One task a month
Erika Cedeño
Viola
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Where the people I love are :)
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At the beach, at the sea, specially Caribbean and Mediterranean sea
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Plants, butterflies, trees
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I realized that I could take a more active role in caring for the environment and taking action, even with small changes, on things that concern me.
October 2024
Task taken on:
Same task as September :)
Completed:
September 2024
Task taken on:
Freeing some space from my iCloud in order to reduce my digital footprint.
Completed:
Well, unfortunately, I couldn’t achieve as much as I wanted for my task: to free space in my iCloud. It takes more time that I thought 😅 so I would like for this month to give it another chance.
I was surprised to know how much impact has this, so I’d love to continue working on this.
Summer 2024
Task taken on and completed : )
Over the summer, I tried to visit many places in nature! Here are some pics:
February 2024
Task taken on:
I’m flying soon to Venezuela, so my February task will be to deliver the string donations that I collected in November/December (see below) to musicians in Venezuela :).
Completed:
Yes! Here’s a picture of some of the young musicians who received strings :)
January 2024
Task taken on:
Inspired by a documentary, I want to try to eat more vegan food.
Completed:
Yes, I found delicious recipes, and here is a picture of one of my lunches :)
November + December 2023
Task taken on:
Organising the used strings we have received for the project Strings4All.
Completed:
Yes, I’ve been busy receiving used strings and organising them into the right instrument, note, size etc.,
October 2023
Task taken on:
For october I’d like to look for alternatives for a more planet friendly bank.
Completed:
In October I wanted to check for a more eco friendly bank. This task took me a bit long. First the researching and then the decision to switch bank, because well it’s an important theme. So in November I found Bunq, a digital bank from Netherlands, and then in December I opened my account. To open the account it’s very fast and you can do everything online. The fonds are protected by the dutch deposit guarantee. It’s great that they invest in eco friendly companies and projects, I can track my CO2 footprint based on my expenses and I can also for example plant trees to compensate it. And there is also a great offer for savings accounts for new clients :)
September 2023
Task taken on:
For September I would like to spend more time in the nature 🌿
Completed:
Yes! And I love this task because it’s a beautiful way to reconnect with the innerself and with the planet ❤️
I’m happy with all the concerts and rehearsals I was able to be more in the nature this month. Here is a picture of a walk in South Korea, where we were invited as cultural ambassadors 😊
July + August 2023
Task taken on:
To try and travel to my concerts only by train.
Completed:
My sommer was very active with rehearsals, concerts and CD-Recording. I traveled a lot and I did it all by train 🚅
I was in cities like Saarbrücken, Schwerin, Lübeck, Siegen, Bremen, Hamburg and Frankfurt. In total 3035 Km 😃
June 2023
Task taken on:
For June I want to buy some second hand clothes :)
Completed:
So in June after some research I found a wonderful store in Karlsruhe for second hand clothes and I bought a beautiful blouse 😊
Here is the link if someone would like to take a look:
May 2023
Task taken on:
In May I plan on buying plants that bees love 💕 and also going to a field where you can pick your own fruits 🍓
Completed:
Yes, I bought the plants and it made very happy to see them around the flowers!
And I went to a strawberries field ❤️ It was great to pick up them by myself and the were delicious!
April 2023
Task taken on:
I will continue my March task - deleting digital files I no longer need so that they don’t take up space on a server somewhere and waste energy.
Completed?
Yes I completed my task :)
March 2023
Task taken on:
For March I’d like to organize my cloud storage and clean out files I don’t need.
Completed?
I managed to erase many of the files I don‘t longer need, but it‘s a lot, so I would like for april to continue with this task.
I also want to share a picture of the small herb garden I did this month at home 😃
February 2023
Task taken on:
For February I will tell 2 musicians about Harmonic Progression and the 1 task a month challenge.
Completed?
My task went very well, I spoke about “one task a month” not only to musicians but to friends and family and I’m happy my sister is happy to join us to continue helping our planet 😃
January 2023
Task taken on:
For January I’m going to continue with Ecosia, and I want to try to buy my groceries in a bio grocery store.
Completed?
Yes, I could achieve my goal, I have my first tree with ecosia 🎉
And I went to Denns BioMarkt, I liked it very much! They have many options, vegetables are very fresh, and they have also different discounts in the week.
Here it is: Denns BioMarkt
December 2022
Task taken on:
I will take on the same take that I took on in November (buying from the local producers market), and I will also use the search engine Ecosia
Completed?
So I managed to visit the local market and I love it, I bought vegetables and fruits and they were delicious and fresh. I’m in Karlsruhe and for those living here, I totally recommend it, there’s also bread, cheese and meat, all bio and from local producers. It takes place in the Waldstraße 40B, in front of the Post Galerie, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 until 14:00.
My other task was to start using ecosia search engine and I’m very close to plant my first tree :)
November 2022
Task taken on:
I will try to buy vegetables in a local market
Completed?
My idea to buy in the local producers market was very difficult, because it works only two days in the week and I had to travel a lot, so I wasn’t able to do it. But I bought regional products in the supermarket, when it was possible, for example eggs, milk, and various vegetables.
October 2022
Task taken on:
Use stairs instead of elevators in the places where I work and in the building where I live.
It seems like a simple thing to do, but I realized that I always use the elevator, so I figured it's something I can avoid and get a little more exercise xD
Completed?
I managed to accomplish the task 😃
It wasn’t always easy, especially when I arrived home from a very long day and I was tired or when I came back with groceries, but in those moments I thought: it will take just a few minutes and you’re doing something good for the environment, that kept me motivated.
So I think it will be part of my rutine now, also I do a bit more exercise 😄