Matthew Payne
"Continuing my journey and sustainability education, inspiring others and maybe even having some fun ;)"
POINTS TOTAL
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participant impact
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UP TO5.0minutesspent learning
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UP TO57meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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UP TO1.0documentarywatched
Matthew's actions
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.
Food
Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture
#11 Regenerative Agriculture
I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.
Buildings and Cities
Online Energy Audit
Multiple Solutions
I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.
Food
Reduce Animal Products
#4 Plant-Rich Diet
I will enjoy 3 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.
Food
Learn More about Silvopasture
#9 Silvopasture
I will spend at least 30 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.
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.
Electricity Generation
Learn More about Biomass
#34 Biomass
I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.
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).
Buildings and Cities
Go by Bike
#59 Bike Infrastructure
I will commute by bike 3 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 0.75 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.
Electricity Generation
Learn More about Micro Wind
#76 Micro Wind
I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of Micro Wind.
Climate & Ecosystems
Calculate Your Carbon Impact
SDG 13
I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how lifestyle changes could reduce the carbon footprint and impacts on the environment.
Basic Needs & Security
Calculate Your Water Footprint
SDG 6
I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.
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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Matthew Payne 4/17/2018 7:22 AMWe have an English pub about 5 blocks from our place on the UES, Jones Wood Foundry, that I have frequented over the years for typical english fare, your bangers and mash, your fish and chips, your lamb and rosemary pie, to name a few. With an english friend in town, it seemed a great choice for them. The good news for me was that they have recently launched a Vegan menu, giving me plenty more options than I would typically have. Vegan shepherds pie narrowly defeated the cauliflower steak in my reckoning. I don't know how they did it, but somehow they crafted a bunch of lentils to imitate pretty well the virtues of a true shepherds pie. Highly recommended!
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Matthew Payne 4/09/2018 6:54 AM"mmmm I love that we are trying being vegetarian, its forcing us to be more creative with our cooking" exclaimed Mim with a satisfied grin Sunday evening. We had just successfully baked our first eggplant cheesecake and were about to tuck into a couple of bowls of tagliatelle with walnut and lemon. This was gourmet vego dining and it was happening in out little kitchen on UES, wholesome flavors and smells filling our small apartment. She was right, we were taking a more planned approach to our meals, and vegetarian or not, that has to be a better way of being, conscious of what we are putting into our bodies. We have plenty more recipes to try. We have a good library of cookbooks by Yottam Ottolenghi. We used to live a couple of blocks from his Islington eatery and would frequent there often. His book "Plenty More" is the source of last nights culinary creations and there is a looong list of dishes to try. It will certainly keep us busy and inspired during the meatless challenge. Just looking at the cover makes you want to eat this food forever.....
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Matthew Payne 4/05/2018 10:59 AMSo first day of the meatless challenge and I happen to be attending a concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (it was Lorde in case you are wondering, no it wasn't my choice, but yes I was glad I went, she was actually pretty good). Within the first 24 hours then I was faced with the prospect of finding sustenance where the choices ranged from pizza to burgers to hot dogs. After carefully surveying all of the vendors, I settled on margarita pizza, fries and pretzel. My poor suffering wife, while not signed up to this challenge, joined in this meatless extravaganza. I had thought that Brooklyn might present a few more vego options, what with its hipster vibe and all, but I guess the masses rule the roost at a venue like that. I'm hoping for more options when eating out in NYC in the next 3 weeks and getting a bit more of that #plantbaseddiet going on or ill soon be made entirely of bread or potato. I'm optimistic that will be the case, NYC is pretty good at catering for everyone.
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Matthew Payne 4/09/2018 6:55 AMThanks Narada, I should definitely have done my research ahead of time and that is a great suggestion. Now just need to find another concert or B-ball game to attend! -
Narada Golden 4/07/2018 2:51 PMMatt, next time you are at Barclays Center, try the Brooklyn Burger with the "meaty" patty at NextLevel Burger (across the street). It's is entirely plant-based and pretty tasty.
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Matthew Payne 3/26/2018 4:02 PMI'm most excited and fearful about taking on the vegetarian challenge for 3 weeks. In our careers, we talk about making incremental changes to efficiencies in buildings helping to limit GHG emissions as we slowly build new and refresh old building stock. A building can take a generation or more to be renewed and the path to realized benefit can be derailed by any number of things. Its easy to feel feel helpless sometimes. Im learning that meat agriculture has a similarly large impact on the environment and is largely avoidable with simple choices that can be made today, the next time we eat something. Understanding that impact and immediacy of it is empowering.
I am gonna miss those burgers tho....
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Narada Golden 3/27/2018 6:36 AMMatt, that is a big deal and a big shift to try out. Let me know if you want a few recipes to try. And although they aren't the same thing, there has been a resurgence of meatless "burgers" in NYC recently - https://nyti.ms/2jAmPf9.
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