April 3 - April 24, 2019

Lucas Kappel

"My goal is to try to get out of my carbon saving comfort zone and do activities that fall outside of my regular life :) "

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participant impact

UP TO

75

minutes

spent exercising

Lucas's actions

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 6
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 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 25 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 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Plant Trees

#15 Afforestation

I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 15 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Tour a Green Roof

#73 Green Roofs

I will set up a visit to tour a green roof in my city, and ask about the codes and process for installing a green roof.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Test Drive an Electric Bike

#69 Electric Bikes

I will test drive an electric bike at a local distributor to see if it makes sense to use one in place of my car, or to extend the area I can cover by bike.

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?

Lucas Kappel 4/08/2019 3:07 PM

Challenge is going well, but I am finding it harder than last year to start biking again as the rain begins to fall.

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Lucas Kappel 4/05/2019 9:38 AM

Feels good to be doing these challenges again. Last year jump started me, but I did slack a little after the challenge was over.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities Go for a Daily Walk

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?

Lucas Kappel 4/05/2019 9:37 AM

I noticed more of the character of the various neighborhoods around my block and have enjoyed exploring these areas. I live on a busy street, so it's pretty common for left turning drivers to cut me off as I'm crossing the street, they are usually anxious since if they wait to turn they'll likely miss the light due to congestion from on coming traffic. I wonder if faster public transit would get more car off the road.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Smaller Portions

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of eating smaller portions?

Lucas Kappel 4/05/2019 9:34 AM

I always load my plate up with food than realize that I throw out 25% at the end. I bet I will see some grocery savings by using a smaller plate and and therefore not throwing as much out.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Recycle Everything I Can

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle? How does considering implementing these "R's" make you feel?

Lucas Kappel 4/05/2019 9:33 AM

I spoke with a company the other day that mentioned making a product that lasts longer at the cost of a higher price. I usually just get the cheapest thing on Amazon and reorder it every time it breaks. It makes me think that it could make way more sense to spend the extra money and throw less out.

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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?

Lucas Kappel 4/04/2019 9:53 AM

Going to pick up my bike from maintenance and then will ride it home. Should be neat since it is in a new part of town.

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Lucas Kappel 4/04/2019 9:52 AM

Going well, just picked some good challanges!

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Lucas Kappel 4/04/2019 9:35 AM

Really excited to get started on this again this year. It was a tight competition last year!

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