Meltdown. Learning how what we do affect the melting of the icecaps. All the documents I've watched leads me to same understanding that we are all connected and what we do effects everyone and our planet.

I watched a documentary about living a minimalist life on Netflix and it helped remind me of the benefits reducing our consumption of things, including benefits to our own mental health and the planet. I've already gone through some things in my house and put them in a box that I will take to Goodwill.

I will try to eat less beef and lamb and buy more locally produced and in season foods. This is something that I can choose to take action on weekly as I shop for groceries. My husband and I only have one car, so we're helping reduce our carbon footprint in some ways already!

I made a sweet potato chickpea curry that only had 5 ingredients: sweet potatoes, chickpeas, yellow onion, coconut milk, and green curry paste. It was delicious and I can't believe I only needed 5 ingredients and it was vegan!

After learning about my household's water use, I will commit to taking shorter showers. We have reduced our household water usage by recently changing our yard to have xero-scaping so that it would require less water to maintain.

I've been a member of my local Buy Nothing Group on Facebook for a few years and it has been tremendously helpful. I frequently pick up used toys and clothing for my young kids, which is such a financial benefit because kids grow out of things so quickly. I then pass these on to the next family as my kids get older. It's a financial benefit for all parties and better for the planet since we are not purchasing new clothes and toys