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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 4 - April 25, 2018
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Ben Piping Plover Lewis

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POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 466 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    20
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    57
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    44
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    35
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    144
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Ben'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 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 3 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 0.97 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Try Carpooling

#75 Ridesharing

I will commute by carpool 5 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 4.03 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 4
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 20
DAILY ACTIONS

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
    Materials
    What are other easy and low-cost ways to reduce your water usage at home?
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    Ben Piping Plover Lewis 4/25/2018 6:54 PM
    It's easy to fix once you realize how annoying the dripping is...
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?
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    Ben Piping Plover Lewis 4/25/2018 6:54 PM
    Biking is awesome!
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than other countries, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How do we start shifting a meat-focused food culture?
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    Ben Piping Plover Lewis 4/10/2018 11:55 AM
    This is becoming increasingly easy. For example today: We have a rep provide a lunch and learn with 0 meat options, and everyone loved the food and was really happy. I didn't even notice I didn't have any meat until after the lunch was over.
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