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October 2 - October 23, 2019

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transportation
    A round-trip flight from New York City to Los Angeles emits just over 1.5 tons of CO2—per person. That’s a lot of carbon! What can you do to reduce the number of flights you take per year?

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    Bala Cadambi 10/22/2019 7:31 AM
    When I travel to India once or twice a year to visit and help my mother who is in the 90s, do we share the air travel carbon footprint?  I could move to India, but then I'd be away from my US family.  Isn't this the dilemma of first generation immigrants?

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    Linda Gerber 10/19/2019 1:27 PM
    I'm chipping away at my earth unfriendly habits one ecochallenge at a time.  
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity
    How can you prevent yourself from accumulating more things in the future?

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    Linda Gerber 10/19/2019 1:23 PM
    I'm going paperless with my medical correspondence and records a Kaiser.  Also, going paperless for other bills.  I did discover, however, that my insurance company won't even email me a bill to give me a heads up about renewing my policy annually.  I can put it in my calendar to check on the website, but, oh dear, what if I forget?!  I'm trying to line up my payment due date with my property taxes so I'll be able to remember:  two big bills coming my way in November.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity
    How is creativity necessary for practicing simplicity?

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    Linda Gerber 10/14/2019 4:28 PM
    Reusing and up cycling are two activities that require creativity.  If I have a need for something, I ask, “What else could serve the same purpose.” If I have something I no longer need, I ask, “What other purpose could this serve?”
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    High Impact Action Track
    Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

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    Linda Gerber 10/14/2019 4:24 PM
    On vacation with my family now and trying to avoid single use plastic but, wow, it’s hard to do. I have responded to a satisfaction survey at the hotel we’re staying, praising them for the sustainable practices and suggesting improvements they could make.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity
    How can you prevent yourself from accumulating more things in the future?

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    Bala Cadambi 10/10/2019 7:31 AM
    Set a goal and share with close friends for support

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    Linda Gerber 10/09/2019 12:30 PM
    I’m Mari Kondo-ing my kitchen drawers. So much clutter, so many tools I no longer use. Big opportunity to get those heart-shaped hot cake molds back in circulation.  Little kids love ❤️ hot cakes.