St. Kate's

Thank you, OAKS for hosting such a beautiful event for Earth Week on top of your other many amazing events to promote sustainability and environmental justice. I will carry on my sustainability practices outside of Campus Ecochallenge and continue to advocate for environmental justice as we all were!!!!! 

Music and being alone in a private, closed space is critical to my mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is important to me because when I can be mindful of myself, I can in turn be mindful of others. Practicing kindness, self-love, and compassion inspires those around you to do so and I think that is extremely important.

It is a WONDERFUL ingredient because with creativity comes so much variety and authenticity :D! Creativity allows for so many uses and fluidity of 1 or 2 items that can be repurposed :)

I feel present haha :) . As much as my device helps me connected with friends and family from across the country and back in Laos, I like feeling present and off the grid knowing that social media will always be around if I ever need it but also realizing I never really needed my social media to begin with. I also notice I used to spend a lot...

Peace, clarity, love, justice. It's hard to explain why I chose peace because in some ways, it can be quite complex. I knew I wasn't going to choose happiness though because I feel like we expect too much out of what happiness should feel like and what it should be. I choose peace because it is an overall state of mind, body and soul whereas,...

Lack of access to nutritious food negatively impacts the health of individuals in the community--negatively impacting community health. Having access to nutritious foods increases the health of community members and because better health is associated with higher socioeconomic status, will likely increase the socioeconomic status of the...

Balance is important to sustainability because it allows humans and the environment to co-exist without either causing excessive damage to the other that cannot be repaired. 

I do think gratitude leads to a sense of moral obligation because you are taking time to appreciate things; when you appreciate things, you tend to want to protect them and feel an obligation toward them. 

My diet does fall within Minnesota state fish guidelines/advisories. When I do consume fish, I can try and choose local fish caught using sustainable practices.

I have reached out to two companies to reduce packaging. I might need to follow up. Overall, participating in this challenged has reinforced my commitment, and doubled my actions.