EcoChallenge.org

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Judy Gribble

Seattle Children's Green Team

"Working to have less of an impact while I am on this Earth."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
495 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

45

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

2.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

30

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

2.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Judy's actions

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Improve a Bus Stop

#37 Mass Transit

I will improve a bus stop in my neighborhood by posting the stop schedule, adding seating or shelter, adding art or flowers, picking up litter, or implementing some other small improvement.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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

Transport

Research and Advocate for High-Speed Rail

#66 High-Speed Rail

I will spend at least 10 minutes researching and advocating for a comprehensive high speed rail network in my country/region.

COMPLETED
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).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 1
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
Materials

Good job on choosing recycled paper! How can you take your action a step further?
Judy Gribble 4/24/2019 11:02 AM
I am recycling daily calendar print outs for conference rooms. The paper will be made into scratch pads for office staff to use.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?
Judy Gribble 4/24/2019 11:00 AM
When choosing products especially at discounted grocery stores, I will be able to make a better decision.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?
Judy Gribble 4/19/2019 11:35 AM
Things enjoyable are the beautiful grounds surrounding our workplace. The small urban park and nicely landscaped gardens give a sense of caring for the environment. It is nice to hear the birds singing and bunnies hopping around.

When walking in the surrounding neighborhood of my work, there are blocks that do not have sidewalks. This is important for those people who have disabilities. There is also a section where you have to walk in a parking lot with a designated walking area; however, it is behind cars/trucks that are parked so they could back out at anytime.

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Judy Gribble 4/17/2019 9:59 AM
It is so surprising to me, intelligent beings that we are working in a value based environment, that people do not pay attention to what it means to sort items for recycling, composting, and trash. My mission in our office is to make a poster of those items commonly mis-sorted so people have a visual.

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Judy Gribble 4/10/2019 2:31 PM
It is amazing how many high speed rails are in other parts of the world. I do understand that traversing from New York to LA may not be ideal on rail...however, in the more densely populated urban areas, it makes sense...as in the Northwest. Having one in the corridor from northern California up to Vancouver BC would be awesome. Of course, locally, we just need to improve local commute possibilities so when people arrive on high speed rail...they have a way to get around. Will be interesting to see where this goes...

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Judy Gribble 4/08/2019 1:45 PM
Bus stop is looking awful again...so much trash around. Metro bus is not emptying the trash bin they recently installed so that it is over flowing. Am making a complaint to Metro today for a trash pickup.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Judy Gribble 4/08/2019 1:43 PM
Plastic bags are regularly given for vegetable transport at grocery stores. I have purchased reusable vegetable bags and/or take my own reusable container to the store.

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Judy Gribble 4/05/2019 2:39 PM
Cleaned up area around the bus stop I frequent...felt really good and even better this morning when I arrived and didn't see all the cigarette butts on the ground (yes, I used plastic gloves). I plan to continue a weekly clean-up.

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