I will only purchase wood and paper products from ecologically certified sources like Forest Stewardship Council.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Food
Explore Other Food Solutions
All Food Solutions
I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.
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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.
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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
Land UseChoose Better Wood Products
Beyond carbon sequestration, what other benefits do forests offer you personally?
Since I live in a forest, I get to see, smell, hear, and feel its benefits every day. I will start with the sounds: in the winter, it is often silent. I hear the occasional plane, but no road noise. It is blessedly peaceful, and makes it easy to be contemplative. When it snows without wind, the only sound is the gentle swoosh of the flakes as they land and pile up to surprisingly high levels on thin branches and railings.
In the spring, the birdsong, the rata tat tats of the pileated woodpecker can be heard near or far. When there is a breeze, I can hear it through the branches of the cedar and hemlocks. When the wind is strong, I stay safe inside and sometimes hear a large tree split with a boom and come crashing down through other trees - somewhere out there.
The forest offers too many beautiful visual benefits to cover here in depth. So I will only say that something inside of me deeply relaxes when I am in the forest, and can see no sign of human occupation, and no one can see me. I feel free. That is one of its greatest benefits for me.
The fresh clean air, scented with the fragrance of decaying leaves, is always a delight to come home to, after being in the city.
These are just some of the bountiful benefits that forests offer me personally.
