Ethan Silovich

Team SouthCoast

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
371 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

75

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

3.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Ethan's actions

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

#18 Geothermal

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn More about Silvopasture

#9 Silvopasture

I will spend at least 45 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

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 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Learn More About Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy is reliable, abundant, and efficient. Project Drawdown states that public investment will play a crucial role in its expansion. In what ways (i.e. with money, time, advocacy) can you invest in geothermal energy?

Ethan Silovich 4/24/2019 10:17 AM

because i am not in a point in my life where i can afford to decide to put geothermal in my future home so the ways that i can help is to know as much as i can about it and try to advocate for it.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Ethan Silovich 4/24/2019 10:09 AM

single use straws are one of the things that i use the most that could be eliminated from my personal waste stream. i have looked at reusable straws just have never gotten one and think that i would face problems remembering to carry it with me all the time

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

Clean air, clean water and healthy food are three reasons to care about regenerative agriculture. What are some other reasons?

Ethan Silovich 4/18/2019 7:50 AM

i worked on a farm one summer that was organic so they relied on a lot of the practices that are outlined in this concept. so these practices give small and organic farms the ability to keep their fields well supplied with nutrients so that they can continue to grow. there is also a strong belief that things that are grown in these practices taste better than ones that are grown using pesticides.

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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?

Ethan Silovich 4/18/2019 7:42 AM

eating smaller portions is important for weight loss especially in a country like america where weight and weight related health problems are such a problem.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn More about Silvopasture

Had you heard of the term "silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?

Ethan Silovich 4/17/2019 10:16 AM

i had not heard the name silvopasture before but i have heard the concept talked about as far as people using it. i think that the benefits are two fold because there there is benefit for people who are farming on the land because it saves them time and money not having to spend money to cut the trees to make pastureland and the environment benefits. because the animals help keep the land managed.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Keep Track of Wasted Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?

Ethan Silovich 4/16/2019 6:27 AM

as a soon to be college graduate i realize the importance of saving as much money as possible and food waste is an easy way to cut expenses. if i had an extra 1500 dollars a year i would spend it on paying back school loans

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