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October 2 - October 23, 2019

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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
    Transportation Choose a Carbon Offset
    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?

    Bala Cadambi's avatar
    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 De-Clutter My Home
    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 Needs Vs. Wants
    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 Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    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 De-Clutter My Home
    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.