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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Veronica Beaupre

The Hartford Environmental Action Team (HEAT)

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 506 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    570
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    120
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent outdoors

Veronica's actions

Food

Meet My Local Farmers

I will visit my nearest farm to find out who produces my food, and will learn about the quality of life of those who produce my food in other regions of the world to make better choices when I shop.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Work-Life Balance

I will not work more than 8 hour days each day to practice work-life balance.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Explore My Area

I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Support Native Communities

I will use the resource links provided and spend 60 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Support a Sharing Economy

I will create or support a sharing economy with family, friends, and neighbors.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Work-Life Balance
    Is practicing work-life balance difficult to do? How does it feel when you first begin? How does this feel for you after 21 days?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/24/2018 3:47 AM
    It is very difficult to practice a work-life balance. I don't think it got any easier as the challenge went on. Leaving without feeling guilty is difficult when people around you are still working.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Meet My Local Farmers
    When you know who produces your food, you are connecting personally to your complex regional food system. What are the advantages of knowing who produces your food and where it comes from? Do you think this might enable someone to advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce their food, both near and far?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/22/2018 4:57 AM
    The advantage of knowing who produces your food and where it comes from is that you can see the conditions that the food is produced under. I think that this would enable someone to advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce their food. Understanding that these farmers are responsible for producing the food that we rely on to live is an important first step to understanding that there is a balance between the price of food and the quality of life of the people who produce it.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Explore My Area
    How can spending more time outdoors enhance your sense of place?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/03/2018 8:00 AM
    Spending more time outdoors gives you the opportunity to consider where you are in relation to the other places on Earth. Personally, when I spend time outside, I consider when the buildings around me were built, who built them, what people have been where I am today, and what existed before what I can see was there. These thought exercises allow me to consider the space I occupy in the world and the way that I am impacting it for the future.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Exercise Daily
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/03/2018 7:58 AM
    Personal values can be used to enrich an exercise routine and make it easier to fulfill the time commitment. Often, the excuse we give ourselves for avoiding exercise is that we don't have the time to do it because it requires missing out on opportunities to be with our friends or spend time in nature. However, we can do those things AND exercise. For example, we could invite a friend to join a yoga class with us or go explore a hiking trail. Exercise is not about grinding out hours in the gym or on the elliptical; it's about being active in our day-to-day lives in a way that allows us to be happy.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Support Native Communities
    Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/03/2018 7:53 AM
    Balance requires finding the point you can maintain. If you do too much, then you risk burn-out. If you do too little, then you are not creating enough of an impact. When it comes to sustainability, you need to find the balance point where you are maximizing your impact and your efforts.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Simplicity Support a Sharing Economy
    What are some of the barriers to sharing economies? What is your plan for supporting or creating one in your community?

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    Veronica Beaupre 10/03/2018 7:49 AM
    Sharing economies require continuous community engagement. It is uncomfortable in today's world to reach out to strangers without knowing what common characteristics you share. I recently joined my local "Buy Nothing" Facebook group, where I will be able to begin sharing items I no longer need or services that I can offer while also getting what I need from my community.