Rush Green Employee Resource Group (ERG)

This is such a great activity! For next year, I plan to add a calendar reminder to complete this daily. Thanks for the hard work!

performing random acts of kindness almost always makes me "feel" better. i'm slightly disconcerted by the second question regarding surprise at the responses from the recipients. i often didn't notify or claim the act to the person (my coworker, my partner) because i completed the action out of a sense that the universe always...

This one is tough. It requires really reading and then following up on advertising a company uses to claim their products are meeting environmental and/or sustainability standards but reading information from either the FTC or the EPA. I will definitely think twice, and do more reading, before buying something that claims to be...

I am not sure who put forth the Eco challenge 2025 idea and my participation was sporadic. This has been a great experience. Thank You. I did connect with a co-worker over living more sustainably and got inspired and pushed to downsize my footprint a few sizes smaller.

This goal went largely unachieved, but I did make my creative space more attractive and usable. Cleared out and organized materials. Put up a few (dumpstered!) bulletin boards. The contentment that comes from spending time being creative is a guarantee but my prioritizing it is a goal for May. : /

Surprisingly, pollution from wildfires is having a greater affect on our air quality currently than automobile use. That said, I have more control over automobile use, so I'm grateful for the goals set this month around switching to public transportation and bike riding. I did my first bike ride to work yesterday. It was hard due to the wind...

Completion Day! We have learned lots and are more sensitive to the needs of the earth we walk upon.

One of my goals on the Eco Challenge was to plant trees. Since I could not do it in person, I planted 100 to support an area most in need at this time. https://consciousplanet.org/en/cauvery-calling.

thrifting! I bought some clothes at a local thrift store

It's nearing the end. What have you learned?