Cyrenity Augustin

Atlanta Girls' School

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participant impact

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30

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spent learning

Cyrenity's actions

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Forest-Friendly Foods 1

How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?

Cyrenity Augustin 4/24/2019 4:59 AM

A major impact on deforestation is the consumption of palm oil, which appears in many processed foods and is now even used as fuel. Most of the times on the nutrition label, however, it is marked as vegetable oil, so consumers don't know whether the product they are using is contributing to deforestation or not. To help decrease my negative impact, my goal is to pay more attention to labels, since some companies are working on fixing this issue, and to limit the amount of processed food I eat.

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