I watched the Story of Stuff video on bottled water. I do feel like this issue has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years and many strides have been made to encourage people to use reusable bottles. I thought it was interesting how municipalities have tested their water against bottled water and it turns out the city water is better quality and even tastes better in many cases. I advocate by always having a reusable with me to model behavior and also gently call people out when they're using bottled water.

Drought.  We replaced our lawn over 12 years ago with low water landscape and plants. We are very conscious of our household usage.

Being more thoughtful of our consumption and avoiding waste.

What has SIP taught us? The time spent walking or in our yard is much needed for physical health, but even more so for our mental well being.

My husband has been keeping bees for the last few years and it's getting me more passionate about bees and pollinators in general. I'd like to learn more about pesticides that are used near me in the vineyards to see if there's any correlation between colony collapse. I know the wine industry uses a lot of chemicals but it's not easy to get information since they wouldn't want a backlash in such a vital industry.

I have been thinking about planting some flowers this weekend and now I have a great list of pollinator-friendly plants to choose from! It has made me excited

Last weekend we needed to move a bunch of rocks and dirt and my husband suggested we go out and buy a wheelbarrow. I realized many of our neighbors already had one (plus we have nowhere to put it), so we borrowed one!

This definitely rings true for me, if I could choose one or the other, I would always choose the natural world. I've started going on an extra walk without the dog now with the extra time at home.

We used to get a paper statement for this (thankfully I was finally able to go to paperless!) and we always showed as good for our area. However, most of the houses around us are bigger and two stories so it's probably pretty easy to do better in that sense. With the kids home more now, I am always shutting off lights and I still can't get my husband to turn off his computer at night, it's a work in progress!