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Elaine Baker

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Elaine 's points

  • 5 TODAY
  • 95 THIS WEEK
  • 221 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    840
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    77
    more servings
    of fruits and vegetables
  • UP TO
    780
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    130
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    205
    minutes
    spent learning

Elaine 's actions

What is resilience?

Learn About Ecological Resilience

Resilience is part of how nature works. I will spend 10 minutes learning about ecological resilience—how ecosystems adapt to disturbances and renew themselves through cycles of growth and renewal.

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What is resilience?

Explore Resilience in Nature

Resilience is all around us in the natural world. I will spend 10 minutes outdoors looking for examples of resilience—such as plants regrowing, animals adapting, or seasonal cycles—and reflect on what they teach about thriving through change.

COMPLETED 13
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Personal

Meditate

Meditation helps build resilience and clarity. I will spend 30 minutes each day to meditate or create a moment of silence each day to reflect on things important to me.

COMPLETED 14
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Personal

Enjoy Fruits and Veggies

Eating a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables is a simple way to boost our personal health and support a more resilient food system. I will prepare and enjoy 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.

COMPLETED 14
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Personal

Exercise Daily

Daily movement supports our physical and mental health. I will spend 60 minutes each day exercising in a way that feels good to me, such as walking, running, stretching, or dancing.

COMPLETED 13
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Soil and Food

Learn How to Save Pollinators

Bees and other pollinators are vital to ecosystems and agriculture. I will spend 30 minutes learning how to support local pollinators and take at least one action—such as planting native flowers or avoiding pesticides—to help sustain resilient ecosystems and harvests.

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  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/17/2026 1:45 PM
    Raspberries have been transplanted into containers to prevent spreading. Planter boxes built, as my next step to my new garden space.


    • Valeria Pérez's avatar
      Valeria Pérez 4/17/2026 1:49 PM
      • Community Builder 🤝
      That’s a great step toward organizing your garden space. Transplanting the raspberries into containers is a smart way to control their spread, and building planter boxes shows real progress in creating a more structured and manageable garden.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/15/2026 12:02 PM
    I am planting more native species to add interest to my yard and help bring in more bees.

    • Elaine  Baker's avatar
      Elaine Baker 4/15/2026 1:22 PM
      @daniel I live Portland, OR, so planting to my zone. Putting in Camas bulbs today.

    • Andre Mellin's avatar
      Andre Mellin 4/15/2026 12:28 PM
      Being in the local beekeepers association is essential to be successful in beekeeping.

    • Daniel Elsass's avatar
      Daniel Elsass 4/15/2026 12:03 PM
      • Plant Parent 🪴
      That is really cool, do you go to any Tree Pittsburgh events? I have a bunch of their local shrubs in my yard.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/10/2026 1:17 PM
    My neighbor graciously bought mulch, all I had to do was spread it. This helps to retain moisture to reduce my water usage.

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    Elaine Baker 4/09/2026 12:05 PM
    Walla Walla and Red onions are in the ground. I also planted Kale and the celery is still going from last year.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/07/2026 8:35 AM
    What a great weekend to spend outside. My vegetable garden is ready for planting. I have red onions and Walla Walla planted.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/03/2026 11:08 AM
    Incoprorating more veggies into my diet is a daily goal.

    • Aley Seager's avatar
      Aley Seager 4/03/2026 11:42 AM
      • Parent 🐻
      Same here! I notice such a great physical change when I add greens in to my diet. When I am at my best is when I make my morning smoothies that have the daily servings of greens mixed in.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/03/2026 11:05 AM
    I am working on transforming my front yard into a garden space. I do not like to waste water on a "lawn". I am adding space for more fruit and vegetables.

    • jon garrett's avatar
      jon garrett 4/14/2026 10:36 AM
      • Parent 🐻
      I've never thought of planting garden in my front yard, but then again I don't trust the kids in the neighborhood to stay out of it.

    • Kristina Franklin's avatar
      Kristina Franklin 4/03/2026 4:31 PM
      I did this several years ago. It is so rewarding! Right now I'm watching my rhubarb coming back after the winter, in a space that used to be lawn.

  • Elaine  Baker's avatar
    Elaine Baker 4/01/2026 12:03 PM
    Happy to be joining the EcoChallange this year!