Calvin Kem

Team SouthCoast

"Help the environment."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
284 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

7.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Calvin'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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 8
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 2

#5 Tropical Forests

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Give a Microloan

#62 Women Smallholders

I will give 1 microloan(s) to women who need help starting a business.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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?

Calvin Kem 4/17/2019 12:14 PM
My food waste today was a bowl of rice. It wasn't spoiled nor was I full. I just wanted the dumplings and the rice was terrible.

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Calvin Kem 4/09/2019 11:14 AM
For the past three days, I reduced my food waste to tiny bits of food. I have also reduced my cocoa intake.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use

Are bamboo alternatives readily available in your community? If not, what are other sustainable alternatives?
Calvin Kem 4/04/2019 6:13 AM
I don't know if they are readily available in my community, but I would purchase these items online.

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- Valerie Vong 4/04/2019 11:07 AM
  Bamboo alternatives are heavily available! Bamboo toothbrushes, bamboo chopsticks (and other utensils), and bamboo containers.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use

How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?
Calvin Kem 4/04/2019 6:12 AM
For me, it is a somewhat easy process to change my diet. Once I am certain that I should not include a certain ingredient into my diet, I just try out other foods and I end up liking them.

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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?
Calvin Kem 4/04/2019 6:07 AM
When eating smaller portions, it allows one to gain self control because we control the temptation to put on food, that is always present to us, on our plates.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
Calvin Kem 4/04/2019 6:05 AM
I would rather spend the money on other necessities like paying the utility bill.

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Calvin Kem 4/03/2019 12:17 PM
I haven't started yet, but I am excited to see how it will go.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

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?
Calvin Kem 4/03/2019 12:16 PM
People in North America focus on the taste of foods and do not think about all the processes that are taken to acquire that food. Also, the food pyramid displays protein as only coming from meat. I assume that due to the food pyramid that we are taught, we strive to enforce what we learned as children rather than what we can learn now.

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