What I learned is that the more we challenge ourselves and the more we pay attention to  things around us and the actions we take, the greater the chance to change for the better, reduce our impact and live a better life.

The most difficult task in this challenge was to finish watching the documentaries I had selected. Dominion was far harder to watch than Earthlings. I cried the whole way through... Awful... How can all that be happening and be allowed, be legal??? How are people capable of doing those jobs and be able to be so cruel? Who could come up with those methods of treating a live, fellow sentient being? It is just insane what goes on in the meat, dairy, egg, fur, leather, down, cosmetics, entertainment, pet (and animal control) industries. And once you know it, you cannot "unknow" it and pretend free-range or cage-free or humane has any meaning in those industries. This is a devastating reality. We can find animal products in everything from soaps to gelatin. Things I had no idea... sometimes not even by reading the labels we know because ingredients may be under different names. I am more certain now than ever before that taking the steps to becoming vegan was the right thing to do. And I will do whatever I can to support the ones fighting for those animals - that's a very hard, hard job.

It's been a wonderful challenge!  

Last day! Let's finish strong!!! I'll see if I can finish my two one-time challenges.

Hard to believe tomorrow is the last day for our 2020 earthday ecochallenge; i hope everyone enjoyed it as much as i did - i very much appreciate all the work the staff did on this challenge.  Stay safe everyone!

I can't believe we're almost done with this event - it's been perfect timing for me - i've learned a lot, as i always do.

Starting another day... still trying to get a regular schedule going - stop working  at certain time has been the most difficult. It just runs through the day and then when I realize, the day is over. Gotta do better and follow my alarms. At leadt I have been getting my walks in!

Today I was filled with joy because i spent so much time in the garden; it brought me to thinking about the future of the planet and all the different things that we could be doing to help avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change; education - education - education