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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Bonnie Gilliom

Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 235 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    10
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    8.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    18
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Bonnie'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 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

#26 Electric Vehicles

I will spend at least 10 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 3 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 6
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?

  • Bonnie Gilliom's avatar
    Bonnie Gilliom 4/22/2019 1:40 PM
     I like doing this challenge with lots of other people of all ages. I hope it will help us all live more ecologically from now on because of the awareness and habits We have gained through the Drawdown. 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport Use Muscle Power
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
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    Bonnie Gilliom 4/19/2019 12:36 PM
    Walking to get my hair cut or to play tennis means I might run into neighbors and definitey means I will be able to look at the nature on the way, e.g. blooms, birds, gardens, perhaps a snake.  I arrive much more relaxed.
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    Bonnie Gilliom 4/19/2019 12:29 PM
    Materials

    Using mesh bags, rather than plastics,  for produce makes a lot of sense.  I ordered some from the internet.
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      Bonnie Gilliom 4/23/2019 4:49 AM
      I use them every week.  They are very light weight, but I guess they do add to the price.  
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      Susan Blanchard 4/22/2019 2:25 PM
      Have you tried them yet?  We are reluctant to do that since we think we will end up paying produce prices for the mesh bag each time.  What we have started doing is just keep our produce in the child seat of the basket and not put any of it in plastic bags.  We wash it before we use it anyway so we decided that we didn't need to bag it.
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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?
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    Bonnie Gilliom 4/05/2019 6:06 AM
    It's cultural, supported by meat promoters like McDonald's and Burger King.BTW, Burger King just announced that it will offer the Impossible Burger which is meatless and very good.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Bonnie Gilliom 4/01/2019 12:59 PM
    I had to research what bioplastics are.  They are biodegradable plastics made from renewables like cornstarch, cellulose,and banana peel (invented by a 16-y-o girl) unlike plastics made from petroleum.  This means the carbon footprint is smaller and,  by buying only bioplastics when purchasing plastic bags and toys and containers, we won't add to the big floating garbage masses in the ocean and reduce the threat to fish and sea birds.  Better yet, avoid all plastic bags etc.
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