I feel like I never have time to practice mindfulness/meditation, but when I do it even for a couple of minutes, I can feel my stress levels decrease right away. It is definitely worth bringing in to my daily routine!

One of my current practices that reduces my water footprint is to only run our dishwasher when it is full. To further reduce consumption I will shorten my shower times.

I haven't eaten red meat in nearly 15 years so it has always been easy to incorporate seafood into my diet. The more recent thing I've educated myself on, through research such as watching documentaries and simple google searches, is that not all seafoods are sustainable sourced. Through my research I've been able to find sustainably sourced salmon and have been obsessed with making bento boxes with grilled salmon, sushi rice, a side of salad with miso dressing and miso soup of course!

Since the weather has been nicer, I've found myself going to the farmer's market every Sunday. I bring my own produce bags in order to avoid using the plastic bags they offer. Since I've been gardening a lot lately, I've been throwing peels and other parts of vegetables that have either gone bad, or that I don't want to eat, into the soil of my garden. So far, the bees have not left the garden, if anything, there are more! I want to continue educating myself on composting and hopefully get my family and friends to incorporate it into their lives as well.