I planted a few different plants: evening primrose, ground ivy, scabiosa, and echinacea, for example, which I was glad to find at an organic plant nursery. An employee there helped me to find plants friendly for various insects, including bees.

I emit a lot of carbon during travel, such as travel with the car or by plane. Unfortunately, we have more trips planned by plane this year. Maybe we can use a carbon offset? I would also like to try to use as much public transport as possible. Maybe I can reduce my waste more with zero-waste, seasonal, and low carbon choices.

I learned that traditional Mediterranean, pescatarian and vegetarian diets are definitely lower in carbon emissions than a regular diet including meats. I will try to prioritize legumes and consider adapting to a more Mediterranean diet. I already try to reduce meat intake and do not consume dairy products.

I learned about how water scarcity can impact us as only 0.5% of water is useable and available freshwater, however terrestrial water storage has dropped 1cm per year in the last 20 years and rising sea levels will result in extending the salinization of groundwater. But I learned about some great tips that you can do to save water: filling a bowl when washing up or rinsing vegetables, using leftover cooking water or water used to rinse vegetables to water the garden, fitting low flow aerators on faucets, and filling up a jug of water to refrigerate when you want cold water. Let's try it out!

It was definitely hard to have a Zero Waste Day. Most of all, I found it hard to think about the food I was eating. While I didn't bring plastic and paper food packaging down to zero, I did attempt to reduce it. After all, I had learned that recycling is important to zero waste, although the main priority is to stop waste at the source. I tried to do the best I could. For example, I found some plant-based milk at the store in glass instead of plastic and a glass jar with oat milk powder you can mix to make milk. I used loose leaf tea today and stopped at the store for a bar of hand soap and a shampoo bar (granted, I didn't read the directions carefully and realized afterward that I'd rather not use a vinegar rinse, so I will donate the shampoo). Due to stores being closed on Sunday where I live, this meant that I had to use the shampoo in a plastic bottle, but I am determined to try again. I also planned zero waste meals, using fresh unpackaged veggies to make a veggie fry for lunch and a soup for dinner with chickpeas for protein (they came in a glass jar, not in bulk, but I will give the jar to the local food bank as they can use it to repackage large quantities of items). For the soup, I found a recipe to make my own veggie broth using scraps (which I generated a lot of today-yay!)
At the end of the day, I am proud of my efforts to reduce waste, but I now know where I can do better. So I made myself a list with help from the websites recommended by EcoChallenge.
I learned that its pretty hard to reduce waste, but you can set yourself up for success with a few steps.

The environmental impacts of my own lifestyle might be shifted to the forests and oceans, where wood and plastic and fossil fuels are sourced, thus negatively impacting these ecosystems. Also, forests are cut down to make room for agriculture.

I learned that regenerative agriculture is a philosophy that views agriculture as a web, not as a supply chain. It focuses on soil health and there are a variety of practices: I learned about using cover crops, no-till farming, and viewing the importance of animals in this farming. There are many benefits of regenerative agriculture: carbon sequestration, health for animals and farmers, biodiversity...
I can support healthy farming practices here by shopping at the health food store. While organic isn't the same as regenerative agriculture, it has various products with Demeter biodynamic certification, which I learned is a type of regenerative agriculture.

I feel I would most like to focus on traveling on durable surfaces. It's important to work on and it can be challenging but is doable, even though I don't camp, but may be in the park or something.