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October 7 - October 28, 2020
Deborah Kim (Ecochallenge.org Staff)'s avatar

Deborah Kim (Ecochallenge.org Staff)

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 684 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    322
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    11
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    32
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    92
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Deborah's actions

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Happiness

Do at Home

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Nurture Self-Compassion

Do at Home

I will spend 10 minutes nurturing my Self-Compassion.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Switch to Cold Water

Do at Home

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community

Support Native Communities

Do at Home

I will use the resource links provided and spend 30 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Healing and Renewal

Go for a Daily Walk Outside

Do at Home

I will take a walk outside for 15 minutes each day.

COMPLETED 13
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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Healing and Renewal Go for a Daily Walk Outside
    Fresh air and movement are good for our entire being and can help us think more clearly and creatively. How does taking a walk each day affect yourself and/or your work?

    Ideally I'd like to take a walk in the middle of the day or during my lunch break to recharge, but these days I find myself walking at the close of the day, with the late afternoon light. I usually walk with my dog, and it can be really lovely to smell the air and be mindful of my senses and where we are in the world; to leave the work day behind, re-center, and appreciate our neighborhood.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community Support Native Communities
    Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?

    Balance is crucial because without it, one thing overtakes the others, like the balance of prey and predators in wildlife. In our modern world, many factors have upset the balance of nature — extracting resources, polluting, over-producing and over-consuming, logging rainforests... Respect and stewardship of the land are key parts of indigenous and Native cultures, taking no more from the land than you need, and honoring its gifts.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Healing and Renewal Nurture Self-Compassion
    How can nurturing your Self-Compassion also nurture healthier relationships with others and the environment?

    Nurturing my Self-Compassion brings awareness to the relationships I have with others, and how important kindness is — paying attention, being gentle, and practicing care. Even though I wasn't able to find time for this every day, I'm grateful to have learned this type of meditation and hope I can practice it more often!