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April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Brandon Varela-Carrillo

Franklin STRONG

POINTS TOTAL

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  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 231 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning

Brandon's actions

Land Use

Choose Better Wood Products

#38 Forest Protection

I will only purchase wood and paper products from ecologically certified sources like Forest Stewardship Council.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Launch a Recycling Program

#56 Industrial Recycling

I will set up a recycling center at my workplace or school.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 90 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Test Drive an Electric Bike

#69 Electric Bikes

I will test drive an electric bike at a local distributor to see if it makes sense to use one in place of my car, or to extend the area I can cover by bike.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 6 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 0.0 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

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DAILY ACTIONS

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 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use Choose Better Wood Products
    Beyond carbon sequestration, what other benefits do forests offer you personally?

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    Brandon Varela-Carrillo 4/22/2019 3:08 PM
    Paper is better when is recycled,  We we should replant trees when we use them.  

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    Brandon Varela-Carrillo 4/12/2019 2:15 PM
    I am doing this challenge because it is better for the environment and I care about the environment.  
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates
    How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?

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    Brandon Varela-Carrillo 4/10/2019 2:24 PM
    I learned that the expiration dates are not always true. Sometimes food is good even though it ays expired. But sometimes food is bad before expiration dates.  You should smell and look at food to see if it is still good. Expiration dates are used to say when food tastes the best, not when it goes bad.