources Dr. Steven E. Handwerker is a Board Certified Licensed sharing his experience to students and colleagues across
without stepping outside Psychologist in four states (NY, FL, SD, VT) still in practice 150 programs. Dr. Handwerker is committed to the
your comfort zone is to after 40 years counseling individuals, families and groups protection of our environment and the conservation of
become aware of what you worldwide. He is a Supreme Court Family Mediator and the precious and limited resources of the ecosystems that
waste in regard to food and is a member of the Professional and Scientific Board of the comprise our living planet, our home. 
ultimately to let go of what
you DO NOT NEED before
you purchase it. Living sustainably, to not waste, is to forge
planet comes “naturally”> The smallest change can make a Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)
strong pro-environmental behaviors so that protecting the

positive difference. For example, to do more meal planning
and preparation and sticking to the plan can cut a lot of By Elyse Weintraub and then safely move over so that the emergency vehicle
waste in your home. Brown, Community can pass.
Each year the US federal government serves 30 million Education Specialist, Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when
children 5 billion meals and MUCH of it is wasted. One Palm Beach County Fire you are driving on a roadway with multiple lanes, and you
third of the world’s food, 1.3 billion tons is lost or wasted at Rescue see a fire truck or rescue truck working an emergency ON
a cost of 150 billion dollars annually. Lost and wasted food (561) 616-7051 or THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer is….When it
is behind more than a quarter (25%) of all deforestation and ewbrown@pbcgov.org is safe to do, merge away from a vehicle working on the
nearly a quarter of global water consumption. It generates side of the roadway to provide an empty travel lane for
as much as 10% of all greenhouse-gas emissions. This message is the emergency worker. If you are not able to safely move
Food waste is also connected to species extinction. Food brought to you by your over, you must slow down to a speed of 20 MPH below
production is the primary threat to bio-diversity worldwide friendly Firefighters from the posted speed limit unless directed otherwise by a law
and is expected to be responsible for 70% of terrestrial Palm Beach County Fire enforcement officer.
bio-diversity loss by 2050. WHAT CAN WE DO? It starts Rescue…. On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of travel
at home. Buying what groceries you need, making the best Every day firefighters and other emergency responders in the same direction to merge over to, you are REQUIRED
use of it and without waste is one answer. The true value of drive to emergencies. What’s more, oftentimes the to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per hour less than
food can be seen in relation to the water and other living emergency they are driving to is actually in the roadway. the posted speed limit. If the speed limit is 20 miles per hour
resources required to bring the food to market. We need to Although they are helping others and rendering aid, they or less, you must slow down to five miles per hour.
respect food and all that it truly represents. This kind of are also at risk of being injured and killed on our roadways In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for
consideration feeds the human spirit. by motorists. Help protect them…because if they can’t help sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing
The implications of this is that it is the little you in your time of need…who will? tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying
conservations that make the difference. Key ideas to Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) amber rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery or
consider and advocate for is that we do not need to take Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when loading on the roadside.
more habitat away from wildlife to grow more food, we you are driving on a local roadway, and you see DRIVING Violating the Move Over Law can result
simply need to WASTE LESS of what is already produced. BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other emergency vehicle in a fine and points on your license;
We squander so much in the name of convenience, with lights flashing and sirens wailing on the way to an and worse, because it puts rescuers,
perceived abundance and cosmetic preference and few of emergency? The Answer is …you must yield the right civilians, and other motorists at risk
us understand that connection that is so vital. Food waste of way. When it is safe to do so, move over as close as of serious injury and even death. For
is a conservation issue. The statistics are overwhelming reasonable to the closest edge of the curb of the roadway, everyone’s safety, share the Move
especially in the United States. Americans throw away clear of any intersection and then stop. When this happens Over Law with others. Help us…
40% of their food, upward of 400 pounds per person each on highways and interstates, rather than stop, slow down help You! 
year on the average while 42 million Americans report
that they do not have enough to eat especially in the
poverty areas of the country. Successful change of such
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