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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Mary Remar

Team Houston GBRC

"Heal, Garden, Love, Art. My Mission. "

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 216 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.4
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    12
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    30
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    10
    public officials or leaders
    contacted

Mary's actions

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Host a Film Screening

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will host a film screening and discussion about women's and gender equality issues.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 2 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 10 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 6
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 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

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?

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    Mary Remar 4/24/2019 9:34 AM
    Well, I hardly played, and did not take the time to learn something new.  I did contact State House Reps, and will continue to do so, and I shared this annual programs with more of my community.  
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    Mary Remar 4/22/2019 8:17 AM
    Good morning everyone.  I am not sure what our barriers were to participation this year, but, I love this annual event.  I am supported, reminded, and challenged by it.  
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    Mary Remar 4/16/2019 11:05 AM
    Hey everybody.  I have a real problem with Poison Ivy along my fenceline.   I THINK I have finally gotten to a solution.  While I have been cutting it back at the roots for a year, and that has gotten several 'mother' plants cut back to their dusty cores, I can't get close to these things anymore as I am highly allergic and that dust is brutal.   This article states that poison ivy will grow where the soil is least healthy, which fascinated me, what I know about my fenceline is that for years, the yard services have sprayed Round Up like products on the fenceline to clera it, causing the soil to just be toxic and dead.   It's also suggested that poison ivy and oak like acidic soils.   So, my next phase is to continue to cut all of it off at the roots this year.  Mulch with a nice compost and hardwood mulch, and to amend the entire fenceline with a dolomite lime enriched with Calcium and Magnesium to jack up the PH levels.  If anyone has any other organic tools for fighting Poison Ivy let me know.  I'll also be adding Comfrey, Calendula, and Allium and see if balancing the soils will kill off this stuff for good.  
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    Mary Remar 4/16/2019 7:25 AM
    I added some activities from the women and girls category.  It's interesting that that category asks for money.   I think there are lots of actions missing from that category that don't cost money.   It's also interesting that investing in women's self reliance makes a big impact on global resources.    I think this category deserves more attention.   Another category for youth in general and for young boys would probably have a big impact as well.   
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    Mary Remar 4/12/2019 7:02 AM
    Hi. We're halfway through this years challenge!  Feel free to join our team for the remainder of the time!  
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    Mary Remar 4/05/2019 7:35 AM
    I forgot that this started.  Yikes.   

    Is it a bad thing if I am registered both for my day job and also as my own small business.  I did this on accident, just not paying attention.   Hm.
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