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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Amber Brown

Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 369 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    110
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    12
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Amber's actions

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Choose Recycled Paper

#70 Recycled Paper

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Support Women-Owned Businesses

#62 Women Smallholders

I will spend 10 minutes each day researching women-owned businesses I can support when shopping.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

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 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
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?

  • Amber Brown's avatar
    Amber Brown 4/23/2019 6:16 PM
    Missed a few days of checking in, glad you are able to go back and amend that. Excellent work team!!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Composting
    Producing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?
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    Amber Brown 4/16/2019 11:32 AM
    We have started composting to reduce the amount of waste we produce and to teach ourselves to be more mindful We will be using the compost in our garden.
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    • Bonnie Gilliom's avatar
      Bonnie Gilliom 4/19/2019 12:41 PM
      We do that too.  It is rewarding always to have compost on hand to enrich the garden.
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  • Amber Brown's avatar
    Amber Brown 4/16/2019 3:41 AM
    Did you know Fly Leaf Books is a woman owned business and has also helped launch other women owned businesses in the area? I am going to try and pop on over there this week.
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    Amber Brown 4/13/2019 7:18 AM
    Wishing this weather would clear up, want to meet my walking goal!!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Women and Girls Support Women-Owned Businesses
    Globally, women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men. How can you better support communities by supporting women? Can you share any past experiences that may help others take action?
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    Amber Brown 4/12/2019 3:59 AM
    As part of my research today, I found it was a little bit difficult to just find a list of women owned business in my area, maybe a project I can create for myself is to get a simple list started to help others on this path.
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    Amber Brown 4/12/2019 3:44 AM
    WHOA!! I missed half the challenge, but I am excited to get started!!
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