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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Ecochallenge.org and Project Drawdown
Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 4 - April 25, 2018
Elaina Marriott's avatar

Elaina Marriott

CV Engineering Students

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 150 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    8.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    10
    minutes
    spent learning

Elaina's 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 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food composting
    Producing uneaten food squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these motivates you the most to change your behavior regarding food waste?
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    Elaina Marriott 4/24/2018 10:26 AM
    All of these factors inspire me to be better about food waste. The factor that maybe motivates me the most is the land used as well as the energy and the emissions from wasted food.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than other countries, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How do we start shifting a meat-focused food culture?
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    Elaina Marriott 4/24/2018 8:27 AM
    As a result of the affluence of our country compared to many others, we have developed a more meat based culture.  This reflects our way of living where we have so much available to us, and we don't really use it sustainably or wisely.  We can shift our meat based culture by recognizing that we don't need meat for every meal, and make havin meat more of a special occasion.
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