Our energy footprint was not a surprise at all. What most interested me was going through the audit itself, especially as a new, first-time homeowner. Up until buying a house, I never paid any attention to what type of heating ducts we had, or whether our clothes dryer was electric. Simply doing the online audit (just 5 minutes!) made me get to know my home better and also start to understand where we might be losing our energy. Hopefully they are projects we can tackle in the near future!

It is way to easy for me to zone out on insta for 30+ minutes when I get home and need a brain break. I've been reading a lot more (one of my favorite hobbies) and getting a lot more satisfaction from being reminded of this challenge.

We live in such a beautiful place! It's easy to take it for granted and I've been grateful for the reminded encouragement to get out and explore.

After 14 years as a vegetarian I started eating meat again for health reasons. It was a tough moral decision for me and the way that it felt right to me was by ensuring that a majority of the meat I eat (that's about 80/20 as it's harder when I eat out) is from ethical, sustainable, humane sources. The advantage of knowing where my food comes from is being able to confirm that it aligns with my values. We've recently switched from mostly buying from local farmers market to a service called Butcher Box - this challenge inspired me to research more about their practices rather than simply taking them at face value. I also visited a farm on sauvie island as part of our pumpkin patch visit and will definitely be going back there for produce more regularly. 

There are 3 bus stops right next to my house and I was able to improve one of them. I've got two more to go... If the bus stops are clean, welcoming, and have more info about the service on display, perhaps more people will be encouraged to take public transit!

Yes, thankfully my company offers telework options. I work with such remarkable people and often I find I want to come into the office just to be and interact with them in person. I think that would be my biggest WFH struggle - feeling disconnected by the lack of in-person interaction with my wonderful coworkers.

That was so easy! Why hadn't we done that before - thanks for the nudge, EcoChallenge