Georgette Blackford

Asheville High School!

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
75 TOTAL

Georgette's actions

Women and Girls

Support Women-Owned Businesses

#62 Women Smallholders

I will support women-owned businesses when I shop this month.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Learn about the Need for Family Planning

#7 Family Planning

I will spend at least 25 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Express My Support

#54 Walkable Cities

I will find out who in my city makes decisions that impact neighborhood walkability and express my support for better walking infrastructure.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Plan to Insulate

#31 Insulation

I will find out how to make my home more energy efficient through better insulation and weatherization.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Upgrade My Windows

#31 Insulation

I will upgrade the windows or weatherstripping in my home or office to reduce air leaks and save on energy costs.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Buildings and Cities

Choose LED Bulbs

#33 LED Lighting (Household)

I will replace 9 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

UNCOMPLETED
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
Buildings and Cities

How could better walking infrastructure make your city both more enjoyable and more equitable?
Georgette Blackford 4/25/2018 10:06 AM
Asheville has some of the most dangerous road crossings in all of North Carolina. This, combined with our poor public transit system increases the burden on citizens who can't otherwise go work. In addition to that, pedestrian safety laws are not systematically enforced in Asheville, even in places like downtown that is pedestrian friendly - being in a crosswalk in Asheville does not guarantee that cars will stop. There have been several pedestrians killed who were walking on sidewalks in the past few years as well, including 3 children just last year - this is tragic. We need more sidewalks, and we need to change the culture surrounding both cyclists and pedestrians.

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

How can you make your home more energy efficient?
Georgette Blackford 4/25/2018 10:00 AM
I will add insulation into the infrastructure of my house. We found out soon after we bought our house that there was very little insulation. This means that in the winter time, several rooms in my house requires much more heat which increases my impact on the environment.

Read More
REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

Changing lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! What's next?
Georgette Blackford 4/25/2018 9:51 AM
I would love to add insulation to my house to increase energy efficiency. It is cost prohibitive to do right now, but I plan on saving money to do this within the year.

Read More
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?
Georgette Blackford 4/25/2018 8:56 AM
The accessibility and affordability of cheap (& low-quality) meat in America dramatically impacts how much meat we consume. I don't think it says so much about our values as it does about the real problem of very poor people not feeling like they have a choice in the food that they consume. The meat industry is a strong lobby and does a lot to promote this lifestyle. I think that if more people understood the mistreatment of animals in these industrial factory farms and the impact that they have on the environment, then they would feel less inclined to go for the easy option.

Read More