I will spend at least 4 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Transport
Explore Other Transport Solutions
All Transport Solutions
I will spend at least 10 minutes researching other Drawdown Transport Solutions.
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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).
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Action Track: Social Justice
Give a Microloan
#62 Women Smallholders
I will give 2 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.
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Food
Composting
#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste
I will start a compost bin where I live.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Food
Zero-waste Cooking
#3 Reduced Food Waste
I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day
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DAILY ACTIONS
Women and Girls
Support Women-Owned Businesses
#62 Women Smallholders
I will spend 5 minutes each day researching women-owned businesses I can support when shopping.
COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS
Food
Reduce Animal Products
#4 Plant-Rich Diet
I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.
COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS
Food
Explore Other Food Solutions
All Food Solutions
I will spend at least 10 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Land Use
Plant Trees
#15 Afforestation
I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.
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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.
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Materials
Launch a Recycling Program
#56 Industrial Recycling
I will set up a recycling center at my workplace or school.
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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.
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DAILY 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?
Almost 3,000 points: HPL Green Squad members have planted, exercised, learned, reduced, recycled, and shared. Instead of feeling depressed by climate change I am now excited for all the opportunities we each have to make the world a better place for today and the future. This Saturday is GCA Earth Day Celebration and Clean Up - check it out if you can and live locally.
Due to climate strategies for farming practices have to adapt. to climate change and extreme weather. By growing drought tolerance varieties, investing in irrigation systems (water pans) and working together farmers can have a productive harvest.
Most women have family as their top priority and its responsiblity defaults to them. I contribute to Kiva.org (an international nonprofit founded in 2005 in San Francisco) because 100% of every dollar goes to funding loans for businesses, many of them owned by women.
How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
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?
Recycling has become expensive for Towns. Using less paper towels, reusing plastic pots for planting, refusing straws and plastic bags feels more responsible.
Staff want to recycle their yogurt and drink containers, but have always just deposited them in the trash. Now there is a convenient way to recycle. Every two weeks there is one recycle bin full.
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?
It is amazing how much our trash has decreased by putting vegetable and fruit scraps in the compost bin instead of the garbage pail. I am very concerned about the landfills overflowing.
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?
Traditionalists, such as my husband, believe a dinner without meat is not complete. However, beans could be as filling and satisfying. Also, food stores carry a large variety of meat and chicken cuts, and fresh, wild fish is not readily available.
