Katie Felver

Mahlum Architects

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
80 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.0

locally sourced meals

consumed
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

2.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Katie's actions

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 65 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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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?

Katie Felver 4/23/2019 3:09 PM

I have often just assumed some of the local boutique coffee roasters used beans sourced from growers that use environmental safer practices, but never questioned it! This learning helped me find the right questions to ask and also - if you have to guess about a bag of coffee, maybe that's a bad sign. I'd rather go to the roasters that embody everything about an environmentally friendly life style and show it loud and proud than have to dig on the internet for transparency.

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Katie Felver 4/23/2019 2:18 PM

I have been researching and prepping to start a cat compost! I have recently moved and my cat doesn't have any more picky cat housemates to choose the litter. A large portion of my landfill waste has always been my cat's waste and the plastic bags it gets scooped into. So I'm in last stage of transitioning his litter to wood pellets and cat compost is supposed to be really nutritious for flower beds. Will have more updates on how this is going in the future.

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