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October 2 - October 23, 2019
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Lisa Bakosi

Los Alamos - Environmental Sustainability Board

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 833 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    advocacy action
    completed
  • UP TO
    5.0
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    18
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    15
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    260
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    85
    minutes
    spent outdoors

Lisa's actions

Food

Try a New Way to Prep

I will try a new method of food preparation, such as canning, pickling, or baking bread.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 5 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Locally-Sourced Meals

I will source 1 meal(s) each day from local producers.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

I will spend 5 minute(s) each day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and the nature surrounding me.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Volunteer in my Community
    What is one thing you can do to help your community become more sustainable?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/17/2019 7:48 PM
    Hmmm, well one thing I have been able to do (with the help of many others) is work with the schools on greening up their cafeterias. I will continue to look for those opportunities.  Next, I hope to be part of the movement that brings large-scale composting to our community. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Practice Gratitude for Earth
    Kathleen Dean Moore says that a sense of gratitude leads to a sense of moral obligation. Do you agree? How do we cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals, and as a society?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/06/2019 8:28 PM
    I could see that. The more you're connected to and grateful for the world around you, I imagine, the more you would consider protecting and preserving it to the best of your ability for your continued enjoyment and for the joy of others. I don't know how we cultivate a sense of gratitude as a society - maybe it's up to each of us to create ripples in our smaller circles. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our planet and other people?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/06/2019 8:22 PM
    I don't know why we eat more here. Maybe we're the only crazy country willing to turn animals into an industry. Eating more meat, especially the bigger animals like cows and pigs takes up an enormous amount of resources to "farm". What we get out of it is copious amounts of unhealthy/poor quality meat from tortured animals, large amounts of CO2 from their waste,  and a huge waste of resources. It's terrible for the animals, our bodies, and the planet but at least we have a good place to send all that GMO corn we produce (sorry for the sarcasm - maybe not). 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Exercise Daily
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/06/2019 8:14 PM
    Funny you ask...one of my favorite ways to exercise is walking in nature with a close friend. That's like church to me. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Happiness
    How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/05/2019 11:32 AM
    I've only done this for two days and I can already tell it's shifting my perspective. Plus, how fun is it to send an email or text to a friend telling them how awesome they are. You can only make a better world if you start from a happy place in your own heart. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Locally-Sourced Meals
    If you were to only eat what is in season locally, what would be the hardest food item for you to give up?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/05/2019 11:31 AM
    Probably coffee, wine, or chocolate. Good thing NM makes good wine! 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Try a New Way to Prep
    Canning and pickling food is a great way to have delicious summer fruits and vegetables all year round. Just make sure to follow the canning and pickling guidelines from the USDA. What are some foods that you would like to preserve and enjoy later in the year?

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    Lisa Bakosi 10/05/2019 11:30 AM
    I just picked apples and I'm planning to freeze them and make bread. Earlier this year I got plums from a friend and I made freezer jam. I wish I would have thought to do tomatoes when they were still amazing. My other goal is to make pickles by fermentation. I took a class once. I'll pull out those notes.