Thanks for hosting the challenge. It was interesting to track and keep accountable for the period of time. It will definitely be something I carry forward.

I have not installed a filter, but did read up a bunch about them, and found one that I thought might be a good option, but have read a bunch of complaints about it not being effective. Over the past few years, I have been trying more and more to only wash clothes that really need it. Will I always feel a bit weird sniffing my shirts/hoodies armpits? Probably. Has it reduced how often I wash things? Absolutely.

Having a toddler in the house has introduced us to a WHOLE NEW WORLD of messiness. My t-shirts probably get washed more than they ever had with the amount of runny noses and hands/face covered with food rubbing all over them. I try my best to focus on spot cleaning larger items like hoodies and pants to avoid having to constantly put them in the washing machine.

Another thing we've done is opt for cloth diapers that are not microfiber, but use a lot of bamboo as well as bamboo disposable inserts for when we are expecting a #2.

I have been keeping a small pail of wood shavings outside of our kitchen door for when we have excess cooking oils that I can put in the compost. It keeps it from creating a huge mess when we go to take out the compost and keeps the compost bin from having to be scrubbed clean of the oils and fats.

I have power raked and dethatched our lawn already this spring, and will be adding soil on top of it and will be over-seeding with a bee-friendly seed mix (not just a wildflower mix with potentially noxious weeds) as well as micro-clover and will try to keep my lawn as long as 5 inches this year to allow for a more drought resistant lawn as well as a space that offers a better ecosystem for pollinators.

Have started buying eco-friendly degreaser cleaning product in concentrate and mixing it as needed in our re-useable spray bottle. This reduces packaging waste, our household exposure to chemicals, as well as reduces the energy waste from shipping large amounts of water with the cleaning agents. We have sampled buying eco-friendly toilet bowl cleaner; it does work, but isn't as corrosive as the popular stuff, and doesn't clean as well. We have tried to at least reduce our use of the popular stuff by only using it every 2 or 3 cleans.

We have been using cloth diapers for the most part with our kid, and with that have tried out cloth wipes, and tissues. So far no regrets!

Picked up a bag of trash at Minnewanka lake.

Going to pick up trash for a day with entire family including my 10 year old son. We are planning to clean +10 km of highway section with the help of community friends.