Drawdown EcoChallenge - Gladys Hernandez-Rivas

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Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Gladys's points

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
67 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

34

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

25

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

15

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

30

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

2.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Gladys'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

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

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 15 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 24.15 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 10 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 9.68 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of eating smaller portions?
Gladys Hernandez-Rivas 4/11/2019 12:23 PM

Eating smaller portions also helps with you're health. A lot of people tend to eat in big portions which sometimes leads to obesity if you're also eating unhealthy. Eating in smaller portions well help you in a lot of ways.

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