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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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

Angela Brinker

USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 535 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    22
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    81
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Angela's actions

Transport

Improve a Bus Stop

#37 Mass Transit

I will improve a bus stop in my neighborhood by posting the stop schedule, adding seating or shelter, adding art or flowers, picking up litter, or some other small improvement.

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 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Learn about Temperate Forests

#12 Temperate Forests

I will spend at least 60 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Forest-Friendly Foods 1

#5 Tropical Forests

I will spend at least 15 minutes researching the impact of my diet to see how it contributes to deforestation.

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
    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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    Angela Brinker 4/18/2018 7:55 AM
    Habit. Even meat lovers will go for food that tastes good without it, but they have to try it first. It's hard to try new things, and if you don't know how to cook something it won't end up tasting good. But it can be done. Getting people to try new things - free food sampling is one way (like samples at grocery stores, or food trucks offering small samples of their veggie items etc.)
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
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    Angela Brinker 4/18/2018 7:51 AM
    I don't think I throw quite that much away (and I compost as much as I can when I have to get rid of something). I did have to dump the last of a gallon of milk the other day. What money I would save I'd probably either save or spend toward running somehow.
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    Angela Brinker 4/16/2018 12:55 PM
    I cleaned the bathroom this weekend using old t-shirts as rags instead of using paper towels. 
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    Angela Brinker 4/10/2018 7:57 AM
    I also picked up 6 recyclables on my run this morning (there's a lot more trash out there than that, but that's all I could hold on to without carrying a trash bag.) Breakfast is almost always vegetarian. 
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    Angela Brinker 4/09/2018 7:59 AM
    All I did was pick up trash and recyclables near the bus stop, but I picked up 2 full bags of trash and a 5 gal bucket of recyclable materials. It's close to my house so hopefully I'll be able to go back fairly regularly to keep it a little neater. If I can figure out a way to plant flowers I might do that later when the weather is better.
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