Kimberly Reynolds-Gier

Gaia Community UU

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
405 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

10

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Kimberly's actions

Electricity Generation

Rooftop Solar Consultation

#10 Rooftop Solar

After researching the incentives at the federal, state, utility, and local levels, I will contact a local installer/distributor for a solar panel installation consultation on my house.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 10 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME 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 9
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 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Kimberly Reynolds-Gier 4/06/2018 11:11 AM
I committed to one meatless meal per day because I'm never really sure how many meals I'm going to eat in a day in total. But yesterday, I had the "normal" three-meals-a-day sort of day, and was meatless for all of them. I'm trying to do as many as possible, but didn't want to over-commit, I guess.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?
Kimberly Reynolds-Gier 4/05/2018 9:22 AM
We throw out a *lot* of food at my house. I buy too much, I cook too much, schedules change and we don't eat as many cooked meals as I planned, I forget stuff in the fridge exists and it goes bad, all sorts of things happen. It's definitely an area where I can improve. I'm pretty sure we're above average in this regard, but I'm going to start keeping some records to see. I would rather be spending that money on almost anything else, but right now I need to be pretty frugal, so I'm going to say that this is money I could be using to pay bills and reduce debt. (I'd really rather use it to travel, though!)

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Kimberly Reynolds-Gier 4/04/2018 8:26 AM
Just spent a quality few minutes removing my name from marketing mailing lists for the "Recycled Paper" challenge. I already get paperless billing and statements from almost all my utilities and banks and things, so I took this one a bit loosely. Next step: writing charities to ask them to solicit me by email instead.

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