Houston Eco Team

It was a great time doing challenges and learning about new ways of reducing our impact to the environment. I hope to see you all in the next edition of the EcoChallenge.

I am impressed about how many light bulbs where still not LED in my house. Specially in closets and rooms I don't use often. So many things next, probably the thermostat.

Happy Earth Day Team!! Last push to complete the challenges.

TIP: Include 1-2 challenges in your weekend plan. Even if you are traveling, include challenges that you can complete.

First I want to state that I truly didn't know that the dates were not regulated. I will be looking more to the dates in the product, specially sell by. If I know I will cook an item first, I will get the closet (earliest) sell by date to avoid it going to waste in the supermarket.

Hi Team! TIP: I you notice you have not being completii a daily challenge. Change it. Daily challenges are the ones that after this event we can continue doing, like recycle, eat less or 1 meatless meal.  I am already planning some of the harder challenges I selected. Will post pictures once it is complete.

Land Management includes respecting other creatures that also live in the land. We tend to modify 'our' land without thinking on the impact to small animals. Before doing backyard projects I will check the best approach to reduce impact.

Im a small scale a community that recycles and that utilizes renewable energy. Parks are nearby and there are community gardens and vegetable gardens.

TIP: Try to get one challenge from each category.  When I open the Challenges page I felt tempted to go straight to the group which I am most comfortable with. However, let’s try to use this challenge to also explore what other actions we can do and we might like.

Hi All, I want to thank every one of you for taking the time to join the Houston EcoTeam and for participating in this event. This is the first of hopefully many Challenges that we will be joining. I hope you are all as excited as me as we are almost ready to start the challenge. This week I will be working on collecting some good tips and...