Bonnie Goad

Bard College Network, Friends and Family

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15

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15

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210

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210

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17

pieces of litter

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12

pounds of CO2

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Bonnie's actions

Action Track: Earth Day Together!

Special Earth Day Engagement

Today is an important day for our political representatives to hear from their voters. Use the links below to write a message or a tweet to your representatives asking them to support a Carbon Fee and Dividend plan: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/write-your-representative/#/74/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/tweet-to-your-representative-about-the-energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act/#/55/ Voting is one of the best things you can do for the earth. Go to this link to sign the pledge to commit to voting consistently and to always prioritizing environmental issues: https://www.environmentalvoter.org/sign-the-pledge

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Action Track: Building Resilience

Use Muscle Power

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

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Volunteer for Red Hook Responds

Getting the word out and helping our local community in a time of need

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Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 5 piece(s) of litter each day while following the CDC’s current guidelines for prevention of disease transfer.

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Spend Time Outside

I will replace 30 minute(s) each day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside that follows CDC guidelines for preventing disease spread.

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Volunteer in my Community

I will volunteer 4 hour(s) in my community helping people who are most at need right now, including elderly and immunocompromised people, people without childcare, and people whose jobs have been affected by social distancing measures.

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Connect While Social Distancing

I will connect with at least 5 person/people a day through phone call or video chat to support mine and other’s mental and emotional health during this challenging time.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
People Keep My Community Clean

How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?

Bonnie Goad 4/05/2020 6:21 AM

As I walk in new places to help my mind fill with the wonders of new discoveries, I am reminded that we still have much work to do. In addition to the doggie poop bags that are always with me, I now carry a larger bag to pick up extra trash along the way. The trash has always been there but I notice it more now. Perhaps staying home is making me extra mindful of the beauty of the great outdoors. I find that the parks are extremely clean but the neighborhoods and places where we live and work are still littered with cans, food cartons, etc. As you go on your neighborhood walks, (and I hope you do at least once a day) please notice and respond to the garbage around you that you may not have seen before. New eyes wide open.....

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- Laurie Husted 4/30/2020 5:44 AM
  
  This month started with noticing and ended with a big mother daughter tire cleanup! So a good month for our roads at least
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
People Connect While Social Distancing

How does connecting with others help your own mental and emotional health? How can it help support others?

Bonnie Goad 4/04/2020 5:02 AM

Connecting virtually is a life line during these challenging times. There are five people dear to me that are alone and checking in daily helps us all get through and eases isolation! Everyone let’s check in with those we know are alone and learn new things about each other! Love a good virtual meal or scrabble!

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- Rose Reiner 4/04/2020 11:41 AM
  
  Connecting with organizers and climate justice activists keeps me engaged with the current crises; the climate crisis but also the current pandemic which has caused millions of people being unemployed, and it makes me feel like I do something to try and help the situation.
  
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- Laurie Husted 4/04/2020 9:14 AM
  
  in addition to others=people, I've found connecting with animals has been really helpful. Keeping my bird feeders full has attracted red headed woodpeckers and a bright yellow bird who I've learned is probably the American Goldfinch. So while I'm inside I'm also feeling connected to them. On the rainy nights we've had, I've enjoyed helping amphibians cross the road. And I think I've heard an owl!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
People Volunteer in my Community

How does volunteering enhance your community and/or change your relationship with it?

Bonnie Goad 4/03/2020 4:55 AM

Red Hook Responds is a new community resource to respond to COVID 19 in the community. Happy to be involved and encourage others to do so too!

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- Ella McGrail 4/03/2020 8:56 PM
  
  Since coming home from Bard I've been lucky to continue our Sustainability Office work remotely, but I've also started volunteering at the food pantry in my town. Food pantries are under high stress right now because of the amount of people who are losing their jobs and the number of volunteers who are sick or in quarantine. Our pantry does food recovery, which means they take donations of food from grocery stores and other businesses that would've gone bad and been thrown out otherwise. This practice prevents thousands of tons of food from being wasted and gives back to struggling people in our community. This work is a beautiful example of how environmental advocacy done right also fights poverty and inequality. I love doing it because I feel I'm continuing the work we do at Bard in my own community and getting a chance to meet pantry clients and volunteers who are acting with such resilience and grace in this difficult time.
  
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- Laurie Husted 4/03/2020 4:09 PM
  
  Our volunteer community is so strong; they are rising to this challenge as well. Great to learn that it was initiated by a local business owner and a team of young Red Hookers. Red Hook Responds
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
People Spend Time Outside

Rachel Carson said that we need the beauty and mysteries of the natural world for our spiritual and emotional development. Does that ring true for you? What are the implications for a culture that spends most of its time indoors?

Bonnie Goad 4/03/2020 4:54 AM

Time outside is more important than ever. Even the rain earlier this week didn't stop me!

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- Laurie Husted 4/03/2020 4:10 PM
  
  love a warm spring rain, and this time of year, after dark, it brings out amphibians migrating to their temporary woodland pools!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Building Resilience Use Muscle Power

How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

Bonnie Goad 4/03/2020 4:52 AM

Virtual work from home has its advantages! I'm not driving and enjoying walking in quiet spaces as spring unfolds. Green leaves budding on the trees and flowers poppping up everywhere

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