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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
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Patti Rego

Team SouthCoast

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 352 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    300
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    44
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    40
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Patti's actions

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 40 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

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 20
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 20
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
    Food
    Dependable fresh food, supporting local farmers and building resilient communities are just a few benefits of local food systems. Which of these (or other) advantages inspire you the most?
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    Patti Rego 4/08/2019 12:39 PM
    Supporting local farmers! Today my office had a potluck- Meatless Monday- with a kombucha tasting. The kombucha was from a local farmer and it was delicious!
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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?
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    Patti Rego 4/08/2019 12:36 PM
    Better digestion- instead of filling up and feeling "too full" I'm able to have the energy to take that walk after dinner instead of lying around complaining that I'm too full!
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