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Welcome to Drawdown EcoChallenge!

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Drawdown EcoChallenge
April 4 - April 25, 2018
Yekaterina Pakhnyuk's avatar

Yekaterina Pakhnyuk

PCC SOC 228 Environmental Sociology

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 180 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    5.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    1.0
    locally sourced meal
    consumed
  • UP TO
    4.0
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Yekaterina'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 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Support Local Food Systems

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will source 1 meal(s) from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 4
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?

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    Yekaterina Pakhnyuk 4/17/2018 1:06 PM
    I started to keep a log of the food I throw away, either because it went bad or there was too much food on plate. Before I started the log, I  thought that I don't waste much  food, but then looking at the log I realized that i throw away more then I expected. There's so many people who are hungry, who struggle daily to get food and here I am, just throwing food away. Recording the food into the log, has helped me realize what I'm doing and has helped me avoided throwing more food away. 
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    Yekaterina Pakhnyuk 4/12/2018 10:09 PM
    Today, I decided not to cook a new meal and decided to eat all the left overs. Now that all the left overs are gone, I plan on making smaller portion meals that way we won't need to throw away any food. 
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    Yekaterina Pakhnyuk 4/10/2018 5:55 PM
     I decided to have 2 meals without any meat today. It's defiantly a challenge, I love meat so today I felt like my body was lacking . I also had to cook 2 separate meals today. One for me and one for the family. 
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