100 Days: Sustainability in Quarantine
Today marks 100 days since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. 100 days of social distancing. 100 days of staying at home. 100 days of transforming healthcare to meet the new demands. 100 days of learning to recognize each other with masks covering our faces. 100 days of an unbelievable economic collapse. 100 days of witnessing the societal impact of extreme stress on a civilization. 100 days of this enormous mental shift and moving through the stages of grief over the world we used to know. 100 days of coming to terms with the new normal and envisioning what the world will look like when we come out on the other side. It has become apparent that there is no end to the pandemic in the near future, and the life we used to know no longer exists. Large group gatherings are not happening. Celebrations of life and death are modified. Meetings are now on Zoom. Happy hours and coffee dates are in the park, with masks o...