Caroline Keating

The Warthog School

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
176 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

5.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

15

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Caroline's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 5
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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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Caroline Keating 4/17/2019 4:16 PM

Technological difficulties are plaguing me this year yet I am determined to charge on and finish it out. In fact, both kids and I are brainstorming how to KEEP GOING after the challenge ends. All of us have noticed that it is easier to make the right choices when we feel that our actions are part of a bigger community effort. We are brainstorming ways to keep challenging ourselves well beyond these three weeks. We are thinking about a weekly homeschool group/action item.

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Caroline Keating 4/05/2019 5:06 PM

Day 3 of the DrawDown EcoChallenge coincided with a case of the homeschool stir-crazies. When the wiggles became to much we declared "working lunch!" and headed to Market of Choice. And WOW did our usual lunch stop look different when viewed through our newly affixed plastic-awareness goggles. Yikes. We did our best in our choices - where we felt we had them - but we were two plastic clam shells, three sample-size plastic spoons, and a small plastic ice-cream cup in the hole by meal's end. We added that to the fact that we had meat in the mix (thanks to world water day a few weeks ago we all know how much water it takes to make a hamburger!) and we quickly saw the cost of our human consumption.

Real world math education for the day - check.
A lesson that I guarantee they will always remember.
Read more on our blog...https://thewarthogschool.blogspot.com/2019/04/loose-leaf-kitchen-food-for-thought.html

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Caroline Keating 4/04/2019 8:02 PM

Today was Day 2 of the Drawdown EcoChallenge as well as the end of our cousins' spring break visit.
On top of three kids, ski gear, and a dog my sister managed to lug all of her family's carefully saved hand-me-downs to pass along to our kids. Baanko was thrilled especially with the fancy dresses. Winter wear for next year was what made me squeal with delight. The planet and our personal pocketbook once again dodged a big ding. Clothing, especially fast fashion apparel AND microfiber rich active-wear, are taking a huge toll on the environment. We made that fact our focus today for the EcoChallenge and our homeschool afternoon.
The rest of this story is on our blog:

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Caroline Keating 4/03/2019 8:01 AM

Today is Jane Goodall's 85th Birthday! For the second year running we are celebrating our "shero" by following her lead and being agents of change for our environment. Jane's Message Of Hope is a daily inspiration for us at The Warthog School and we are looking forward to 22 days of experiencing "strength in numbers" as our mom-and-two-kids homeschool swells to include friends and family from all over. Here we go

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