Kalisa Brown

PCC SOC 228

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
197 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

6.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

180

minutes

spent learning

Kalisa's actions

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

#26 Electric Vehicles

I will spend at least 180 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

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Kalisa Brown 4/22/2019 10:05 PM

Today I again completed both my challenges. It got harder over the weekend while I was on a short getaway weekend. I ended up eating more than one meal containing meat on Saturday. The rest of the weekend I did well though. Today I was back to work and was able to complete both challenges easily. I have found that it is easier on days that I work than on weekends to c on complete tthetwo meatless meals a day challenge. I have been doing fairly well on the smaller portions challenge too

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- Mende Smith-Regan 4/23/2019 12:12 PM
  
  Way to go, Kalisa! it gets easier.
  
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Kalisa Brown 4/18/2019 7:14 PM

Today, I was able to eat smaller portions by missing breakfast and having a small salad for lunch. For dinner, I was able to just eat a small bowl of pasta. I have noticed that I also feel better during the day when I cut my portions.
Today I also only had meat for dinner, and just a small amount mixed into my pasta. It feels great to be able to be cutting back in meat so easily. This was the challenge that I was most worried about.

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Kalisa Brown 4/15/2019 8:42 PM

Today I was able to eat one meal total that had meat in it. I was also able to cut my portion sizes by almost half. I'm feeling accomplished today!

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Kalisa Brown 4/15/2019 8:39 PM

Yesterday I completed my research about hybrid and electric cars. After my research, I am very excited to buy a hybrid car. The car that I was looking at recently was the new Toyota RAV4 hybrid. Although I love the Prius, I am prefer cars that are a little higher off the ground and a little bigger. When I saw that they have a Toyota RAV4 hybrid, I became super excited to research more about it.
I see a nice hybrid car in my near future!!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

Reducing (or eliminating) exhaust emissions and improving public health are two benefits of green vehicles. What other motivators inspire you to consider switching to a more fuel-efficient vehicle?

Kalisa Brown 4/14/2019 4:41 PM

Cutting exhaust emissions and improving health are my main motivators for switching to a hybrid (fuel-efficient) car, but one of the added benefits of switching is cutting fuel costs. I looked into what gas would cost per month with a hybrid car versus what I pay now. Right now, on average, I pay about $80 per month for gas alone on my car that gets 21mpg. If I were to get a hybrid car averaging about 40mpg, I would only need to fill up every other month. That's a huge benefit in itself. Not only that, but they now have come out with many different options for hybrid cars: SUVs, hatchbacks, sedans, coupes, etc. This is definitely something that I am interested in purchasing in the near future.

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Kalisa Brown 4/14/2019 4:28 PM

I have been doing much better in these changes than I had expected to. I am now trying to also change my food waste. Though I am still only having one meal with meat a day, I have been looking up recipes for how to use all of the meat I eat (including bones) instead of eating bits of it and letting the rest go to waste. Bone broth is my next recipe that I will be trying.

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Kalisa Brown 4/13/2019 11:09 AM

Yesterday was day 1. Trying to change my eating habits from meat almost every meal to only once a day is proving to be difficult already. I am planning in the mornings which meal I will eat the meat in. It is difficult, but I am excited to be changing how I live to better the environment.

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