EcoChallenge.org

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Liza David

Everyone Doing their Bit

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
187 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

30

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

10

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Liza's actions

Materials

Install a Low-Flow Showerhead

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will save up to 15 gallons (56 L) of water a day by installing a low-flow showerhead.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Research Cement Alternatives

#36 Alternative Cement

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching cement alternatives that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 5 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

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

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Buy Bamboo

#35 Bamboo

When they are available, I will purchase products made from bamboo instead of wood, plastic, or metal.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Plant Trees

#15 Afforestation

I will plant 1 tree(s) in my community, public parks, or backyard.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Choose LED Bulbs

#33 LED Lighting (Household)

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Explore Other Food Solutions

All Food Solutions

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 10 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Choose Recycled Paper

#70 Recycled Paper

I will plan ahead to only use paper products made from post-consumer recycled paper for my home or office.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials

Good job on choosing recycled paper! How can you take your action a step further?
Liza David 4/11/2019 12:54 AM
using re-cycled A4 sheets in my printer, using rolls of recycled paper for drawing / sketching, find an alternative to post-it notes and gift people more recycled paper products (they make nice gifts and are a way to spread the word...)

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Liza David 4/11/2019 12:49 AM
Task #41 in "ELECTRICITY GENERATION" - Solar Water - "I will contact a local installer/distributor to see if a solar water heater makes sense for my house" - We have a solar water heater at home, but 2 bathrooms are not connected to it. We have decided to use the one bathroom with solar, or take water from it in a bucket, to the other bathrooms if we need hot water. It's working, must keep it going!

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Liza David 4/11/2019 12:47 AM
To complete Task #70 in "MATERIALS" - Recycled Paper - "I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions." - I took some time to change phone and internet bill to paperless, and even more time to convince folks at home to do the same ;) Also, no more new notebooks (though I am still tempted by my instagram feed!)- i found a set of 5 recycled notebooks on betterindia and some on second life - which uses old tyres and other reused rubber for the covers of the notebooks. Also our 'one sided paper' stack is growing and i must set aside time to stictch together a book from pages of semi-used notebooks of the past. So much paper!

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Liza David 4/06/2019 1:00 AM
Bought bamboo toothbrushes for everyone in the family. The bristles are still acrylic. Maybe charcoal and salt or toothpowder is best? :O ;). Everytime i have tender coconut or juice, have to remember to say NO STRAW. Bought a few bamboo fibre based clothes too - and they didn't have harmful packaging either, from bambootribe.com. Please share ideas on what else can be bamboo? Thanks!

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- Poonam Kasturi 4/08/2019 10:22 PM
  Way to go, Liza! By making efforts and continually thinking about the materials we use, we can arrive at suitable solutions. For Bamboo, I stumbled upon the folloing website, maybe it helps you: https://www.bambooimport.com/en/blog/products-made-from-bamboo
  
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Liza David 4/03/2019 10:41 PM
Focusing on the content and waste around my food - eating plant based and attempting to be zero waste in shopping and eating. My other focus is to spend some time researching areas I want to know more about.

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- Poonam Kasturi 4/04/2019 4:07 AM
  Liza - this is a perfect platform to know more about the things that you care about. Also, please do share best practises so that other team mates can get inspired and start doing :)
  
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