Ecochallenge.org and Project Drawdown

Drawdown EcoChallenge

April 4 - April 25, 2018

Damien Hines

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POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
1,099 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

104

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

63

miles

traveled by bike

Damien's actions

Materials

Recycle Everything I Can

#55 Household Recycling

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Buildings and Cities

Go by Bike

#59 Bike Infrastructure

I will commute by bike 9 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 14.87 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Muscle Power

#49 Cars

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Women and Girls

Research Barriers to Participation and Representation

#6 Educating Girls, #7 Family Planning, #62 Women Smallholders

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn More about Silvopasture

#9 Silvopasture

I will spend at least 15 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Explore Other Food Solutions

All Food Solutions

I will spend at least 30 minutes researching other Drawdown Food Solutions.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

#29 Wave and Tidal

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of wave and tidal energy.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Biomass

#34 Biomass

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More About Geothermal Energy

#18 Geothermal

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of geothermal energy and consider investing in this technology.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.

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
Women and Girls

What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?
Damien Hines 4/25/2018 9:23 AM
Hmmm I don't think my community in particular has many barriers to women's equal participation or representation? I'm sure some women know more than me about that, and I'd guess there are some I'm not aware of.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Now that you know the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates, how will you view expiration dates differently?
Damien Hines 4/25/2018 9:21 AM
I am not a big expiration date person, eat stuff after the 'sell by / use by date' all the time. Probably not the best idea cause sometimes I'll really push it maybe further than is reasonable, but I've never gotten sick really from it as far as i know

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Had you heard of the term silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?
Damien Hines 4/25/2018 9:20 AM
Silvopasture seems to be a good idea, I mean it makes sense to just have trees when you have so much land but I suppose it could make it a little more difficult for Ranchers to maintain or something. Either way, neat concept that I'm surprised is not more common. Probably some sort of explanation but i didn't get that far into it

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
Damien Hines 4/25/2018 9:14 AM
As far as reduce reuse repair repurpose etc, I mostly buy things I'd like to reuse as I don't like buying the same thing more than once.. Also I prefer to fix things that are maintainable.

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Damien Hines 4/24/2018 1:54 PM
2nd to last day!

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Damien Hines 4/23/2018 12:17 PM
Fixing da bike

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Damien Hines 4/17/2018 8:16 AM
Ended up having to work later than I expected and so did not get to the bike shop in time last night to get it fixed.... that's 5 days I wasn't able to complete my challenges. Probably would be better to use a different bike that was a little more durable than a road bike but I don't have one. C'est la vie. I'm probably going to add a couple documentary/research ones so I can get some points

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Damien Hines 4/16/2018 9:14 AM
Taking my bike in tonight because I had a water polo tournament this weekend and couldn't drop it off. Hopefully it's fixed asap so I can get back on!

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- Missy Lucas 4/17/2018 7:55 AM
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Damien Hines 4/13/2018 7:09 AM
Trying to fix my bike this weekend so I can get back into biking Monday!

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Damien Hines 4/12/2018 7:14 AM
Had to fail my bike again, but hopefully i can fix it today and get back in action

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