EcoChallenge.org

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Robin Treadwell

Waiheke Island Community

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
781 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

donation

made
UP TO

54

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

65

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

7.0

public officials or leaders

contacted

Robin's actions

Electricity Generation

Communicate With My Elected Officials

#2 Wind Turbines (Onshore)

I will write or call 1 elected official(s) telling them not to support fossil fuel subsidies and instead support wind energy generation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

#29 Wave and Tidal

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of wave and tidal energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Start a Social Media Campaign

#6 Educating Girls

Through social media, I will raise awareness about gender inequity in education by sharing the information found in the links below.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

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 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Action Track: Social Justice

Advocate for Forest Protection

#38 Forest Protection

I will contact 4 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests and the enforcement of existing anti-logging laws.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Express My Support

#59 Bike Infrastructure

I will find out who in my city makes decisions that impact bike routes and express my support for better biking infrastructure.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Explore Other Food Solutions

All Food Solutions

I will spend at least 5 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Fund Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will donate to supply a community with reproductive health supplies.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 10
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?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:42 AM

Really interesting challenge, learnt heaps, but so much more I could do...

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Learn about the Need for Family Planning

What did you learn about the need for family planning? Share some of the learning with your friends!

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:41 AM

Katherine Wilkinson's TED talk really interesting. UNFPA data shows over 200 million women still lack safe, reliable contraception, therefore reducing their ability to care for families and selves, and contribute to communities. Need more support!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Explore Other Food Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:36 AM

Numerous initiatives to produce food in unfavourable situations eg. rice that grows in higher salinity water! Food production responsible for 25% of global GHG emissions, food waste for 8%, approx 1/3 of all food produced...horrors. In developed countries this is mainly after it reaches consumer, as opposed to before hand in developing countries; new technology being developed to lower this.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Support Women-Owned Businesses

Globally, women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men. How can you better support communities by supporting women? Can you share any past experiences that may help others take action?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:27 AM

Supporting women will support families, and especially young women in their communities to develop businesses and increase education. Research women owned businesses to give priority to supporting them.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

What did you learn about wave and tidal energy? Were you surprised by the information you found?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:25 AM

Fascinating - wave generators already working in
Portugal, and tidal ones in France - need tidal range of 5m however.
Lots of R&D underway and trials in USA Pacific NW areas.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Communicate With My Elected Officials

What inspires you to act on sustainable energy and other energy issues?

Robin Treadwell 4/22/2019 5:32 PM

Using fossil fuels to generate electricity just adds to GHGas emissions and therefore the Climate Crisis - for the sake of endangered creatures, including humans, we all need to support clean alternatives and power down ie reduce our usage so we can use surplus for charging evs, running clean heating options eg heat pumps

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Robin Treadwell 4/21/2019 1:53 AM

While over 60% of tertiary graduates are women, not so at the top. "In 2017, the Ministry of Education reported that only 26% of professors and deans at the eight universities were women. In 2012, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission’s census figures calculated that female professors constituted 19% of the total number of senior academics at this level."

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Robin Treadwell 4/21/2019 1:46 AM

http://passionberry.co.nz/ - woman owned business, well actually a couple - must go next strawberry season!(between Silverdale and Kaukapakapa)

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Robin Treadwell 4/18/2019 3:07 AM

http://www.potikiadventures.co.nz/marae-stay/ - woman owned and sounds inspirational, thanks!

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Robin Treadwell 4/18/2019 3:02 AM

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellington/comments/beecx8/sour_milk_poured_on_steps_of_parliament/

XR protesting about the dairy industry - about time given today's report on the polluted state of NZ's fresh water

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