Chesterbrook Woods

ALANYC Big Green Apple

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
276 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

25

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

3.0

public officials or leaders

contacted

Chesterbrook's actions

Transport

Use Muscle Power

#49 Cars

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 2 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Express My Support

#54 Walkable Cities

I will find out who in my city makes decisions that impact neighborhood walkability and express my support for better walking infrastructure.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Improve a Bus Stop

#37 Mass Transit

I will improve a bus stop in my neighborhood by posting the stop schedule, adding seating or shelter, adding art or flowers, picking up litter, or implementing some other small improvement.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn More about Silvopasture

#9 Silvopasture

I will spend at least 10 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

Clean air, clean water and healthy food are three reasons to care about regenerative agriculture. What are some other reasons?

Chesterbrook Woods 4/22/2019 5:04 PM

I love regenerative agriculture because it promotes biodiversity. Greater genetic diversity helps reduce the chance of extinction. 40% of the world's economy is derived from biological resources.

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Chesterbrook Woods 4/10/2019 1:23 PM

I was interested to learn more about the difference between sell by and use by dates. Also, have learned that even a use by date doesn't meant that food has spoiled. Instead of going through my refrigerator and throwing things away where use by date has gone by, I'm not checking them. I had a yogurt that said use by in February. It was still delicious in April!

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Chesterbrook Woods 4/03/2019 8:17 PM

First day went well. I feel more educated on two important issues: food waste and regeneration.

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