Amy H.

Neighbours for the Planet

"I want to help stop climate change."

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640 TOTAL

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570

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spent exercising
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27

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Amy's actions

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 5 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

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Transport

Explore Other Transport Solutions

All Transport Solutions

I will spend at least 7 minutes researching other Drawdown Transport Solutions.

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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).

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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.

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Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 19
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?

Amy H. 4/23/2019 6:54 PM

Tomorrow is the last day! Good job everyone!

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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?

Amy H. 4/23/2019 6:53 PM

I am eating quite a lot of palm oil, and quite a lot of dairy products. I will try to drink water and less milk. Also, I will try to not eat a lot of chocolate. I never new that chocolate effects the environment! l will also look at my snacks and teII my mom if l see palm oil in my snack so that she will not buy it.

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- Crafty Cat 4/24/2019 7:45 PM
  I have found that many chocolate companies use Cadbury chocolate which hasn't done anything to stop deforestation in their cocoa harvesting.
  Some of these candy bars include:
  
  Cadbury Creme Egg
  
  Crunchie
  
  Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut
  
  Twirl
  
  Curly Wurly
  
  Starbar
  
  Double Decker
  
  Boost
  
  Cadbury Mr. Big
  
  5 Star
  
  Heroes
  
  Fry's Turkish Delight
  
  Crispy Crunch
  
  Chomp
  
  Fry's Chocolate Cream
  
  Cherry Ripe
  
  Moro
  
  Cadbury Snack
  
  Brunch Bar
  
  Fuse
  
  Cadbury Buttons
  
  Cadbury Roses
  
  Cadbury Snowflake
  
  Cadbury fudge
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- Sandy Bill 4/23/2019 7:05 PM
  
  Lots of great ideas! I really need to cut down on chocolate myself.
  
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Amy H. 4/23/2019 3:10 PM

I forgot to do my challenges for three days. I didn't have enough time. Well, I did half of them.

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- Sandy Bill 4/23/2019 6:23 PM
  
  every little bit helps so you are doing great!
  
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Amy H. 4/15/2019 5:55 PM

My dad is still in front of Simon!😀😀

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Amy H. 4/12/2019 6:43 PM

I watched a video about methane digesters.

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Amy H. 4/10/2019 6:03 PM

I am saving energy by instead of turning on the light I open my curtain and it is practically the exact same brightness! I also reduce plastic waste by challenging myself to see how much toothpaste I can use before it runs out!

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- Andy Hampton 4/10/2019 7:32 PM
  
  Well done Amy!!
  
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- Amy H. 4/10/2019 6:35 PM
  
  Whoops! I just researched are Tim Horton's cups recyclable and it said yes but not everywhere!
  
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Amy H. 4/10/2019 5:53 PM

Before, my teacher put Tim Hortons coffee cups in the recycling. But then I saw him doing that and I told him where it was supposed to go and now he puts it in the right place!🗑🗑🗑✔♻️♻️♻️❌

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- Amy H. 4/11/2019 4:14 PM
  
  Oh. Wow!😀😀😀
  
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- Terry Faubert 4/10/2019 10:01 PM
  
  In BC, these coffee cups are recyclable. Between compostable and recyclable items, very little is left over for landfill. We even recycle ballpoint pens and felt markers here!
  
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- Andy Hampton 4/10/2019 7:40 PM
  
  You are right Amy, they can't be recycled in York Region. When you Googled it the answer was from the Tim Hortons web site, so of course they will try to say that the cups can be recycled.
  
  But for York Region, click on (or copy) the ridiculously long link below and scroll to "What is Not Accepted" and you'll see it mentions paper coffee cups.
  
  https://www.york.ca/wps/portal/yorkhome/environment/yr/garbageandrecycling/recyclingbluebox/!ut/p/a1/jZDbTsMwDIafZRe9pHGzQwN3UTmkHaWbhFjXG5SWLK2UJVWaUeDpCRNCQhx9ZVvfb_s3qlCJKs0fO8ldZzRXb3W1uE_pVcrYErJiRhKgUNAMxwQu5lMPbD0APwSFv_TZPxZgmye5RFXPXXvS6Z1BpeS25lJw_WBF89yoTktUfqS1OojaPKENqo7jMZ4tWJRABlF8CunlTXK7zjGGO_gCsIJ4IF7NzwmLYInfgV8MegdSmfr4rC3V9ZT4U63YCStseLC-3TrXD2cBBDCOYyiNkUqEDQ_gO0VrBofKTyDq9-XLNYNutd-QgU4mr4SVhAg!/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/#.XK6n_VXunIU
  
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- Simon Hampton 4/10/2019 6:22 PM
  
  Nice job, Amy!!
  
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Amy H. 4/05/2019 4:30 PM

I answered all of my reflection questions!

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- Amy H. 4/11/2019 4:37 PM
  
  Hi Chloe, what challenges do you have ?🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
  
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- Chloe Wang🐱🐈 4/07/2019 12:45 PM
  
  Me too!
  
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Amy H. 4/05/2019 4:23 PM

Hi Chloe,are you doing well in your challenges?

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- Chloe Wang🐱🐈 4/07/2019 12:46 PM
  
  I'm doing well in my challenges.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn More about Silvopasture

Had you heard of the term "silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?

Amy H. 4/05/2019 4:06 PM

I have never heard of silvopasture before. After I have learned about it, I think that the biggest advantage of silvopasture is that the trees absorbs more of cow farts than without trees.

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- Amy H. 4/07/2019 4:04 PM
  
  The trees absorbs carbon dioxide which cancels out most of the methane gas that the cows farts.
  
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- Chloe Wang🐱🐈 4/07/2019 12:47 PM
  
  What do you mean by " I think that the biggest advantage of silvopasture is that the trees absorbs more of cow farts than without trees." I'm a little confused.
  
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