Connecting with people is a great way to help with emotional health, sometimes it's someone who calls you to pick up your spirit, and sometimes it's a simple call by you that brings a lift, or boost to another persons day...

I recently watched an American Experience documentary about Norman Borlaug who created a hybrid wheat that could withstand all sorts of hostile growing conditions. His desire was to address nutrition and food shortages in developing countries but the unintended consequences of his actions created a model of industrial agriculture that we have today - one that is water and fertilizer intensive and creates many environmental and social hazards.

This is a great resource to check on energy efficiency programs in your area: https://www.dsireusa.org/

Meandering through the Berkeley Hills makes me notice the diversity of people and city nature much more then when you zoom around quickly by car or even by bike. 

Eggs: 1 month from, uh, production, and if they are farm fresh and not washed (!), you can keep safely them on the counter. (When eggs are washed, you wash off the natural 'bloom' layer.)