Producing 1 kg of beef emits as much greenhouse gas as driving 150 miles, meanwhile, 1 kg of veggies or grains leaves a much lighter footprint! This week, I’ll shrink my climate impact by having 1 meatless meals and/or 0 vegan meals each day.
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Nature
Listen to a Nature Podcast
I will spend 10 minutes listening to a podcast about nature.
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Nature
Keep a Nature Journal
I will journal each day about my experiences in nature.
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Health
Prioritize Getting Enough Sleep
Good sleep is essential for a healthy body and mind. I will prioritize getting 7 hours of quality sleep each night and develop a bedtime routine that supports rest and relaxation.
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Community
Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences
I will spend 20 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.
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Food
Practice Zero-Waste Cooking
Food waste hurts our planet and our communities. I will cook 1 meals with zero waste each day.
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Health
Learn More about Food Apartheid
I will spend 40 minutes learning about food apartheid and find out how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.
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Food
Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
I will watch 1 documentaries 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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Food
Listen to a Food Podcast
I will spend 20 minutes listening to a podcast about food.
For my meatless breakfast, I had a yogurt bowl with fresh fruits, honey, cinnamon, and chia seeds. I've been appreciating the relationality I can experience through my food. Being able to control not just my literal consumption but also withdraw monetary support from harmful industries is a more recent way I have been "actualizing" my values.
My experience of intentionally trying to eat less meat was an easy transition because I chose a meal (breakfast) that required minimal effort. It felt good to consume a meal that not only nourished me but wasn't entirely complicit in harm. I also appreciated how low-cost it was. I appreciate tracing back my meals to their "source," and am considering pushing this challenge further by buying local.
For breakfast, I decided to have a yogurt and fruit bowl instead of my usual breakfast that contains some type of animal protein. I noticed that by opting for a meatless meal, I also had less plastic waste.
On the 7th, I found a new podcast to listen to: Rooted Wisdom: Exploring Tribal Agriculture,and listened to the episode "Empowering Tribal Food and Agriculture." I was most surprised to learn about the USDA's partnership with the IFAI, a legal and policy initaitive dedicate to championing Tribal food sovereignty.
I was able to get a few extra hours of sleep last night by prioritizing completing some work in the morning, instead of staying up all night to get it done.
Today, I listened to another episode from the All My Relations Podcast, where Sean Sherman and Kate Nelson were interviewed on their new cookbook: Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.
This morning, I listened to another episode from the All My Relations Podcast titled "The Old Growth Table: Our Food is Our Medicine." This podcast is slightly different from last night's episode in that the hosts spoke about two specific medicinal plants: nettle and dandelion roots. They also advised on how to identify nettle and dandelion, when to and when not to gather each plant, and finally, different ways to prepare each medicine.