Inspirational morning on love language and attachment style

This week we started with a beautiful, Inspirational Morning. Alice and I planned and organized it together. Inspired by a conversation about love and the connection between people, we discussed love languages and attachment styles. Doing the quizzes about our main love languages and attachment styles encouraged us to reflect on our relationships with people. It was a realization that everyone is so different and unique, yet we can always learn to communicate and connect in different ways. When we reviewed the link between our love languages and attachment style and recalled our growth from childhood to adulthood, we learned more about ourselves, how we love, and what we fear. The discussion opened up the softest part within ourselves and allowed the evoking of sympathy and compassion. These are essential qualities for character leadership that can create an impact in a community. 

The trip to Xochimilgo

Visiting Xochimilgo was an educational and refreshing experience. Shuttling between wetlands and rivers, seeing the herons living freely, and observing how water plants were introduced to deal with waste and pollution, it was a precious moment when we left urban life behind and fully felt the tranquillity and harmony of this Shangri-la in Mexico City. We also engaged in traditionally constructing artificial wetlands with dried mud cubes. The sensitivity of how the land (made of bamboo, grass, and mud) is at the edge of sinking into the water yet supporting our feet, the vitality of this place revealed by the smell of the fresh earth and plants, and the mighty willing to reserve the wetlands that can be empathized when carrying the weight of the mud in our hands, are reshaping our views towards the environmental actions in Mexico. We also visited Ajolotopia to learn about Axolotl’s life journey and living habits. I was again deeply moved by the actions in Mexico and people’s sincere concerns about their ecology. 

Working with organizations: Visiting Nidaria and supporting Irri’s event

The organization visits and the support for other organizations significantly aligned with the idea that social organizations should be regenerative and mutually supportive to save the environment. Visiting Nidaria and helping prepare Irri’s event made me feel more connected to different projects in this city and how they take action from different perspectives. One of the most impressive approaches I learned in Nidaria is how they recycle food waste and produce animal food mashed with it. Because the ingredients are organic, it benefits the animals’ health and can also reduce the smell they potentially cause. 

Helping the Irri team with the event allowed me to closely observe how they work with their volunteers to make the event successful and thus inform more people about their concerns and actions. Seeing people willing to support the project and contribute their time and efforts to the actions also motivated me. 

With the project in Huerto Roma Verde, we continued designing mascots to finish the info boards, started printing the boards, and purchased wood for the frames. As more progress was made, the tasks became clearer-to finish the contents, proofread the writing, and advance the production of the boards. We supported each other by executing our responsibility and leadership through tasks and engaging volunteers to help with carpentry and grammatical checks. I am so excited to finalize the productions and see how the project can bring positive outcomes to the community.