Beth J

Population Reference Bureau

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
763 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

20

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

19

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

5.0

public officials or leaders

contacted
UP TO

36

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched
UP TO

1,162

pounds of CO2

have been saved

Beth's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 18
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture

#11 Regenerative Agriculture

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Choose Renewable Energy or Purchase Renewable Energy Credits

#2 Wind Turbines (Onshore), #8 Solar Farms

I will sign up for my utility company's clean/renewable energy option. If my utility does not offer one, I will purchase Renewable Energy Credits to match my usage.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Wave and Tidal Energy

#29 Wave and Tidal

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of wave and tidal energy.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity Generation

Communicate With My Elected Officials

#2 Wind Turbines (Onshore)

I will write or call 5 elected official(s) telling them not to support fossil fuel subsidies and instead support wind energy generation.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Purchase a Carbon Offset

#43 Airplanes

If I buy a plane ticket, I will purchase a carbon offset.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 15
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 12
DAILY ACTIONS

Electricity Generation

Watch a Video about Methane Digesters

#30 Methane Digesters (large), #64 Methane Digesters (small)

I will watch a video about methane digesters (also commonly known as anaerobic digesters).

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Beth J 4/24/2018 5:44 PM
Traveling to a conference today and while I'm slightly .. um... particular about lightweight packing (think 5 days for me and son with only a single backpack), I decided to bring both a reuseable water bottle and coffee mug for this trip. Goal is to use the mug for the whole trip. No disposable plastic coffee lids for full 5 days.

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Beth J 4/13/2018 12:57 PM
Forgot my reusable coffee cup yesterday and felt like a heel...

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Beth J 4/10/2018 8:28 AM
Walked to run my errands yesterday and picked up litter along the way, too.

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Beth J 4/06/2018 12:06 PM
There's no curbside composing in my community, but I found a farm that takes compost donations!

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