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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Monica Bower-List

EcoLadies

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 428 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    17
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    320
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    34
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    18
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Monica's actions

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Power Down the Computer

I will power down my computer and monitor when not using it for more than 2 hours, saving up to (1.1) lbs of CO2 each day that I do this.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 20 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 16
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 1 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 17
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Go get a check up

I will make an appointment for my annual physical.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Energy Power Down the Computer
    What are other easy things you could do to save energy and reduce your environmental footprint?
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    Monica Bower-List 10/19/2018 10:32 AM
    Turning off lights, making my children aware of the impact on the environment and having them turn off lights, putting on sweatshirts when cold, and unplugging from the wall when we aren't charging tablets/phones, etc.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Go get a check up
    How do you practice self care?
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    Monica Bower-List 10/18/2018 5:01 AM
    Self care is a total experience. I check into my faith daily, walk for the physical aspect, practice saying nice things about myself, and try to unwind with my family. I usually do this in small increments and spread it out through the day.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water Say No to Plastic Straws
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Monica Bower-List 10/12/2018 5:52 AM
    I have gotten really into reusable, but straws are still my biggest use item. I do not like to use the metal ones, so I recently found a metal one with plastic ends, may have to try that. I have been using coffee mugs from Copco band and I love the mouth shape on them, they never surprise burn me. :)
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Exercise Daily
    How can you incorporate other personal values (like quality time with friends or spending time in nature) into your exercise routine?
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    Monica Bower-List 10/11/2018 7:34 AM
    I enjoy my nightly walk with my loved ones. My gorgeous partner and beautiful kids get to walk with me and we are able to then connect through communication.
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    Monica Bower-List 10/11/2018 7:29 AM
    How has everyone been doing? Have your goals been maintainable?
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    Monica Bower-List 10/09/2018 1:23 PM
    Hello All,
    I find it easiest to do my meatless meal in the morning, thank goodness for bagels! Also, ditching the straw was weird at first, but I am finding that I am getting used to it. 
    Good luck Team.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Reduce Animal Products
    What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than in other places, 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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    Monica Bower-List 10/04/2018 4:22 AM

    Meat has had the biggest impact on our environment. By reducing the amount of meat you consume, you are reducing the amt of animals farmed that have a huge impact on the environment. I believe Americans were raised believing you have to eat meat to obtain your protein needs, many do not know  that other sources of proteins such as bean, legumes, and quinoa are also good sources of protein.  
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