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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
Andy Platt's avatar

Andy Platt

Mass Audubon

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 101 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    6.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Andy's actions

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 0
DAILY 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

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 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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    Andy Platt 4/11/2019 2:56 PM
    How am I supposed to count waste that goes to compost... is it not waste? Or a higher level waste since it was not consumed.. also it may make us heave all the rotten stuff we should eaten .. which causes unwarranted glee because it will give us more compost!! Something to ponder 
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    • Alexandra Vecchio's avatar
      Alexandra Vecchio 4/19/2019 3:22 AM
      Where does your compost go, Andy? Does it get hauled off or is it used in your own yard for gardening? 
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    Andy Platt 4/09/2019 5:21 PM
    It is amazing.. I have never been a member of the clean plate club., but I am now. I realize this is about changing habits..  am amazed by how much we are now aware.. easy example cut off the end of a red pepper ., now we cut it off and cut again around the inedible end., for s juicy little morsel .., previously Into the compost., I think we are reducing what is going into compost although that is not s total waste !
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    Andy Platt 4/04/2019 4:40 PM
    Ok so here is a new food waste syndrome I have named it “Bruised Fruit Avoidance”
    Picture any small fruit. Bluberries, strawberries, raspberries, even bananas 
    People select the best .. often on top
    to consume leaving the less favored  for another day. These unselected begin to get more tired and even begin to rot and end up as food waste. If they were eaten on day 1., they would be quite fine.. not perfect but edible 

    So one suggestion seek out the lesser berries and select them first., dig down abit in the container so you can bypass BFSS
    Andy 
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