kimberly bauer

All for Earth

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169 TOTAL

participant impact

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1.0

documentary

watched
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14

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
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5.0

minutes

spent learning

kimberly's actions

Electricity Generation

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

#30 Methane Digesters (large), #64 Methane Digesters (small)

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Buy Bamboo

#35 Bamboo

When they are available, I will purchase products made from bamboo instead of wood, plastic, or metal.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?

kimberly bauer 4/23/2019 8:26 PM

No more huge amounts of waste on the curb. More people walking and car pooling. Much much less plastic and consumption. Solar panels on houses and schools. More natural outdoor play spaces for children. More gardens and less lawns. More shopping local. Less stuff and more time for relationships.

What needs to change are attitudes about and awareness of human impact. We need to be more concerned about the well-being of future generations and we need to make conscious choices when consuming. We have to be self disciplined enough to resist the "fast" habits we have developed over the past 60 years. It is time to live more simply again.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

In your opinion, what contributes to people in North America eating more meat than any other countries? What does this say about North American values and ways of living?

kimberly bauer 4/20/2019 4:02 AM

People in many parts of Canada live with winter conditions at least 6 months of the year. This has contributed to a culture of meat-eating. Overtime, with the availability of fresh vegetables and the influence of immigrants, non meaning cultures, on local offerings, this is changing. Awareness and availability are evolving how people eat.

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- JD Williams 4/23/2019 2:42 PM
  
  Thanka for your perspective Kimberly. So true. I have learned from posts (yours included) by the team how challenging it can be to break the meat habit. At the same time I have also managed shift my diet to one with mostly fruit, veggies, seedsand grains fo the past 2 1/2 weeks. Felt like I was in withdrawal, bt now, I feel great!
  
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