Elaine Cole

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Elaine's actions

Regenerating Nature

Calculate My Water Footprint

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

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Balancing Consumption

Repair a Broken Item

I will repair at least one item that is broken, but is repairable. This might be items like garden tools, sewing machine, small appliances, electronics, clothing, and more.

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Nourishing Food

Listen to a Food Podcast

I will spend 30 minutes listening to a podcast about food.

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Nourishing Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 2 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

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Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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Elaine Cole 10/15/2022 7:42 AM

I have added a couple food focused podcasts (The Food Chain, BBC) to my Pandora account and will listen to some episodes this week. I still want to find one that focuses on plant based diets. Any recommendations??

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- Kyra Sciabica 10/17/2022 8:37 AM
  
  I don't know any podcasts for plant based diets, but some vegan YouTube channels that I've occasionally found helpful are Rainbow Plant Life, Pick up Limes, and Mina Rome. Pick Up Limes I think is run by a nutritionist, so she has a lot of information the benefits of the ingredients which is neat. I'm pretty sure all three of those do vegan recipes, but you can adapt them to vegetarian too if needed, which I certainly have. Good luck with your plant based journey and feel free to ask me questions; I've had a mostly plant-based diet for years now and I'm always happy to share tips!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Regenerating Nature Calculate My Water Footprint

What is one way you will reduce your water use? What is a practice you already have that helps you reduce your water use?

Elaine Cole 10/15/2022 7:21 AM

We use drip irrigation on our native and pollinator landscape. I am down to watering 3x/week in the fall but I will plan a date to drain the system and shut it off soon. Night are cool but now yet freezing but that could happen any day now.

Last fall I transplanted a few natives that did well this year so I may decide to put in another plant or two in and see if they get established over the winter.

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Elaine Cole 10/04/2022 3:22 PM

I am ready to be present and work on some of my actions each day in October. Go EcoPanthers!

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