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Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Liza David

Everyone Doing their Bit

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
187 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

30

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

10

zero-waste meals

consumed

Liza's actions

Materials

Choose Recycled Paper

#70 Recycled Paper

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 10 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Explore Other Food Solutions

All Food Solutions

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Choose LED Bulbs

#33 LED Lighting (Household)

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Plant Trees

#15 Afforestation

I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

UNCOMPLETED
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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 5 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Research Cement Alternatives

#36 Alternative Cement

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching cement alternatives that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Install a Low-Flow Showerhead

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will save up to 15 gallons (56 L) of water a day by installing a low-flow showerhead.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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
Materials Choose Recycled Paper

Good job on choosing recycled paper! How can you take your action a step further?

Liza David 4/11/2019 12:54 AM

using re-cycled A4 sheets in my printer, using rolls of recycled paper for drawing / sketching, find an alternative to post-it notes and gift people more recycled paper products (they make nice gifts and are a way to spread the word...)

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Liza David 4/11/2019 12:49 AM

Task #41 in "ELECTRICITY GENERATION" - Solar Water - "I will contact a local installer/distributor to see if a solar water heater makes sense for my house" - We have a solar water heater at home, but 2 bathrooms are not connected to it. We have decided to use the one bathroom with solar, or take water from it in a bucket, to the other bathrooms if we need hot water. It's working, must keep it going!

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Liza David 4/11/2019 12:47 AM

To complete Task #70 in "MATERIALS" - Recycled Paper - "I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions." - I took some time to change phone and internet bill to paperless, and even more time to convince folks at home to do the same ;) Also, no more new notebooks (though I am still tempted by my instagram feed!)- i found a set of 5 recycled notebooks on betterindia and some on second life - which uses old tyres and other reused rubber for the covers of the notebooks. Also our 'one sided paper' stack is growing and i must set aside time to stictch together a book from pages of semi-used notebooks of the past. So much paper!

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Liza David 4/06/2019 1:00 AM

Bought bamboo toothbrushes for everyone in the family. The bristles are still acrylic. Maybe charcoal and salt or toothpowder is best? :O ;). Everytime i have tender coconut or juice, have to remember to say NO STRAW. Bought a few bamboo fibre based clothes too - and they didn't have harmful packaging either, from bambootribe.com. Please share ideas on what else can be bamboo? Thanks!

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- Poonam Kasturi 4/08/2019 10:22 PM
  
  Way to go, Liza! By making efforts and continually thinking about the materials we use, we can arrive at suitable solutions. For Bamboo, I stumbled upon the folloing website, maybe it helps you: https://www.bambooimport.com/en/blog/products-made-from-bamboo
  
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Liza David 4/03/2019 10:41 PM

Focusing on the content and waste around my food - eating plant based and attempting to be zero waste in shopping and eating. My other focus is to spend some time researching areas I want to know more about.

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- Poonam Kasturi 4/04/2019 4:07 AM
  
  Liza - this is a perfect platform to know more about the things that you care about. Also, please do share best practises so that other team mates can get inspired and start doing :)
  
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