Erika Villanueva

PCC SOC 228

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
344 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

7.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

35

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

35

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

140

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

30

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

5.7

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Erika's actions

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 20 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 5 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 0.82 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY 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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 7
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?

Erika Villanueva 4/24/2019 9:20 AM

Something I noticed thought my ecochallange was that it was much easier to do my challenges but harder to remember to document them and check in everyday. There was days I would do everything, walk, take the bus and eat no meat but forget to check in because it was such a busy day.

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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?

Erika Villanueva 4/24/2019 9:16 AM

I think it might be more common for us to eat meat because it is so easily accessible to us. Other countries it might be more expensive to afford meat, so when it comes to us we eat it because we have it by just walking to a store.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Composting

Producing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?

Erika Villanueva 4/22/2019 9:52 AM

I think fertilizer is a great reason to compost because it is something that is very useful and can help us not use other harmful things.

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Erika Villanueva 4/22/2019 9:50 AM

I just realized how hard it is to prepare a non animal product breakfast for me. Other meals feel easier to make but all breakfast usually is are eggs, hash brown
, and bacon.

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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!

Erika Villanueva 4/22/2019 9:48 AM

I learned how much family planning can help the environment. Because not all people want children and some don't know what family planning is so all of that is important and should be taught.

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Erika Villanueva 4/21/2019 8:28 PM

Today I am so tired because I walked so much, what I am realizing is that my favorite part of the ecochallenge is the walking. I have also done good with taking public transportation but it still annoys me how much time I feel like I am wasting. But walking is something I am really enjoying.

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Erika Villanueva 4/19/2019 11:18 PM

I walked to work today and I found it relaxing most of thr time. At the end I was just so tired and wanted to get to my destination. I do think I would get used to it a lot more if I walked that much everyday. I will
try this again next week.

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Erika Villanueva 4/18/2019 11:32 PM

Today I had all of my meals with no animal products. I did it without eve thinking and this makes me wonder if my body gets tired of eating so much meat. At the end of the day I was craving a hamburger though. I found this very weird.

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Erika Villanueva 4/17/2019 9:46 AM

I work at a high school, today I sat in a small group of students and had a conversation with them about my goal of eating one non meat meals a day. They were really interested in this and did not know the harm raising animals has on the environment. This just shows how unknown this information is for a lot of people.

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Erika Villanueva 4/16/2019 10:20 PM

I have started taking walks in the morning for at least 20 minutes a day and I have really enjoyed this. I think that after this month challenge I will continue to do this.

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