Adam Gent

Team SouthCoast

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Adam's actions

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

#30 Methane Digesters (large), #64 Methane Digesters (small)

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 20 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

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DAILY ACTION

Electricity Generation

Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives

All Electricity Generation Solutions

I will research and tell 2 people each day about the benefits of alternative energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal energy, and methane digesters.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

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DAILY ACTION

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation

What inspiration and wisdom can you gather from your family, faith, or community traditions that would help you in both communicating about and addressing our most pressing energy issues?
Adam Gent 4/09/2019 12:36 PM
The current environment of heavily subsidized fossil fuels takes traditional american liberties away from our residents. They have no choice but to provide for their families with electricity that someone else profits from. Distributed generation is the future for empowering the public to control one of their most precious resources.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Dependable fresh food, supporting local farmers and building resilient communities are just a few benefits of local food systems. Which of these (or other) advantages inspire you the most?
Adam Gent 4/09/2019 12:28 PM
Supporting local farmers is a great way to improve my own health (high blood pressure) while also allowing the grower to continue their way of life in a changing economy. If the community paid the true cost of food, meat and dairy would make a much smaller, more sustainable contribution to our diets.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?
Adam Gent 4/09/2019 12:16 PM
I envision a sustainable community where the true waste management stream is robust and repeatable. Waste comes from many forms including energy generation, thus making wind and solar (coupled with storage) the best solutions for our future community. Food, transportation and economic development all carry similar social and environmental risks that need to be addressed at the grassroots level here in the SouthCoast.

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