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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 4 - April 25, 2018
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Sara Murphy-Bosch

PAE - Seattle

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 410 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    15
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1,050
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    13
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    51
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Sara's actions

Land Use

Learn about Temperate Forests

#12 Temperate Forests

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transport

Use Public Transit

#37 Mass Transit

I will use public transit 50 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 2.45 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 21
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 13
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

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • Sara Murphy-Bosch's avatar
    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/25/2018 10:19 AM
    After eating two meatless meals a day for this challenge I think I will keep it up. I like how it has saved me time and money and helped the environment.
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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/25/2018 10:18 AM
    I saved 51 Pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere! I feel like that is no where near enough, but I will keep taking public transit and walking.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Transport
    How has your access to various kinds of transporation throughout your life influenced your current attitudes about transportation and your transportation behavior?
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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/23/2018 3:56 PM
    Having access to public transportation has been a large factor in my not driving as an adult and having only one car instead of two in our household. My sister grew up despising the bus and without it and has multiple vehicles and will not walk anywhere.
    being used to the city and getting around without a car is definitely a factor.
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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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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/23/2018 11:25 AM
    We place eating meat as a masculine trait and you are considered weak if you do not eat meat all the time. we place more value on being perceived as strong and unfussy then we do our environment and safety. We need to stop the idea that being vegetarian is a weak and upper class thing to do. It is simply a choice.
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      Charles White 4/23/2018 1:06 PM
      I encounter this mindset frequently with my father. Growing up meat was the center piece of the meal almost 100% of the time, and he's teased me for choosing vegetarian options at restaurants - but he is coming around. For Thanksgiving last year I made barley stuffed bell peppers and got him to taste the stuffing. He jokingly said, "Don't tell me that's vegetarian!" because if it was that means he'd have to admit he liked something vegetarian! Haha.
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  • Sara Murphy-Bosch's avatar
    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/23/2018 11:20 AM
    Man!
    breakfast and lunch have been very easy to eliminate animal products from for me. I eat fruit or oatmeal in the morning and a PBJ with Miso soup for lunch.  Cheaper too.
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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/18/2018 2:17 PM
    6 Meatless meals eaten so far. would have been 7, but a dog ate my PB&J yesterday.
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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/18/2018 2:16 PM
    I have saved 34 Pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere!
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    Sara Murphy-Bosch 4/05/2018 3:23 PM
    So I travel 50 miles a day using public transportation. I never realized how much CO@ it saves from our air. I will look at my boat ride and bus rides every day differently 
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