Ecochallenge.org and Project Drawdown

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 4 - April 25, 2018

Andrew C

Gaia Community UU

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Andrew's actions

Food

Contact your Elected Officials

#23 Farmland Restoration

I will contact 4 elected officials to voice my opinion on the importance of restoring farmland in my region, including both public and private land.

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Women and Girls

Start a Social Media Campaign

#6 Educating Girls

I will share stats on gender inequity in education with my social media feed to raise awareness.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Online Energy Audit

Multiple Solutions

I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.

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Buildings and Cities

Choose LED Bulbs

#33 LED Lighting (Household)

I will replace 6 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

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Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions.

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Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

What are your next steps for saving energy?
Andrew C 4/05/2018 6:09 AM
There isn't much I can control in the apartment. I have moved over to about 90% LEDs and work on reducing the sun in summer and drafts in winter. They are remodeling the apartments and will redo mine when I leave. which will upgrade I'm sure. Monitoring usage is the best I can do now. I need to look into that passive drain that TV and such can do. Since I use them very little I might be able to save some energy there. When I move I will either move to a smaller apartment or a home I can work on and upgrade the efficiency. I'll leave behind the LEDs for the next tenant too.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

Changing lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! What's next?
Andrew C 4/05/2018 5:55 AM
I had been meaning to do this for awhile, I waited until the old bulbs had burnt out and one of my kids mentioned they needed bulbs too. So ended up replacing 8 bulbs in all. I'll spam social media later, they were cheaper than I thought they'd be.

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