"Maintaining a daily practice of 'human-being' rather than 'human-doing'."
POINTS TOTAL
0
TODAY
0
THIS WEEK
465
TOTAL
Louisa's actions
Simplicity
De-Clutter My Home
I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.
COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS
Waste
Visit a Waste Management Facility
I will visit a local dump/transfer station, material recovery facility, and/or landfill to learn about the waste stream.
UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION
Nature
Tend a Garden
I will tend to a garden each day, or work on starting one.
COMPLETED 4
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?
I was not able to complete all my challenges every day, and I wasn't able to fulfill my one-time challenge. :-( However, I did donate some $$ to NWEI, which I try to do every year, so I did manage to accrue some extra points. :-)
I really fell short of meeting my challenges this year. I did some de-cluttering, but other obligations took precedence over my daily de-cluttering goals. I couldn't tend the garden daily, as the community garden where I planted my garlic is an hour drive away - only reachable on weekends. And a work assignment got in the way of achieving my one-time challenge. :-(
This coming Friday, I am signed-up to participate in NJDEP Volunteer Day. This volunteer activity will take place at the Elmora Community Garden in Elizabeth, NJ. Proposed projects include: community plot garden clean-up & adding additional wood chips; micro farm clean-up & garlic planting; and building raised beds and installing benches for senior citizens. Because this activity takes place after the EcoChallenge, I don't think I can take credit for it toward my challenge of tending a garden.
Today I was signed-up to go on a trip to Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex in Mansfield, NJ. I'm taking a course through my office titled, "Wastewater & Environmental Infrastructure Operations". Each month there is an in-house lecture and an on-site visit to a wastewater treatment plant or recycling facility. Due to a last-minute work assignment, I couldn't go on the trip today. Bummer! No points toward my one-time challenge of visiting a waste management facility! :-(
I re-purposed plastic spiral binder covers from old reports. I recycled the papers at work, then at home I cut the covers to fit in the bottom of my cloth grocery bags. Now my cloth bags have a supportive "floor" again!
Joan, the co-op built the beds and I was given this one to use for my garlic. I did, however, have to add 3-4 wheelbarrows' worth of soil to the existing structure before planting the garlic.
Carey Compton 10/23/2017 2:32 PMYum!!!! Excellent Louisa - Way to Go!
i q 10/19/2017 3:16 PMSmart and sustainable!
Joan Olawski-Stiener 10/19/2017 1:07 PMGreat idea Louisa!
Sheila and Everett Sjolseth 10/19/2017 6:49 AMA great idea! Very cool!
