Join the Drawdown EcoChallenge, presented by EcoChallenge.org

April 3 - April 24, 2019

Waiheke Island Community Feed

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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
Transport Explore Other Transport Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Jane Cooper 4/24/2019 11:35 AM

I learnt about the direct link between (lack of) transportation and poverty, particularly from the Philadelphia story about the effectiveness of carpooling schemes in giving people access to suburban jobs that are better paid than inner city ones, and thus increasing their opportunities.

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Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:42 AM

Really interesting challenge, learnt heaps, but so much more I could do...

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Learn about the Need for Family Planning

What did you learn about the need for family planning? Share some of the learning with your friends!

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:41 AM

Katherine Wilkinson's TED talk really interesting. UNFPA data shows over 200 million women still lack safe, reliable contraception, therefore reducing their ability to care for families and selves, and contribute to communities. Need more support!

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Food Explore Other Food Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:36 AM

Numerous initiatives to produce food in unfavourable situations eg. rice that grows in higher salinity water! Food production responsible for 25% of global GHG emissions, food waste for 8%, approx 1/3 of all food produced...horrors. In developed countries this is mainly after it reaches consumer, as opposed to before hand in developing countries; new technology being developed to lower this.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Women and Girls Support Women-Owned Businesses

Globally, women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men. How can you better support communities by supporting women? Can you share any past experiences that may help others take action?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:27 AM

Supporting women will support families, and especially young women in their communities to develop businesses and increase education. Research women owned businesses to give priority to supporting them.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

What did you learn about wave and tidal energy? Were you surprised by the information you found?

Robin Treadwell 4/24/2019 5:25 AM

Fascinating - wave generators already working in
Portugal, and tidal ones in France - need tidal range of 5m however.
Lots of R&D underway and trials in USA Pacific NW areas.

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Transport Explore Other Transport Solutions

What did you find out? What is the most interesting fact you learned?

Paul Bruce 4/24/2019 2:13 AM

That battery aircraft may become available for relatively short distances. For longer distances (long haul flights) the best option is to avoid travel, and network with others using zoom or skype.

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Food Support Local Food Systems

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?

Paul Bruce 4/24/2019 2:10 AM

Building resilient communities inspires me the most. We need to insure that most of our food is grown locally, so that we are not vulnerable to supply disruptions, and that we can ensure the food is grown organically.

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Linda Simpson 4/23/2019 11:15 PM

So, this challenge ticked some of my existing boxes (gratifying to see the positive impact of some current behaviours!) but also - happily - inspired me in a few ways I didn't know about, which is awesome... Some more female empowerment, some extra thinking on solar batteries, and lots on food waste - on this I can still do much better and will continue to try (at least everything gets fed to the worms, or composted, but still wasting too much food..) Many thanks to Mark and everyone in the team!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation Communicate With My Elected Officials

What inspires you to act on sustainable energy and other energy issues?

Robin Treadwell 4/22/2019 5:32 PM

Using fossil fuels to generate electricity just adds to GHGas emissions and therefore the Climate Crisis - for the sake of endangered creatures, including humans, we all need to support clean alternatives and power down ie reduce our usage so we can use surplus for charging evs, running clean heating options eg heat pumps

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