Port of Portland 2022

I am committing myself that if I get a new piece of clothing I will get rid of a piece I no longer utilize. 

Hopefully the smoke clears soon. I have not been able to spend more time outside (one of my challenges). 

Watched 30 minutes of the Frontline documentary Growing Up Trans—profiles of families with trans kids, and some of the complex questions facing parents, and pressures they face while supporting their children in getting to exist as their true selves.  I wish more people could spend the time to learn from stories such as these. 

I watched a documentary about Braddock, PA and environmental racism. It's no suprise to me that that areas closest to the mills and many industrial locations are typically where lower-paid, often-underserved, often Black and Latinx families are housed. This is no accident. Part of environmental racism is that the impacts of air, water and...

One of my challenges is to spend more time outside. To meet the challenge, I have been sitting outside in the mornings with my coffee while the dog spends time in the yard. It is more peaceful than watching the news!

I was able to rehome several things this week via my local Buy Nothing group, a community of folks giving and receiving without any money exchanged. I love the way it works. 

I purchased a washing machine with an autofill feature that only fills water to the amount that is necessary to wash the load of clothes and not fill completely with an un-necessary amount of water.

Shorter showers are proving to be a real struggle. As a parent the white noise of water has been the one real moment of peace and quiet that I can regularly count on. In order to make short showers an actual habit I will need to find a way to find uninterrupted peace and quiet in other ways.

Question: What did you fix and how did it go? Share a few pics if you can! I chose to replace the battery inside my daughter's portable bluetooth speaker. She's had the speaker for about 4 years and the battery life had ended. Rather than get a new speaker I did the research to figure out what new battery to buy and how to replace it. Taking...

I've been taking part in the EcoChallenge for the last 5 years. What keeps me coming back is the opportunity to see which of the actions I have taken as part of the challenge have now become unconscious standard practices. I believe subtle shifts like that can make a world of difference. Happy to be here!