Liz Couture

DRAWDOWN Richmond Hill

"Bringing Community Focus on Climate Change One Person at a Time"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
181 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

2.0

miles

traveled by bike
UP TO

1.7

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

1.0

public official or leader

contacted
UP TO

2.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Liz's actions

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Go by Bike

#59 Bike Infrastructure

I will commute by bike 2 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 1.72 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

#18 Geothermal

I will spend at least 100 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 2

#5 Tropical Forests

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 1 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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Liz Couture 4/12/2019 2:07 PM

Spoke to my Member of Provincial Parliament today and mentioned Regenerative Agriculture. I need much more time with her to explain it properly. Anyway, I got my points ;)

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Liz Couture 4/10/2019 5:33 PM

I keep forgetting to update my file at the end of the day. I’m not a great record keeper at the best of times, hahahah

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Liz Couture 4/04/2019 7:47 PM

About to update my solutions for the first time. I don’t really know what I’m doing.

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Liz Couture 3/26/2019 7:22 AM

I started with REALLY, REALLY easy challenges, things that I probably would have done anyway. Not making any apologies for this, as I seem to be spending every waking hour working on climate change related organizing. Feeling very engaged right now, but still worried about our future.

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Liz Couture 3/26/2019 6:35 AM

As lead organizer for DRAWDOWN Richmond Hill (Ontario, Canada), I felt proud to step forward as Team Captain to initiate a 2019 EcoChallenge Team. The knowledge and tools to deal with climate change are out there, and EcoChallenge uses the DRAWDOWN model of mapping and measuring to add points for behavioural changes we make towards transition to fossil-free living in our lives. Welcome team membvers!

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