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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Drawdown EcoChallenge expert in no time!

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

Abigail Bigley

Asheville High School!

"Help Asheville High School earn back 1st place!"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 210 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    15
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    5.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Abigail's actions

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Women and Girls

Make School More Affordable

#6 Educating Girls

I will raise funds to help make school affordable for girls around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 5 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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 1
DAILY ACTION

Women and Girls

Connect With A Nonprofit

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will connect with a local nonprofit working on womens' or girls' issues in my community, and find out how I can get involved or become a member.

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
    Women and Girls
    What did you learn about the need for family planning? Share some of the learning with your friends!
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    Abigail Bigley 4/25/2018 7:30 AM
    What I learned from the need for family planning is how little people know. This should be fixed so people an advocate for more family planning.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Women and Girls
    Why is it important that girls have equal access to education in order to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions?
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    Abigail Bigley 4/25/2018 7:28 AM
    The more people educated on global greenhouse gas emissions the higher the chance on change being made.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Women and Girls
    What are the most pressing womens' and girls' issues in your community?
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    Abigail Bigley 4/25/2018 7:27 AM
    The most women's issues in my community are that women do not feel supported in their decisions and do not feel encouraged enough. Women need to feel like they can accomplish anything and that they are capable of doing whatever they put their mind to.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Materials
    How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
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    Abigail Bigley 4/25/2018 7:24 AM
    I will choose the packages and items that are made from recycled products. Also I will try to be more diy so I can reuse broken things.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    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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    Abigail Bigley 4/25/2018 7:22 AM
    More people should be vegetarian to protest the amount of meat North America consumes.
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