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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Jon Pope

WSP USA

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 459 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    66
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    3.0
    trees
    planted

Jon's actions

Materials

Mulch the Base of Trees and Plants

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Plant Trees

#15 Afforestation

I will plant 3 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 3 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 22
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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    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?
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    Jon Pope 4/19/2019 7:03 AM
    Agribusiness has hooked the public on fat/oil, sugar, and salt.  We've been trained that only foods loaded with them taste good.  S good we want more than we need to sustain ourselves.  Try cutting them out for 3 weeks and you'll see. Check out https://www.pcrm.org/
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Mulch the Base of Trees and Plants
    Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?
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    Jon Pope 4/18/2019 2:36 PM
    Here in New Orleans we get our drinking water from the Mississippi River.  I'm never sure if I should fear what's being washed into our water during the uncontrolled spring flooding upstream, or the day-to-day fertilizer/pesticide runoff during the growing season.  Go organic!
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    Jon Pope 4/18/2019 2:25 PM
    Sometimes I wish I was still working in the NYC office.  I left for New Orleans before the Cinnamon Snail opened their vegan café in Penn Station. https://www.cinnamonsnail.com/home.html#!menu  (They catered our wedding breakfast, back when they were just a food truck.)  
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    Jon Pope 4/15/2019 10:33 AM
    Watch your trash!!! While on a walk our pup picked up and swallowed a bone a construction worker left behind.  Uncomfortable couple of days, but she came through OK.  Be diligent in leave your worksite clean, especially if working in a neighborhood. 
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      Jon Pope 4/16/2019 9:24 AM
      Ironically, this project is a Green project, improving stormwater retention to attenuate surges into our local system during heavy rains. 
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      Meghan Jones 4/16/2019 9:15 AM
      Glad your pup is okay! 
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    Jon Pope 4/11/2019 11:02 AM
    I'm celebrating 10 years vegetarian/5 years vegan in 2019.  No more 'creaks & groans' in the morning, I'm not on any meds (contrary to most my age) and my weight & BMI are spot on.  All started from implementing sustainable strategies into an airport terminal project, and finding how much resources meat-producing requires compared to veg and grains.
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      Meghan Jones 4/11/2019 3:08 PM
      Happy anniversary! Thanks for sharing all the benefits of your diet and how it all begins with learning and small actions!
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    Jon Pope 4/03/2019 6:59 AM
    We gave away evergreen tree seedlings to all guests at our wedding.  Buying from the Arbor Day Foundation https://www.arborday.org/ we were able to tag the tree appropriate to the home climate for each guest (we had folks from across the US and Europe).  Plus now, after registering with the Foundation, when we get supplies or more plants from them they usually throw in an extra (we call it lagniappe here in Louisiana), so this weekend I planted a red maple and two forsythia bushes!
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