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Finding inspiration in everyday things.
Do you see retirement as an ending or a beginning? What about college graduation? As my daughter started her first full-time job, this week I’ve been pondering life transitions, and beginnings and endings.
Also in week 19 of The Sunday Spark: bricks made from sugarcane, how mindset can increase longevity, celebrating the aged, and eco-friendly gift wrap.
And just like that it’s May and a third of 2023 has flown by. April was a strange month for me, which you’ll see in my monthly goals update. On a positive note, I’ve selected five fabulous blog posts from some excellent writers, including a couple of new faces whose posts I haven’t shared before.
Read on for posts on BMI, lies the fashion and beauty industry want you to believe, time travelling through old photos, light pollution, and a climate-change poem. Happy reading!
Is it just me, or is kindness an increasingly rare commodity these days? During my travels this week, I had to wonder why people need to be reminded to be kind. Shouldn’t kindness be our default behaviour?
The Sunday Spark is a series with weekly thoughts and highlights, nuggets of learning, and a sustainable living tip for the week. In this week’s The Sunday Spark, the importance of being kind, harnessing the power of tides, the Eiffel Tower, online shopping’s environmental impact, and eco-friendly teacher gifts.
A few days ago, a headline about sexism in skilled trades caught my eye. A couple of days later, my daughter graduated from a pre-apprenticeship program at our local community college. In Week 17 of The Sunday Spark, a look at how women in trades still face an uphill battle.
Also this week: Tokyo mandates solar panels on new home builds, LinkedIn QR codes, and simple and sustainable Mother’s Day gift ideas.
This past week was International Dark Sky Week—a week to raise awareness about the harmful effects of light pollution. Earlier in the week, an excellent blog post made me pause and reflect about darkness and light, and how we can’t really appreciate the light until we experience darkness.
Welcome to week 15 of The Sunday Spark, a series with weekly thoughts and highlights, nuggets of learning, and a sustainable living tip for the week.
This week: celebrating 100,000 blog views, motionless wind power generation, a free sustainable living microlecture series, sustainable wine production, and shampoo bars.
In January, James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, spoke at my workplace’s global speaker series. The timing was perfect as I had decided at the beginning of this year to take a different approach to goals. Clear’s talk piqued my curiosity enough that I decided to read the book. Today’s review is a summary of the key messages I took away from the book, and how I’m adopting these learnings in my daily life.
The last few years have been difficult for our world. With so much going on, it feels like there’s negativity and pessimism everywhere you turn. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, read on for some examples of random acts of positivity and ways you can make a difference in someone’s day.
Happy Easter! Welcome to week 14 of The Sunday Spark, a series with weekly thoughts and highlights, nuggets of learning, and a sustainable living tip for the week. This week I’m spreading some Easter joy with an Easter-themed edition of The Sunday Spark. Read on for some Easter trivia, spring weather pondering, and ideas for plastic-free candy treats.
My March 2023 roundup has a progress report on my monthly goals, along with five posts from some wonderful bloggers. Read on for posts on one-backpack travel, perfectionism, the dramatic triangle, and the problem with hyper-culture. Plus, a special treat this month—a climate-change related short story by one of of Climate Change Collective members.
