Judy Brooks-Levar

Team Wehr

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participant impact

UP TO

745

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

3,230

minutes

spent outdoors

Judy's actions

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

Do at Home

I will enjoy the sunrise and/or sunset each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Do Nature Activities

Do at Home

I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 30 minute(s) each day. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)

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DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Go for a Daily Walk

Do at Home

I will take a 45-minute walk outside each day.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Practice Gratitude for Earth

Do at Home

I will spend 60 minute(s) per day outside, practicing gratitude (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.) for Earth and my natural surroundings.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

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Judy Brooks-Levar 10/23/2020 4:18 PM

just to be clear, my 60 minutes a day practicing gratitude and meditating in not outside ( it has to be 50 degrees and dry for that to happen,) but inside, feet up watching out of my large picture windows which over-look our woodland, watching the world wake up and grateful for all the plants and animals ( insects included) who live and visit.

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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 can we cultivate a sense of gratitude as individuals, and as a society?

Judy Brooks-Levar 10/14/2020 4:28 PM

Ever since I read Braiding Sweet-grass (can't remember the author) I try to practice reciprocity - because I am grateful I need to give back to Mother Earth. I live in a simple but beautiful area, and I can't help but being grateful every morning when I look out my window.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Go for a Daily Walk

How do you experience your neighborhood or city differently when walking instead of driving?

Judy Brooks-Levar 10/14/2020 4:24 PM

Oh my goodness, there is no comparison - I talk to my neighbors and I drink in the colors while I walk - I am connected!.

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- Joanne Schilz 10/14/2020 6:44 PM
  
  Walking lets me slow down and focus on what I am seeing, hearing, and feeling. This fall has been great for that!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Do Nature Activities

What did you observe while spending time outside -- through sight, sound, smell and/or touch?

Judy Brooks-Levar 10/14/2020 4:22 PM

All of the above - I hear the call of the great horned owl, I smell the musk left by a visiting skunk, I see the beautiful orange and yellow and green of the fall trees, and I feel the soft fur of the feral cat who has learned to trust me - enough to allow me to pet him.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Nature Enjoy the Sunrise/Sunset

Father Thomas Berry says, "... our primary purpose is celebration. Celebration of the dawn and the sunset and the different seasons of the year is a religious ritual, a way in which humans can establish their integral relationship with the universe, with the planet Earth." What is your response to Berry's assertion?

Judy Brooks-Levar 10/14/2020 4:19 PM

I love to watch the sun traveling down the trees in my back yard, and as the seasons change the colors I notice are different - puts me in touch with the rhythm of life

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