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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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EcoChallenge.org
Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 3 - April 24, 2019
Sarah Reynolds's avatar

Sarah Reynolds

Lucky's Market

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 369 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    180
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    20
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    20
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Sarah's actions

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Composting

#60 Composting, #3 Reduced Food Waste

I will start a compost bin where I live.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 10
DAILY 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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 2

#5 Tropical Forests

I will replace or remove the palm oil, coffee, and cocoa products in my current diet that are known to contribute to deforestation.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
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?

  • Sarah Reynolds's avatar
    Sarah Reynolds 4/11/2019 5:53 PM
    I'm definitely becoming more conscientious of my purchasing and recycling habits.  We recently bought a home, and have started a compost pile...no food in the trash or garbage disposal.  I also work hard to purchase, prepare, and consume food items that will have zero waste.  This isn't easy, but it's all about awareness and doing our best to help create a cleaner and more sustainable environment.  We have also started seeds indoors for our garden (as soon as winter decides to really end!)  It's an exciting adventure!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Use
    How difficult or easy was it to change your diet?
    Sarah Reynolds's avatar
    Sarah Reynolds 4/11/2019 5:42 PM
    Super easy!  As soon as you realize how great you feel on a plant based diet, it's an easy decision to continue on down that path!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials
    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?
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    Sarah Reynolds 4/11/2019 5:40 PM
    I buy as many items (clothing, household, etc...) as I can at thrift stores.  This is a significant savings financially, most "used items" have a long life left in them, plus it's super fun to go thrifting!  You really never know what you will find, and it's nice to know I am not contributing to the landfill situation in our world.
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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?
    Sarah Reynolds's avatar
    Sarah Reynolds 4/05/2019 6:45 AM
    It bothers me that we have huge swaths of land that are filled with garbage...that will just sit there forever.  What a waste of beautiful land, resources, and energy.  We have become such a "disposable" society,  it's time to really start making a difference and teaching our kids better ways.  Food comes from the earth, it's perfectly natural to give it back to the earth when we can't use it.
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    • Cayenne Levorse's avatar
      Cayenne Levorse 4/05/2019 8:46 AM
      I'm sure you noticed when we lived in South Florida that everything was flat, flat, flat until you were driving down the highway and you would see a large hill on the horizon with a gray cloud above.  As you drove closer, and the smell would hit you, you realized the hill was a mountain of trash, and the gray cloud was a swarm of birds picking off residual pieces of rotten food.  All those birds made me feel so sad.  They are living in a perfect bird land between the ocean and the everglades, but they are consumed by the convenience of trash mountain...I feel there are parallels between those birds and the way humans sometimes live our lives.  Too many parallels to feel comfortable with.
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