Barbara Roeling

Comerica Bank

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
287 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

65

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

18

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

1.0

documentary

watched

Barbara's actions

Transport

Research and Consider Switching to a Hybrid or Electric Vehicle

#26 Electric Vehicles

I will spend at least 60 minutes researching and weighing my options to see if a hybrid or electric vehicle makes sense for my lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Electricity Generation

Learn More about Biomass

#34 Biomass

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the energy generation potential of biomass.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Generation

What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?
Barbara Roeling 4/17/2018 9:00 AM
I think that people need to eat less, and demand less of the food generating processes we use. Eating simpler, fresher would put less burden on the environment. If it takes multiple machines and 30 ingredients to make a food, like a Twinkie, we have made eating too complicated!
What will need to change is people's attitudes about themselves, and have more respect for what we put in our bodies. We require so little to sustain ourselves, yet we can't see that. If that could change, we won't need much of the machinery out there.

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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?
Barbara Roeling 4/05/2018 2:24 PM
Figuring a way to connect sources of food excess with areas of food needs.

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