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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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June Hament

Pachamama Alliance Delaware River Valley Team

"'Together, we are a Genius!' GAME ON!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,202 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    2.0
    donations
    made
  • UP TO
    0.0
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    20
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    210
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    30
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    180
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    75
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    3.0
    people
    helped
  • UP TO
    1,898
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    34
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

June'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

Food

Support Nutrient Management

#65 Nutrient Management

I will research and support local farmers who have made the decision to not use synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Conduct Virtual Meetings

#63 Telepresence

I will encourage my office to hold meetings virtually whenever possible instead of requiring travel.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Mulch the Base of Trees and Plants

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity Generation

Communicate With My Elected Officials

#2 Wind Turbines (Onshore)

I will write or call 2 elected official(s) telling them not to support fossil fuel subsidies and instead support wind energy generation.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

#26 Electric Vehicles

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Social Justice

Make School More Affordable

#6 Educating Girls

I will raise funds to help make school affordable for girls around the world.

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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Stay on the Ground

#43 Airplanes, #63 Telepresence

Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. telepresence, vacation locally).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Give a Microloan

#62 Women Smallholders

I will give 3 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 20 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 16.12 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Social Justice

Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

#39 Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

I will donate to The Nature Conservancy, which works with Indigenous Peoples to secure land tenure and resource rights, support improved governance and local institutions, assist in natural resource mapping, planning and management; and strengthen livelihoods and sustainable economic development.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 15 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 4.87 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Upgrade My Windows

#31 Insulation

I will upgrade the windows or weatherstripping in my home or office to reduce air leaks and save on energy costs.

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?

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    June Hament 4/24/2019 9:02 PM
    This has been great fun, as always!  Thanks everyone on our team who participated and learned so much about the positve ways we can contribute to a sustainable future.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Social Justice Make School More Affordable
    Why is it important that girls have equal access to education in order to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions?
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    June Hament 4/23/2019 8:27 PM
     Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate (at age 17 ,has a clear message: girls from all over the world hold the key to today’s most pressing global challenges and climate change is chief among them. 
    The interaction of climate change and educating girls is complex, from limiting population growth to learning survival skills for themselves and their families, to expanding their options and abilities to make wise choices in the face of changing environmental and social conditions, and more  (see https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/malala-girls-education-healthier-planet/ for a discussion of some of these many issues)
    According to the Malala Fund, which I have been supporting since last year's eco-challenge,, more than 130 million girls are not able to access a minimum education. When girls go to school, our world is safer, healthier and wealthier. A recent World Bank report, launched in partnership with Malala Fund, shows that if all girls completed secondary school, women and girls could add up to $30 trillion to the global economy.  Of course, increased prosperity without wise choices could possibly lead to worsening global warming, so we all must continue to educate ourselves as well!  
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport Stay on the Ground
    What was your process like for restructuring your trip? How can you avoid more air travel in the future?
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    June Hament 4/19/2019 9:48 PM
    Had two separate Zoom teleconferences today with participants from as far away as England and Mexico.  Zoom is such a pleasure to use, intimate and intentional -- sometimes I think Zoom meetings are better than face-to-face! Teleconferencing has come a long way from the 80's when we first experimented with it in the corporate world. 
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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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    June Hament 4/19/2019 9:40 PM
    Possibly our past history and geography of wide-open spaces which promoted easy, inexpensive cattle production close to urban areas, combined with our American wild-west mentality and relative affluence - Americans got in the habit of eating meat on a regular basis and we haven't yet adjusted our attitudes to reflect the new reality, especially of limited land resources.
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    June Hament 4/18/2019 11:00 PM
    We car-pooled to a Drawdown Workshop yesterday, over an hour from home.  It was lovely to spend extended, uninterrupted time with good friends having deep conversations about matters we care about.  We didn't even mind wrong turns (Thank you GPS!)
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport Try Carpooling
    List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
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    June Hament 4/18/2019 10:53 PM
    i saw a very thought-provoking bumper sticker (obviously, i was close enough to see the bumper of the car in front of me.) "You're not IN traffic - you ARE traffic!"
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport Use Public Transit
    How has your access to various kinds of transporation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?
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    June Hament 4/15/2019 9:55 PM
    For much of my life i lived in rural or suburban areas, and for a number of years in California - in none of those areas was there anything like easily accessible public transport. I have become accustomed to the convenience of driving my own car but I recognize the necessity of looking at transport differently.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Social Justice Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management
    Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?
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    June Hament 4/09/2019 8:48 PM
    everything in creation is inter-connected - or, as Tich Nacht Hahn says, we all "inter-be." We, and all things, are made of the same essential bits, so what affects any part affects all.  When any part is out of balance, balance is disrupted everywhere.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Keep Track of Wasted Food
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
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    June Hament 4/05/2019 7:37 PM
    $1,500 spent on food an average family throws away each year would cover a lot of donations to local food banks.  There is no excuse for people to go hungry in this country with such an abundance available!
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    June Hament 4/02/2019 7:07 PM
    Welcome, Everyone! It's good to see so many of you have joined in so far this year - and the Challenge hasn't even started yet!  We're all very busy with our lives but we think you'll find it rewarding to take a couple of minutes each day to check in.  There is a pretty good Help page which might be useful to review, and you can always reach out to Marty or me if you have questions about how to navigate the website.  see you all in the Eco-Challenge!
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