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April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Olivia Parish

B&D Olive Team

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 666 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    16
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    234
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    234
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    600
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    1.0
    person
    helped
  • UP TO
    132
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    42
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Olivia's actions

Action Track: Social Justice

Give a Microloan

#62 Women Smallholders

I will give 1 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Choose Renewable Energy or Purchase Renewable Energy Credits

#2 Wind Turbines (Onshore), #8 Solar Farms

I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option. If my utility does not offer one, I will purchase Renewable Energy Credits to match my usage.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 13 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 7.36 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 20
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?


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    Olivia Parish 4/22/2019 10:30 AM
    B&D Seattle cleaned up Freeway Park on Friday
  • 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?

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    Olivia Parish 4/18/2019 11:56 AM
    Benefits from smaller portions: you aren't as sluggish as you might feel with a larger portion.

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    Olivia Parish 4/17/2019 9:22 AM
    The B&D Seattle office is planning on doing a trash pickup over the lunch hour on Friday. I am looking forward to that sense of satisfaction in cleaning up my surroundings.
  • 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?

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    Olivia Parish 4/15/2019 8:25 AM
    I thoroughly enjoy getting some fresh air after work, and make an effort to walk the "long way" home.

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    Olivia Parish 4/12/2019 8:47 AM
    Going to a Mariners game today. I will be taking the light rail to avoid using my car.

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    Olivia Parish 4/08/2019 8:49 AM
    Walked around Green Lake this weekend. Great to be out in the fresh air!

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    Olivia Parish 4/02/2019 2:48 PM
    I'm excited for my first ever EcoChallenge with B&D!