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April 3 - April 24, 2019

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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 Composting
    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?

    Sabrina Skiba's avatar
    Sabrina Skiba 4/24/2019 9:39 AM
    Honestly all of the above are important. In addition to the wasted energy and resources, it also motivates me to be less wasteful when I think about how many people lack access to food.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Smaller Portions
    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?

    Sabrina Skiba's avatar
    Sabrina Skiba 4/24/2019 9:37 AM
    Improved health outcomes.

  • Cheryl Weaver's avatar
    Cheryl Weaver 4/24/2019 6:45 AM
    Quite an interesting journey, thanks for the opportunity!

  • Shannon Kinzebach's avatar
    Shannon Kinzebach 4/17/2019 4:30 PM
    I have a free PSE energy audit of my home happening April 29, in which supposedly they'll replace up to 30 of my bulbs with LED ones...so that'll tick two of these boxes! 

  • Sabrina Skiba's avatar
    Sabrina Skiba 4/17/2019 9:20 AM
    As a society we can most definitely make a difference for future generations by lowering consumption and going green. I feel good about residing in a city that encourages and has programs available for composting and recycling. I joined this challenge to show support for my organization and to make my individual contributions.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    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?

    Cheryl Weaver's avatar
    Cheryl Weaver 4/04/2019 6:53 AM
    Adding meat to a meal is how I was taught to eat growing up.  Most restaurants & cafeteria's don't offer good meatless choices either, though this is getting better!  My last comment is that the Cooking Channel / Food Network, etc., should provide more meatless meals, demonstrate easy preparations and how to create complete proteins.

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    Cheryl Weaver 4/03/2019 6:54 AM
    Ecochallenge starts today, but I've been actively working on this for a week already!