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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
Khellmar Daring's avatar

Khellmar Daring

Winooski Spartans Climate & Energy

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 236 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    10
    miles
    not traveled by car
  • UP TO
    10
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    6.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.5
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Khellmar's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 5 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 1.77 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Launch a Recycling Program

#56 Industrial Recycling

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 2
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?

  • Khellmar Daring's avatar
    Khellmar Daring 4/12/2019 7:41 AM
    The most important thing I believe I did was consume a plant rich diet. This solution could be pretty impactful as a lot of the emissions we put into our atmosphere come from food.  According to an article on Green Biz by Pete Pearson "food waste represents 4.4 billion tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions" and according to CSS 47.6% of that is from meat. So if we were to cut down on the amount of meat we ate we would severely impact the amount of emissions due to food in a good way of course.
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    • Mr McNally's avatar
      Mr McNally 4/12/2019 10:00 AM
      Thanks for the posting OJ.  If food waste is 4.4 billion tons of GHG emissions how much of the total emissions does this represent?  Since these are massive numbers, that will help put these data into perspective.  
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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?
    Khellmar Daring's avatar
    Khellmar Daring 4/05/2019 10:56 AM
    Because meat is very popular in america whether that be fish, chicken and especially turkey around Thanksgiving. 
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    Khellmar Daring 4/03/2019 11:14 AM
    Good, as I believe with Winooski is an amazing school
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Launch a Recycling Program
    How can you take your commitment to sustainable living beyond yourself? How can you, personally, work toward broader change?
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    Khellmar Daring 4/03/2019 11:13 AM
    I can get the freshman grade to start throwing recycle in the recycling, trash in the trash bin, and compost within the compost bin.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport Try Carpooling
    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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    Khellmar Daring 4/03/2019 11:12 AM
    Winooski Middle High School
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Go Paperless
    What do you want to prioritize over material 'stuff' in your own life?
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    Khellmar Daring 4/03/2019 11:06 AM
    Things that will last forever instead of things that will last me a year
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    • Mr McNally's avatar
      Mr McNally 4/03/2019 3:00 PM
      Great - what are some examples of these long-term, more durable things?
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Khellmar Daring 4/03/2019 11:00 AM
    You could buy a recyclable plastic cup and use that for all your liquids.
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