Today, I am flying to Seattle. As much as I am flying standby and with limited airline options, I told myself I must cut down the CO² emitted by the flights I would take. As such, I chose to fly through Toronto with Alaskan Airlines, opting for Porter out of Montreal to cut down on CO² levels. The Porter flight, as per Google Flights, emits 30% less CO² than the average flight. The Hawaiian flight from YYZ to SEA emits 27% less than normal. Cost wise, it came out to the same on standby whether I were to do that or fly elsewhere. The difference? The pollution level! Very chilly this morning compared to Tuesday......Tuesday highs in Montreal were 35° celsius with the humidex compared to today's high of only 14° celsius. Haven't been posting much, but I will continue to motivate myself because it is important to help others gain confidence and motivation for doing good things in life.

📍 YUL Aéroport International Montréal Trudeau

Today, I worked more on my upcoming releases, especially since I have lots of free time now since my exams are all over! I read through a composition narrative, kept up with my book "Against the machine" by Paul Kingsnorth. It is a very interesting one!

📍 BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec), Montréal, QC

Today, I completed my English exam, and final marketing project. My final marketing project came out a mess, but hopefully my English final I did well on. Sunrise and sunset weren't present today for some reason, but I did get a good sun tan (haha) if only the weather wasn't 6°C! But otherwise had an amazing last Friday of the semester, I taught my last Portuguese conversation group 😢 but everyone came today, making us 5 people total! I celebrated the final day by bringing in natas, a staple of Portuguese culture!

📍 John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC

Today, I decided to take time for myself. I worked on schoolwork, started memorizing my marketing plan for my presentation tomorrow. I also reviewed for my English exam I have tomorrow. I admit I haven't been completing my actions as often as I should be since our ecochallenge has ended but I am still making an effort to include certain actions in my daily life.

📍 Montréal, QC

I wonder what this Aerogarden is for 👀👀👀👀! Amazing job to everyone not only at John Abbott College but in any other ecological group or team that participated in an ecochallenge this term!! This aerogarden will provide the right amount of spices to add to my recipes 🙃 and if course as the package states "from fresh to plate!" No sunrise today, and no sunset even though the sun popped out midday.

📍 Montréal, QC

Wanted something to eat, so where better to check than Too Good to Go? I don't spend high $$$$$ and I get food that needs an extra day. (Got ~15$ worth of pastries for 5$!)

📍 Place-des-Arts, Montréal, QC

Today is unfortunately the last day of ecochallenge. But instead of closing on a negative note, I think it is good to close on a positive note. As such, instead of looking back and saying "Oh I wish I had done more during the ecochallenge", I am sharing my own mentality that the ecochallenge is just the start of a new chapter for many of us. It will improve our future, and has already shaped our past! As Seneca states: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end". So instead of reflecting on every action this ecochallenge has helped me accomplish, I would prefer to ask myself and the feed this question: which of these daily actions can become lifelong journeys? Whether just turning off the lights when we don't need them or using less water, every small action increases awareness. Awareness is the start of your journey, and it's how we got here. And it's also how we will depart here. Knowing that our awareness helped reshape the community. Knowing that one day, maybe our children will say "hey remember that ecochallenge you did? Can we try one?" And maybe, just maybe our world could actually improve. One small step at a time.

📍 Montréal, QC

I know tomorrow is officially our last day for the challenge, but I think I will sadly have to do my last posting today :( I will be coming home too late to contribute anything tomorrow. I want to congratulate my team for all their efforts in making significant changes, by committing to their actions! It was wonderful following you through the month of April and I became inspired by your posts of what you learned. Thank you for putting our team in a top spot :) For my part (as I do every year), I will continue to choose actions that make a difference. Next year I will join again with new habits, to add to the ones I am already doing. Best!

Today, I also used my hammock. Found a new favorite spot at a park near campus!! Was able to get my university application sorted out and should expect an answer within this week!! The weather is a bit on the chilly side, but not too bad!

📍 Parc Bertold, Baie-d'Urfé, QC