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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Eric Kelly's avatar

Eric Kelly

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POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 241 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    240
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    10
    minutes
    being mindful
  • UP TO
    10
    more servings
    of fruits and vegetables

Eric's actions

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Meditate

I will meditate or create a moment of silence for 10 minute(s) each day to reflect on things important to me.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

More Fruits and Veggies

I will eat a heart healthy diet by adding 2 cup(s) of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve at least 4 cups per day.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Health

Exercise Daily

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

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

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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    Eric Kelly 10/11/2018 5:15 PM
    3 things I'm thankful for today 10/11

    1)  All the pumpkin flavored food products being sold this time of year (ice cream, yogurt, ect...)
    2)  Our mulching lawn mower.  You'd understand if you saw the amount  of leaves in my yard.
    3)  The silly antics  of my dog Sullivan.
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    Eric Kelly 10/11/2018 4:10 PM
    In response to how my eating vegan mesls, it's about the same frequency as last year.  I eat a lot of spinach salads that I add fruit, feta cheese, and walnuts to.  There are a couple really good organic vegan tv dinners that I like.  One is s butternut squash that's    really good.  I make homemade  brocolli cheese soup pretty often.  Its going well.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health More Fruits and Veggies
    What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than any other places, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How can we start shifting from a meat-focused food culture to a more plant-based one?
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    Eric Kelly 10/10/2018 6:04 PM
    I think there are a couple factors that contribute to North Americans eating more meat than anywhere  else in the world.  I think it is so engrained in our nature and has just been such a staple of our diets for so long that it is difficult to change.

    I think the second factor is that as North Americans, we celebrate and embrace excess in so many aspects of our lives, that it ties in with eating big meals and lots of meat, almost as s strange sort of status symbol.  Think how popular the show Man vs Food was and still is.  
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      Bethany Gangestad-Birk 10/11/2018 12:37 PM
      Since the last Ecochallenge, when you worked on eating vegetarian and/or vegan meals, would you say you have started consuming less meat in your diet? Or has it stayed the same or increased?
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health Happiness
    How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?
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    Eric Kelly 10/09/2018 1:45 PM
    By focusing on what you are grateful for I think we live in that moment and don't focus on the future and potential stressors of catastrophic thinking.
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    Eric Kelly 10/08/2018 1:55 PM
    Three things that I am grateful for today.  1)  The joy and good feeling I get from working my job at ABC and trying to make just a small difference in people's lives.  2)  College football season (Go Hawkeyes!).  3)  The love and patience shown me by my wife, without whose help I could barely dress myself in the morning.  :)
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