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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
Alice Bernheimer's avatar

Alice Bernheimer

Poly Prep Green Devils

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 336 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    18
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    6.0
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    7.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    27
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    6.0
    miles
    not traveled by car

Alice's actions

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Micro Wind

#76 Micro Wind

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of Micro Wind.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Explore Other Electricity Generation Solutions

All Electricity Generation Solutions

I will spend at least 10 minutes researching other Drawdown Electricity Generation Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 3 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 1 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 4.42 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Muscle Power

#49 Cars

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 6
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?

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    Alice Bernheimer 4/24/2019 4:21 AM
    I think it is important to do this, because a lot of  people think hat they are only one person littering, and it won't do much, but that's not true, because if everyone thinks that, there is a lot more pollution in the world, and you should just go to a garbage can that is probably close by.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Electricity Generation
    What is the most exciting solution you explored? Why is it exciting to you?
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 5:04 PM
    I liked the wind turbines because they are simple, but very effective.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 5:03 PM
    Instead of driving somewhere that is close, I usually walk, and I like to go on walks even though I get allergies, you can see more things walking then being in a car. Also, I like photography, so I ca take more photos when I'm walking.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Electricity Generation
    Micro turbines can be placed on large structures to take advantage of stronger, steadier breezes. The Eiffel Tower now sports vertical axis turbines that produce electricity for use on site. Where could micro turbines potentially be installed in your city?
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 5:01 PM
    If they were installed, people would reduce the amount of electricity they use, because they would be getting their electricity from the wind.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 5:00 PM
    I go to an art class with my friend, and we usually carpool to the class, and it helps because cars pollute the earth and when you carpool, you reduce the pollution because instead of 2 or more cars, you only use one.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    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?
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 4:58 PM
    Some of the benefits are being able to help the environment because if we use smaller portions, we waste less food and that food people can donate to people who need it, instead of trowing it out. Also, most people don't compost, so it goes to the landfill and pollutes the earth.  
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    Alice Bernheimer 4/23/2019 4:51 PM
    I want to help the earth because we probably don't have that much time to make a difference, and if we don't help now, we get even closer to the day global warming totally takes over and we're all doomed.
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