Ecochallenge.org and Project Drawdown

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 4 - April 25, 2018

DeDe Hanson

Co-op Climate Action Network (CCAN) - Organic Valley

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
96 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

60

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

4.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

72

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

5.0

lightbulbs

replaced

DeDe's actions

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Land Use

Choose Better Wood Products

#38 Forest Protection

I will only purchase wood and paper products from ecologically certified sources like Forest Stewardship Council.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Choose LED Bulbs

#33 LED Lighting (Household)

I will replace 5 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 30 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 36.23 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of this?
DeDe Hanson 4/24/2018 1:32 PM
I used smaller plates and lost 32lbs in the last 10 weeks

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Buildings and Cities

Changing lightbulbs is an excellent first step toward energy efficiency! What's next?
DeDe Hanson 4/12/2018 7:19 AM
Next step to being more energy efficient is making sure all the lights are turned off and unplugging cords that are not being used.

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