What is the next Step by Step Habitat Challenge?
Planning and Prioritizing Your Projects for 2026
Set realistic goals and timelines that don’t leave you feeling overwhelmed and stressed out.
When will it take place?
Jan. 12 through Feb. 1, 2026 – This is an asynchronous event. So you can do each week’s activities at whatever time fits into your schedule, but still gain the support of going through the Challenge with others.
What is a Step by Step Habitat Challenge?
Knowing that you’re not the only one working on something, can often give that little extra boost of motivation to actually get it done rather than leaving it as an “I’ll get to it someday…” Step by Step Habitat Challenges are a way for us to work on a project together, but without the constraints of having to fit another meeting into our already busy schedules.
Instead, each week you’ll be given a set of small steps or tasks to complete. You can do them anytime during the week that works for you. And don’t worry, it won’t take long to do the steps – approximately half an hour to complete all the steps for the week. (You don’t have to do them all at once either. The steps are broken up so that you can easily fit them into your schedule.)
Each step is designed to give you a small “quick win” so that you can see yourself making progress and feel motivated to continue. By the end of the Challenge, we’ll have walked “step by step” through the entire process and you’ll have completed the project that we set out to do.
And you won’t be alone as you go through the process. Step by Step Habitat Challenges take place within the Backyard Ecology™ Community. You’ll be able to ask questions, get help, and have discussions about the topic throughout the Challenge. We’ll be there for you every step of the way.
How do you participate in the Step by Step Habitat Challenge?
Step by Step Habitat Challenges are open to all members of the Backyard Ecology™ Community. If you aren’t a member of the Community, please join us. Members of the Backyard Ecology™ Community can participate by RSVPing to the event listing within the Community or by telling Shannon that they want to participate.
