Andrea Eagan

For an upcoming vacation, I will spend 20 minutes planning out a staycation in my region. For reference, one several hour flight releases the equivalent of nearly 14% of the annual emissions from a car.

I will spend 05 minutes each day practicing mindfulness.

Each day, I will track my purchases to identify my spending habits. This will allow me to see what purchases can be reduced.

During the workday, I will schedule time for daily breaks during work days to practice work-life balance.

I will replace 20 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

Each year, I visit my children's classrooms and teach them about pollution and how they can do their part to help keep our planet healthy and beautiful. We do an experiment with water, "polluting" it with food dye, coffee, vegetable oil, and household "trash" (wrappers, bottles, etc.) and then try to remove the pollution using a variety of tools (spoons, tongs, strainers, etc). We finish the Earth Day activity with a story about the Little Green Monster who learns his own lesson about how is actions can impact the environment.

I will make a few homemade cleaning products.

I will watch 1 documentaries about equity, gender, health, or peace.

I will use the communication methods I read about to practice effective, compassionate, and nonviolent communication with someone I interact with regularly (i.e., my roommate, parents, co-worker, partner, classmates, or children).

I will find out what food programs are in my area and donate food and/or other items that they request.