The Hartford - HEAT Team

By far this was the hardest of challenges as I felt all the easier ones I took and did in the past, everything I have now is more thought provoking and hard challenges and over time I feel I can get better at them. 

This also was quite hard to do and I don't feel the work is fully done here. 

I felt this would be easy to do, on the contrary I found days where I will ponder on a thought and take more time. I eventually got good at it. It still is an effort. 

Pollinators maintain a lot of resources that we as humans, as well as other animals need for survival (food, habitat, etc). Bats are my favorite pollinators.

Equity is important for everyone. I thank the folks responsible for the ecochallenge. I learned a lot from the resources provided. 

I've seen barriers with my children. My 5 year old daughter is called bossy, when my 7 year old son exhibits the same behaviors and no one makes comments about him. 

I love the ecochallenge - I learn something new each year and am able to create lasting habits. 

I usually have a difficult time practicing mindfulness as my mind races and constantly thinks about all the things that I have to do.  I have slowly been able to clear my mind a little more to allow myself to relax.  It is still a work in progress.

It was truly an insightful experience. It is amazing to learn the vulnerabilities you have in your home when you coordinate a readiness plan. I found a number of resources, including habitat.org, redcross.org, militaryonesource.mil and cdc.org (to name a few). I highly recommend EVERYONE do this as you never know when SHTF and you don't want to...

I am composting my food scraps to make soil for my garden