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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Isabel Peirce

Emerson Waldorf

"“Nothing I can do will matter.” - said 7 billion people"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 232 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    15
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    4.0
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    6.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    15
    miles
    not traveled by car

Isabel's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 15 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 4.05 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
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    Isabel Peirce 4/17/2019 2:47 PM
    Carpooling is something I do often with people who live close to me! It’s awesome that I canadd  that to the impact I’m making on the earth! We need more carpooling and less gas being used!!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials
    Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?
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    Isabel Peirce 4/17/2019 2:46 PM
    What a coincidence that my family was already planning to mulch around the trees in our yard! 
    Although we were going to for aesthetic purposes, I’m so excited to hear that there’s a practical, earth-saving benefit to it too!
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    Isabel Peirce 4/17/2019 2:43 PM
    It’s cool noticing how a lot of the things I’m doing to be eco-friendly have become habits! Such as not using a bag if I didn’t bring my own, striving to not waste food and taking shorter showers! 
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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?
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    Isabel Peirce 4/10/2019 7:44 PM
    Seeing the statistics of how much reducing animal waste can help is extremely motivating- still haven’t committed to going completely vegan yet 
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    Producing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?
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    Isabel Peirce 4/10/2019 7:42 PM
    Not only have I been composting at school, but my family has been talking about starting our own compost at home! Yippee
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    Isabel Peirce 4/10/2019 7:40 PM
    I love how much the community is supporting each other in this challenge! So excited to see how we progress! Great job everyone:)
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    Isabel Peirce 4/09/2019 4:22 AM
    Love seeing y’all composting
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