Carolyn Worthing
4/24/2019 8:49 PM
Liberate the women, liberate the planet!
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REFLECTION QUESTIONWomen and Girls Fund Family PlanningWhen family planning focuses on healthcare provision and meeting the expressed needs of women, it results in empowerment, equality, and well-being, and the benefits to the planet are side effects. Why is family planning an important civil rights consideration?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONMaterials Mulch the Base of Trees and PlantsName 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?
Carolyn Worthing 4/24/2019 8:48 PMbetter than that, I've hired a drainage expert to redirect my waterflow so it doesn't pool. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Support Nutrient ManagementHow does environmental quality influence your sense of community?
Carolyn Worthing 4/24/2019 8:44 PMI take the time to show interest in the important work my food suppliers put forth, and my support for them intensifies. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Smaller PortionsFun 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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REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Learn the Truth About Expiration DatesHow does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?
Carolyn Worthing 4/24/2019 8:41 PMI don't immediately assume something is bad just because it has gone past the sell by date. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONTransport Use Muscle PowerHow do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
Cheryl Turney 4/24/2019 7:28 PMAll choices other than driving permit more personal engagement with the community. Driving has an individual, destination-oriented focus, while walking, riding transit and biking lend themselves to being more fully present in the moment and to interpersonal interactions. -
Beverly Wedda 4/24/2019 5:45 PMI'm writing about one of my chosen activities that while I didn't complete, I moved toward completion and learned something in the process. I have worked in a large medical center for over 3 yrs now, and I've never noticed a recycling bin/station anywhere during that time. I'd planned to create an initial small station in one of the staff work rooms that I use, and even brought a small bin in to use today to set it up. When I spoke with some other staff about this at a meeting today, I learned that reportedly there is at least one recycling bin on every floor of the building, and that I could ask the Environmental Engineer area to place more bins. So locating the current bins, and requesting more bins remains on my to-do list, but I'm excited to have learned all this in the process. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Social Justice Support Microgeneration in Low Income CountriesHow can micro energy solutions reduce inequities? Why is this important to you?
Beverly Wedda 4/24/2019 5:40 PMJust the one brief story I read from Green Empowerment where I made my donation shows this. A family was given a biosand filter system to clean their water - and they no longer get sick after drinking it. Not being sick, allows the family members to engage in whatever meaningful activities occupy their day. Particularly when work and livelihood are involved - reduces inequity. Where education is involved for the children - decreasing absenteeism reduces inequity. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Social Justice Improve a Bus StopHow can you advocate for transportation systems which minimize environmental impact while also meeting human needs?
Beverly Wedda 4/24/2019 5:28 PMHere in this community, some components of public transportation hold community meetings that I could attend to provider my user input. These seem to happen on a regularly scheduled basis.
During this Drawdown period of improving my bust stop, I've focused primarily on picking up litter/trash at one more problematic stop in particular. Having done so has made me much more aware of how frequent this occurs - people just put down their trash and leave it. -
Mary Lacombe 4/24/2019 4:01 PMI should have done more. I could have learned a lot more too.-
Thomas Fletcher 4/24/2019 5:52 PMHigh Five for joining the team and your efforts, Mary.
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