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October 3 - October 24, 2018
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Moonrose Doherty

PCC Eco Panthers

"Investing in people and sustainable communities and re-learning true sustainability"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 703 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    3.0
    donations
    made
  • UP TO
    1.0
    locally sourced meal
    consumed
  • UP TO
    300
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    150
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    245
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1.0
    public official or leader
    contacted

Moonrose's actions

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Advocate for More Food Options

I will advocate for local and/or organic food options at work or on campus.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Buy From a Farmers Market

I will purchase produce and meat from a local farmers market or food co-op.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Raise Money For a Nonprofit

I will raise money to support Northwest Earth Institute or another local nonprofit.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Support Native Communities

I will use the resource links provided and spend 20 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will spend at least 30 minutes finding out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Learn About Local Environmental Justice Concerns

I will spend 60 minutes researching environmental justice concerns in my region, their causes, and local initiatives to address these concerns.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health

Healthy Sleep

Effectively working for sustainability requires self care! I will commit to getting 60 more minute(s) of sleep each night to achieve at least 7 hours per night.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

Exercise is a great stress blaster! I will exercise for 30 minute(s) each day.

COMPLETED 5
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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Learn More about Food Deserts

I will spend 45 minutes learning about food deserts and find out how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.

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
    Food Advocate for More Food Options
    Given the impact of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on both the natural world and our food systems, what do you think about the use of these products in agriculture?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 4:22 PM
    The impact of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers on us and the natural world has been devastating and continues to impact us in ways that we are just now allowing to come to light. The impacts are most heavily felt in communities of color and low-income and is environmental injustice/environmental racism. 

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 10:48 AM
    Thanks Eco-Panthers for being such a great team. I look forward to next year.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Learn About Local Environmental Justice Concerns
    Who is most affected by environmental degration and/or environmental irresponsiblity in your community? How are they affected?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 10:40 AM
    Attended a lecture by Dr. Denise V. Rodgers:  "Persistent Health Disparities: Understanding the Role of Social Determinants, Implicit Bias and Racism" which addressed the role of inequality in social determinants as contributors to disparities in outcomes by race/ethnicity, and the role of discrimination, racism and implicit bias as contributors to inequality in social determinants and health outcomes. https://echo360.org/media/f0793b80-ae01-4d8f-a5fc-d7c25b3f144f/public
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Learn More about Food Deserts
    What are the implications of access to nutritious food for a community?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 10:26 AM
    Learned a little bit more about the food desert in our community, one of which is located east of 82nd Avenue and how food deserts impact our community members not only by restricting access to nutritious food, but how every little piece has a ripple: traveling further to get to a grocery store turns a 14 hour day into a 16 hour day and determines what you purchase if you are carrying your groceries and that lack of access to nutritious foods effects a child's ability to study and effects health outcomes. Also, maps of food desert locations often coincide with neighborhoods that are predominantly low-income and  people of color. So the food desert conversation is a conversation about racial justice and health disparities.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
    How does food sovereignty address the complex agrarian transition to modern food systems?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 10:10 AM
    I watched Seed: The Untold Story, Food Inc., King Corn and the Rotten series on Netflix
    I plan on watching the 25 titles in this list: https://foodtank.com/news/2013/09/twenty-six-films-every-food-activist-must-watch/
    that I have not seen yet, including La Cosecha, A Farmer in Africa: Property Rights, A Place at the Table, and The Hidden Cost of Hamburgers.
  • 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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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 10:01 AM
    Right now finding ten to thirty minutes each day to squeeze in structured exercise is a challenge. In the future I would definitely like to try exercising with friends or exercising in nature somewhere.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Happiness
    How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 9:58 AM
    Practicing gratitude and appreciation is a part in keeping myself centered and mentally healthy. Lately, I've been looking into how things that I am grateful for and appreciative of are related to my privileges, so that I can recognize that and understand it better and not "appreciate" on a surface level or feel "lucky" for something that is directly related to white privilege or cis privilege or economic privilege, etc.  
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Find Local Recycling Depots
    Our ability to recycle certain things ebbs and flows based upon many factors. Luckily there are places that accept uncommon things to recycle or dispose of in a less harmful way. What did you find when looking for places to recycle items that can't be recycled in your curbside bin?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 9:53 AM
    I know a lot about the recycling industry however this challenge helped me delve into a little investigation on plastic film and I gained some knowledge there.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Avoid refined sugar
    Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 9:51 AM
    I generally don't eat a lot of sugar, but because of Halloween coming up I've noticed a lot of candy in the office where I work twice a week. Surprisingly, it was a challenge to avoid the candy those two days a week!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Buy From a Farmers Market
    What is one food choice that you make, or could make, that would do more good and less harm?

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    Moonrose Doherty 10/24/2018 9:42 AM
    Choosing to support local farmers who practice sustainable farming allows farming to continue in our communities, supports healthy ecosystems, and supports a local economy that is rooted in small independently-owned farms who are then available to teach and foster the next generation of beginning small farmers. Plus you get amazingly fresh fruits and veggies that were just picked and retain more vitamins when they've reached your mouth!