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Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Sam Moreton

Panoramic

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
655 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

5.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

8.0

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

8.0

miles

traveled by bus
UP TO

75

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

8.0

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

22

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Sam'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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will spend at least 1 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Research Cement Alternatives

#36 Alternative Cement

I will spend at least 1 minutes researching cement alternatives that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 1 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 2 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 1 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Mulch the Base of Trees and Plants

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will prevent water runoff and increase absorbency by mulching the base of trees and plants in my yard.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

I will spend at least 2 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Explore Other Food Solutions

All Food Solutions

I will spend at least 2 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 8 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 22.44 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY 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

Buildings and Cities

Go for a Daily Walk

#54 Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 15 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Muscle Power

#49 Cars

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

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 Recycle Everything I Can

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle? How does considering implementing these "R's" make you feel?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 2:00 PM

We have been refusing already. Repurposing too with ecobricks. Reducing and reusing are obvious. I think that the repairing is one I should do more of. I like learning and changing our behaviour. I feel more like a Mongolian nomad when I do it right!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Learn about the Need for Family Planning

What did you learn about the need for family planning? Share some of the learning with your friends!

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 1:57 PM

I am going to watch this with my family soon. https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_wilkinson_how_empowering_women_and_girls_can_help_stop_global_warming

My friend Frances takes condoms to Mayanmar and demonstrates how to use them using a cucumber! One time she returned to find that they had misunderstood and covered cucumbers with them rather than use them in the way they are meant to be used!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 1:54 PM

In the UK women have pretty much equal opportunities. In Mongolia sometimes the women have more power than the men (as they are sobre and strong) but still the old system means that there aren't many females in politics in Mongolia.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Research Cement Alternatives

Concrete is a good example of a material that most of us encounter every day, but may its carbon footprint is not obvious. What other everyday materials might have a large carbon footprint? How can you find out more?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 1:49 PM

Furniture. Charcoal for the barbecue. Mobile phones (my mum now has a https://www.fairphone.com/en/.

The internet helps me to understand and ask questions when making purchases/decisions.

My mum found this when trying to explain fly ash to me -https://www.thebalancesmb.com/fly-ash-applications-844761

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Land Use Forest-Friendly Foods 1

How is your diet currently impacting deforestation? What can you do to decrease your negative impact and increase your positive impact?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 1:39 PM

I know about palm oil as I have flown over Malaysia and seen the vast areas of forest cleared for this monocrop. I now know that I need to read labels more carefully as palm oil operates under pseudonyms like “palmate” or can be used as a derivative for other compounds like sodium lauryl sulphate. I will check what we buy carefully so we don't support this practise.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

Clean air, clean water and healthy food are three reasons to care about regenerative agriculture. What are some other reasons?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 1:24 PM

I really liked this video.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-farmers-are-ditching-industrial-methods-for-this-practice_n_5b9001a9e4b0162f4729378a

Regenerative agriculture captures carbon.

It has so many advantages over monocropping which is bad for people and the planet.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Explore Other Food Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 12:29 PM

I was impressed to read this positive news - https://www.cgdev.org/blog/7-hopeful-climate-stories-around-globe?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

India’s Finance for Forests. India made a big climate move in February when it announced that $6 billion a year in tax revenue will be distributed to states in a way that will encourage forest conservation and restoration. That’s more results-based finance for forest conservation than any other country in the world, including the current biggest spender, Norway. And it works out to a sizeable incentive: Indian states now stand to gain $120 per year for every hectare of forest they replant, and lose $120 per year for every hectare they cut. India’s regrowing forests currently remove about 200 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year; look for that number to increase under the new fiscal arrangement.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Use Muscle Power

How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 12:14 PM

I think that using public transport can be one extreme or the other ie. I have had friendly and scary encounters. Cycling in my village is a nice way to see people in the village and to see what is happening around us.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Use Public Transit

How has your access to various kinds of transporation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 12:12 PM

I have always had a car parked outside my house, and I have taken it for granted until now. I shall try and walk/cycle more. I will also take the school bus when my parents don't need to do the drive for other reasons.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transport Improve a Bus Stop

How can you advocate for transportation systems which minimize environmental impact while also meeting human needs?

Sam Moreton 4/22/2019 12:02 PM

Very often many families drive to our football and rugby away matches. I am going to try to get a whatsapp group started for my teams so that people can offer up or ask for lifts.

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