Seattle Market

I started this month's challenge hoping to connect with like-minded teammates as well as work on concrete steps to reduce my carbon, water and energy footprint. I feel like I have made progress on all these fronts this month, but this is just the beginning, and I will need to keep the momentum and learning going!

I started this month's challenge hoping to connect with like-minded teammates as well as work on concrete steps to reduce my carbon, water and energy footprint. I feel like I have made progress on all these fronts this month, but this is just the beginning, and I will need to keep the momentum and learning going!

Food equity and access is directly dependent on the ability to increase and improve food security, and improving food security cannot be done solely by increasing agricultural output. Rather a systematic approach is needed - a core concept of such a systematic approach would be that food systems be democratically controlled and community...

I FINALLY started bringing reusable bags to the grocery!

I have been walking to places that are close by instead of driving each time, especially to stores that are within the same block or around the same parking lot.

Through this challenge and the weekly chats, I've learned so many new ways to improve how I behave, consume, and interact with my environment. It was so much fun meeting other people with likeminded ideals! 

Most excited to visit the local climbing walls and find new camping spots during our staycation. Eventually most excited to go whale watching soon off the coast of this wonderful state! 

Something I've always dabbled with in and out, setting goals and this time to focus during earth month has reminded me that checking in with myself and prioritizing my health has benefits everywhere. 

Two of the tastiest sustainable seafood meals I've ever had, one was off a boat in Mauritius where the guides spearfished and roasted them on sticks over a fire. The other was from eating and Sushi Kashiba in Washington that uses sustainable and locally caught fish.

Today I celebrated a work-life balance by setting some time aside to go to the rock climbing gym. Getting on the wall and focusing on not only the physical challenge but also mental challenge of climbing while appreciating the balance between strength and movement that is needed to reach the top of the wall helps me reset. By resetting I can...