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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 4 - April 25, 2018
CJ Breland's avatar

CJ Breland

Asheville High School!

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 105 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    8.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    12
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    15
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

CJ's actions

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 3 meal(s) from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 2 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 3 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • 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?
    CJ Breland's avatar
    CJ Breland 4/25/2018 12:55 PM
    People in the United States do not pay the actual cost of meat.  Grazing in the West is often on public lands.  And almost always, we, the taxpayers, end up paying for clean-up of ground water spoiled by industrial animal production.  People need to know that methane produced by cattle contributes to global warming and that the soybeans and corn currently fed to fatten animals for consumption could go a long way toward feeding the hungry of our planet if we used it to feed people instead.
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