SAGE EcoLogicals

Takeaways from EcoChallenge 2022 - The biggest challenge was setting so many goals made it difficult to address all of them.  It was fun but difficult to achieve on a daily basis.  However there are a couple of actions that I will pursue, if not on a daily basis then at least frequently during each week.   I am most proud of my day-to-day...

I fixed an old house slipper in which the bottom sole had split from the rest of the shoe - pretty easy fix; just glued it back together with shoe glue. The shoe glue I found at the craft store was really nasty stuff though... Next time, I'm going to try and find a less toxic glue.

Thankful for this EcoChallenge. It's given me new way of thinking about many different subjects ranging from my carbon/water footprints, food supply chain, minority in business and leadership, racism, eco anxiety, vegetarianism/veganism, nutrition, community building, and many more. Looking for to the next. Cheers.

I loved learning about my local pollinators!! I unfortuantely wasn't able to plant any native flowers since I don't have a yard but I did help distribute milkweed seeds!!

Continuing with my invasive species podcast from yesterday, today I listened to one about the Burmese python in the Everglades.  I've heard about this a long time ago but more because of their battles with alligators.  It is interesting how Florida is addressing the issue - Burmese pythons have decimated small animal populations to the point...

As we all felt (and continue to feel) during the onset of the pandemic, the disruption of our food supply chain has led to decreased product availability and increased prices. Other disruptions that we can relate to [ranging from political instability to weather events] certainly have also impacted the integrity of our local and global food...

There's so many interesting nature podcasts and while it may keep me on my computer a little longer, I have chosen ones that will expand and improve my experiences outside.  Today was about invasive species and how to reduce their impact.  One solution is to plant native species, which is what I did this spring. Woo hoo.

On the last day of FreeCycle I gave away…a fancy Christmas tree skirt, trimmed with sleighbells. 🎵...and a partridge in a pear tree! 🎵

There's an initiative that my workplace is supporting called Trick or Trash, where candy wrappers are collected, diverted from landfills, and instead recreated into doggy bags for local animal shelters. It's a simple act of recycling that has compounding impacts. I think the lesson learned here is that we as humans can be creative with the way...

Through birding, I've been able to learn more about different places within Middlesex County, and I had no idea there's an active nonhazardous solid waste landfill in the county! Middlesex County Landfill (MCL) was opened in 1992. Just like other landfills, MCL has a methane recovery system, which reuses and converts the greenhouse gas into...