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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?


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    Patricia Iverson 5/15/2020 8:16 AM
    Just put in a raised garden bed and planted tomatoes, beans, zucchini, squash, basil and cilantro, which I will grow organically.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Practice the 5 R's
    What are some more "R's" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?

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    Patricia Iverson 4/17/2020 2:18 PM
    After hearing the founder of SCARCE, Kay McKeen, give a talk at York, I have heard her words that categorize all waste as resources and try to use this premise to guide my efforts at letting the 5 R's be my focus on decreasing waste disposal.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Reduce Single-Use Disposables
    What disposable plastic items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

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    Patricia Iverson 4/17/2020 2:12 PM
    This is a more difficult task in the time of COVID 19.  I try not to use plastic at home or to purchase foods that come to plastic in the grocery store where I shop with my reusable tote and produce bags.  However, due to fear of contamination, I am more hesitant to buy unpackaged produce, to place produce in reusable produce bags, and even to place items in my reusable tote.  This would lead to a thorough cleaning of all alternatives to plastic packaging.  Instead, I have tried to purchase in bulk to minimize plastic or only purchase vegetables that are loose when I see that produce workers are gloved and then give the produce a more thorough washing anyway. I am bringing wax paper bags for produce.
  • 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 bodies, our planet, and other people?

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    Patricia Iverson 4/17/2020 2:05 PM
    Meat has historically always been something the wealthy could afford.  It takes a great deal of resources to grow one cow or pig.  In addition, they give off methane gas as a byproduct.  Also, instead of growing corn and soybeans for human consumption, much of what we grow is for feed for these animals. So it would be very advantageous to eliminate this cholesterol-laden food from our diets, freeing up land to grow crops to feed people, while cleaning the air of this source of methane.

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    Patricia Iverson 4/15/2020 4:07 PM
    As a high school Social Studies teacher, a Climate Reality Leader, and one fortunate to have a driven student who organized a team for the Youth Climate Ecochallenge, I am hoping we can make a difference in impacting lives for a greener future.