Gabriella Marchesani

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
50 TOTAL

Gabriella's actions

Action Track: Social Justice

Advocate for Forest Protection

#38 Forest Protection

I will contact 1 congress people or representatives to advocate for public policy that protects forests and the enforcement of existing anti-logging laws.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Express My Support

#54 Walkable Cities

I will find out who in my city makes decisions that impact neighborhood walkability and express my support for better walking infrastructure.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Action Track: Social Justice

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 5 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Social Justice Advocate for Forest Protection

Higher standards of living are very often dependent on moving our environmental costs elsewhere. What are some specific ways in which the environmental impacts of your own lifestyle might be shifted elsewhere?

Gabriella Marchesani 4/24/2019 7:14 AM

The degradation of the Everglades habitat is affecting our ecosystem and wiping out the biodiversity. As more and more species become extinct, there are more invasive species in Florida. This is affecting farming, our economy, vegetation, etc. People are starting to be directly affected.

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Social Justice Express My Support

How could better walking infrastructure make your city both more enjoyable and more equitable?

Gabriella Marchesani 4/24/2019 7:12 AM

Living in Miami, a city with poor public transportation, walking to places would be a convenient way to reaching a destination while lowering our carbon footprint.

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Social Justice Contact your Elected Officials

Do you have any personal connections to a farm or farmland? If so, what are they? What feelings are evoked for you when thinking about declining farmland?

Gabriella Marchesani 4/24/2019 7:07 AM

Growing up with two parents who grew up on a farm in Brazil and Chile, our depictions of a farm was not the same. Farming had changed drastically since my parents lived near one. Deforestation, animal cruelty, excessive methane gasses, harmful chemicals contaminating our drinking water... The way our food is produced, packaged and is disposed of is a large contributing factor of climate change.

Read More